Quickening PCSX2

[VoldemortRocks]

I realize that. Also, I heard really bad reviews about alienware cause there are so many errors. I looked at falcon-nw.com and they had some reasonable laptops but you would have to overclock them to make them reach 3ghz. The drx seems reasonable but it is 4,000 dollars . Cyberpower PC would work magically but they are so expensive the world would explode if I tried to get one. They do produce the best laptop possible though but the price reaches (you guessed it) 9,000 dollars. I could get a laptop from Cyberpower PC that is at a price-range of 2,500-4,000 that would work amazingly but again, the world would explode if I tried to buy one since I can't get a job because I am not old enough. I have searched everywhere to get a job but no such luck. I am thirteen but I have to be fourteen to be legally hired.

[rama]

Okay, why not start with playing something a little easier to do than the PS2?
There's an abundance of great PSX games, back from when games weren't mass manufactured copies of each other yet.
I'm sure a PSX emulator can achieve full speed on your current laptop

[VoldemortRocks]

It does. But the only good game on PS is Final Fantasy 7 (in my opinion).

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Also, if I were to get a new laptop, I know I would have to get something with an i7 processor. But since it is i7 and probably will have at least 2 cores, will I really need 3ghz?

[rama]

For most games it's starting to get nice at 3Ghz, yep.
If you like RPGs, the PSX is THE console to emulate, just btw

http://casualtygamer.com/2008/10/top-10-psx-rpgs/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIQOv5XT8hw

[VoldemortRocks]

Darn, so I will have to find a laptop with an i7 processor and 3ghz. Fun... . So I guess I will have to save a couple thousand dollars for that. I know for a fact I can run PSX though on this laptop and I do have a PS2 so it isn't the end of the world if I end up not able to run PCSX2. I'm just really bummed that a couple thousand dollars is going to be very hard to get.

[iakoboss7]

with around 700 or 800 dollars you can get a very good DESKTOP pc that will be like the 2 thousand dollars laptop
desktop is the way for pcsx2 and other heavy applications or gaming

[rama]

It'll be BETTER than the laptop, for PCSX2 anyway

[VoldemortRocks]

I realize that but I have been forbidden by my mother to get a desktop. Don't ask me why. Also, she'll tell me that the desktop we have (it's ten years old and has less than a GB of DDR ram) is good enough for whatever I need. She knows nothing about computers (she can't even copy and paste) and thinks any computer can do everything any other computer can do. A desktop is out of the question .

[avih]

It's tough being a teen, still, a laptop good enough to run PCSX2, as others noted, is not really worth the money unless you have a nice stack of $100 bills, which you clearly don't. Either convince her you need a new desktop PC, or buy a used PS2 or just wait till you can afford one or the hardware becomes cheaper. Spending $2500 which you don't have on a laptop just to emulate PS2 is just.. unreasonable..

[VoldemortRocks]

I do have a PS2, I just thought it would be nice to have it on my laptop though since my sister is always on it. Also, I thought that having a portable PS2 would be nice and I came across PCSX2. I can use my PS2 if I want, I just thought it would be great to do it on the computer.