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Hey what's going on everyone? Awesome forum. Thought I'd ask the pros before I got too deep into the emulator about whether or not my laptop would be able to handle it. Let me go ahead and post my specs:
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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
4 GB of RAM
Not trying to run anything too crazy really. For the most part just the Kingdom Hearts series, Final Fantasy X, X-2, and XII. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks again!
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Intel® Core2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
4 GB of Kingston 1066 MHZ DDR2 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
Windows Vista Home Premium
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Those games should run pretty well with a few speed hacks.
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I run it with the laptop in my signature. your experience should be far better than mine
My Laptop:
CPU: intel T4200 @ 2.0 ghz
GPU: Intel GMA X4500M
Ram: 3 Gb DDR2
SO: WinVista Home Premium // Windows 7 Ultimate x32
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Thanks for the input guys. I have all those games running at pretty much a constant state of 60 FPS. Just trying to figure out why Kingdom Hearts slows down when it hits bigger map areas.
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Kingdom hearts isn't the most demanding 3d game, but it's still a 3d PS2 game which means it takes a decent amount of oomph. In those large areas, you may just have to come to expect a bit of slowdown since 2.4ghz is still a little on the lower end for the emulator. Generally, for 3d games it's better to have a proc in the 3ghz+ range.
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07-30-2009, 03:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-30-2009, 03:38 AM by KrazyTrumpeter05.)
That may just be a limitation of your hardware. The bigger map areas have a lot more objects to render.
Darn, beat me to it =P
Post your plugin configurations, we might be able to see if there's an option you can change.
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(07-30-2009, 05:18 PM)refraction Wrote: Grab and install this beta of pcsx2 http://pcsx2.net/downloads.php?p=publicbeta
then grab this http://code.google.com/p/pcsx2/source/detail?r=1584
then go back in to the speedhacks section, you will probably need to use EE rate x2 or lower (probably best turn this one off) and bump up the new VU Cycle Stealing hack a few notches. that should give you a nice boost.
Alright I'll do that right now. Thanks man much appreciated.
Laptop Specs:
Intel® Core2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
4 GB of Kingston 1066 MHZ DDR2 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
Windows Vista Home Premium