Can my old computer run any games at all, or should I fiddle more with the configs?

[pablocrossa]

I Used to play on PCSX2 1.1 Persona 3 FES and Kingdom Hearts 2 at full speed on a 2.4GHz Core2Duo with a 9400m... You should be fine with the lesser demanding games

EDIT: Actually it was a 2.53GHz, but you get the point

[babalon]

Okay, thanks guys.
I've been testing my games since yesterday, some are playable, most are not.
But apart from the slow frame rates, many games also have terrible glitches and bugs.

Two questions came into my mind while reading about the emulator.
First: How can a new CPU benefit me, while PCSX2 can only use 3 cores?
Second: Can you guys, with your powerful hardware, play a game entirely in Software Mode with full speed?

And another one:
Do the speed hacks work on both Software and Hardware Mode?

[Coma]

Because a c2d core isnt an i5 core.
Even in the latests games, the number of cores is nothing in front of the power of one core, thats why you better choose the latest 4 cores i5 than an old 8 cores fx8.
I some cases even the latests pentiumG (2 cores) performs better than a fx8, I think it was the case on the dolphin emulator.
And yeah software mode is a piece of cake, thats not a problem.

[desertofunknown]

Okay, thanks guys.
I've been testing my games since yesterday, some are playable, most are not.
But apart from the slow frame rates, many games also have terrible glitches and bugs.

Two questions came into my mind while reading about the emulator.
First: How can a new CPU benefit me, while PCSX2 can only use 3 cores?
Second: Can you guys, with your powerful hardware, play a game entirely in Software Mode with full speed?

And another one:
Do the speed hacks work on both Software and Hardware Mode?

The new CPUs have various optimizations to their architecture it has little to do with the massive amount of cores they have and these optimizations allow information to be processed much more quickly.....Yes speaking for myself I can ran almost any game I can run in hardware mode in software mode on my gaming PC Which is amd FX series based

[Blyss Sarania]

Yes speaking for myself I can ran almost any game I can run in hardware mode in software mode on my gaming PC Which is amd FX series based

There are several games that need more than 4.1Ghz on the FX 6300. You just haven't encountered them yet

Some I need to go as high as 4.7Ghz and some I can't even keep at full speed at that frequency.

[desertofunknown]

@babalon Well the question is what can you afford .... the amd fx piledriver line provides excellent performance for how cheap you can get it.... but the intel does outdo the amd in single threaded performance and will give you a slight edge over what the amd cpu is capable of without an oc... Truth be told is an intel rig really worth it to "you" To answer your original question as I said before upgrading the cpu for $70~ would make many games playable without having to buy a new motherboard cpu ram ect you would be set maybe a new gpu upgrade just because your gpu is very dated and a bit slow though its optional