DQ8 with Q6600

[soking]

MTVU hack will help a lot here. MTVU Hack makes use of 3'rd core. Some games a benefit a lot while some don't.

See that games requires 3.2+ Ghz too play it at full speed.

Just to clarify, are you saying I still need to OC it to 3.2ghz, or are you saying it will reach 3.2ghz mark with MTVU alone (3 cores * 2.4ghz vs 2 cores * 3.2ghz)?

[recoder]

MTVU Hack may be required. Test it and see which is better. Better keep MTVU Hack turned on.

2.4Ghz is a bit low for this game. Good Range is from 2.8Ghz to 2.5Ghz.

So if you want to Overclock, you can do it seeing what your PC can handle. I think it will be difficult to go above 3Ghz. I am not sure about your PC. Or if you don't want to then its fine. Try the Game and do as per the Results. Good Luck

Also, it doesn't means that

3 cores * 2.4ghz == 2 cores * 3.2ghz

So

3 cores * 2.4ghz != 2 cores * 3.2ghz for PCSX2.

(Intel's Logic of Turbo Boost lol)

[rama]

soking:
I'm playing this with an E8400 @ 3.7Ghz with 2 cores.
I get full speed in 95% of the time and just below full speed in the rest.
Now with MTVU on a quad, you can reasonably say you still need ~3.2Ghz
for the same result.

[tuanming]

Is it possible to run DQ8 with a Q6600 (no OC) and a GTX 460 SE at about x2 or x3 resolution, with the MTVU hack?

Or will I need to OC the CPU still? I have generic ram so I don't know how well it will OC. For the GTX 460 SE though, I think it might be easier to OC if I have to.

How much is the price of that Q6600? Also, why are you buying an earlier or older series of the socket 775 quadcore CPU when you can get the Q9xxx series. They are better in all aspects compared to the Q6600. It's almost like owning a Core i series if you have proper hardware. Of course, this is strictly speaking only for PCSX2.

[Mkilbride]

With my rig & a GTX470, I get significant slow downs. Q6600's rarely go over 3.3GHZ, some can hit 3.6, and the very rare ones can go 3.8, but you're more likely to hit the lotto these days.

[recoder]

Then an is I7 far better. You can clock them as high as 4.9Ghz.

[soking]

How much is the price of that Q6600? Also, why are you buying an earlier or older series of the socket 775 quadcore CPU when you can get the Q9xxx series. They are better in all aspects compared to the Q6600. It's almost like owning a Core i series if you have proper hardware. Of course, this is strictly speaking only for PCSX2.

My relative upgraded his build so hes sending me some of his old parts. I'm still on a 2.13ghz duo core so it should be a nice upgrade.

With my rig & a GTX470, I get significant slow downs. Q6600's rarely go over 3.3GHZ, some can hit 3.6, and the very rare ones can go 3.8, but you're more likely to hit the lotto these days.

Significant slowdowns? Is this with MTVU and EE/VU speedhacks?
Shoutwiki says a 3.2ghz duo core should be fine, and rama is running it at a slightly higher clock so it's weird you're getting significant slowdowns.

[recoder]

Ahh. Yes it should not be much significant though. Frame drops of 5-6 are not considered significant. But Frame drops from 60 to 10 is much significant

[soking]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too..