Which games are the MOST demanding to run at full speed?

[Sythedragon]

reasonable speeds, not amazing tho I run it sometimes in software mode with 7 threads on my i7 920 @ 3.4Ghz, needless to say i get a playable speed, although i dont believe it is full speed.

I don't know 6 threads from 6 cores at 4GHZ (Albiet, lower clock for clock performance) would compete against 7 threads from 4 cores at 3.4. (Albeit better clock for clock)

[Jinnai]

reasonable speeds, not amazing tho I run it sometimes in software mode with 7 threads on my i7 920 @ 3.4Ghz, needless to say i get a playable speed, although i dont believe it is full speed.

I don't know 6 threads from 6 cores at 4GHZ (Albiet, lower clock for clock performance) would compete against 7 threads from 4 cores at 3.4. (Albeit better clock for clock)

Generally more cores > higher clock speed unless the clock speed is extremely low on the one with more cores. This assumes the software is capable of handling all cores efficiently.

[Gespenst]

Armored Core: Last Raven

As GSDX won't able to run it.

For such 2d game, SRWGs only reaches 40-50 FPS.

[WarWeeny]

shadow of the collosus
dragonquest 8
gt4
okami (field parts are very demanding)
god of war 1

just to name a few

[mashakos]

Gran Turismo 4. Its almost impossible to get FULL speed.
All Ratchet and Clank games.

Funny thing is, after r1888 GT4 was the easiest game for me to run at above 60fps. Only glitch I can notice is that headlights keep flashing at night tracks.

I will test pcsx2 with my macbook pro, I suspect my experience is different from everyone else because my CPU is at 4GHz and my gpu is a 5870.

[midlothian]

Definitely Gran Turismo 4 is one of the most demanding games to emulate, there are moments on few tracks where fps drops to around 40-45 on my config but it's not the worst of all. I think that Godzilla Unleashed is even bit more demanding than GT4.

[fischkopf]

Gran Turismo 4. Its almost impossible to get FULL speed.
All Ratchet and Clank games.

Funny thing is, after r1888 GT4 was the easiest game for me to run at above 60fps. Only glitch I can notice is that headlights keep flashing at night tracks.

I will test pcsx2 with my macbook pro, I suspect my experience is different from everyone else because my CPU is at 4GHz and my gpu is a 5870.

Funny thing is, i can't even run GT4 and get a black screen in newest revisions.

[felix66]

Armored Core: Last Raven

As GSDX won't able to run it.

For such 2d game, SRWGs only reaches 40-50 FPS.

I disagree. If you run it in native, both OGs and OGG run 60 fps plus. I just would up the graphics and run them around 55fps. So I didn't think they were too intensive.

[Gentleman]

The MOST demanding, from my own experiences are... GOW1&2, Godhand, Fatal Frame 3... What else........... They say Shadow of the Colossus is demanding, never tried........ Hmmmm... Gran Turismo 4 maybe ??? I never tried too........ DBZ BT3 might get demanding in vs mode, with 2 players.

If I recall anything else I'll edit this post... Can't remember if there's more.

[sakraycore]

So for these demanding games how much CPU speed do you need for full speed?