08-06-2015, 03:58 AM
I mean all the posts are all like that on here, so why not make the title kind of abnoxious? xb
Hey! Name's Mike, I've been roaming around the forums for a while but figured I'd make an account now, since I usually just read up on stuff on here and the sorts..
Here's the deal: I currently have a Core i5 4690 which beautifully runs most of the games I have on it due to having one of the best Single Core performance of all stock chips out there, and I bought it for this single reason, emulate PS2 because mine's DVD reader broke (first ever slim model btw) and missed playing some of my fav titles, PS2 was my childhood console.
But now since I'm starting this Multimedia school thingy, and do a lot of video editing, this 4690 isn't cutting it with it's 4 cores when I want to render above 2K video, so here's the problem:
I am thinking of getting a Xeon chip, the X5650 which is a 6 core machine with 12 threads, and will have to retire my i5 for it, it comes with a stock clock of 2.66Ghz, first gen i7 architecture, and I'm thinking of bumping it up to 3.5/4Ghz since it's an unlocked chip.
Will it be able to run my PS2 games? I am asking to anyone still rolling out the i7 9xx series of processors to see if anyone can guide me, it'd be a shame not being able to play my fav games and just let them be on my shelf.
If it helps, I have an European PS2 that I extracted the bios off of. So it's an european bios, every game will be in PAL.
FOR REFERENCE - GEEKBENCH SINGLE CORE - i5 4690(Stock) VS Xeon X5650 (4Ghz) (click me) (Geekbench link - Safe)
Games I play:
Gran Turismo 3/4
Midnight Club 3
Medal of Honor series
GTA Vice City Stories/Liberty City Stories
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Many thanks in advance. c:
-Mike
Hey! Name's Mike, I've been roaming around the forums for a while but figured I'd make an account now, since I usually just read up on stuff on here and the sorts..
Here's the deal: I currently have a Core i5 4690 which beautifully runs most of the games I have on it due to having one of the best Single Core performance of all stock chips out there, and I bought it for this single reason, emulate PS2 because mine's DVD reader broke (first ever slim model btw) and missed playing some of my fav titles, PS2 was my childhood console.
But now since I'm starting this Multimedia school thingy, and do a lot of video editing, this 4690 isn't cutting it with it's 4 cores when I want to render above 2K video, so here's the problem:
I am thinking of getting a Xeon chip, the X5650 which is a 6 core machine with 12 threads, and will have to retire my i5 for it, it comes with a stock clock of 2.66Ghz, first gen i7 architecture, and I'm thinking of bumping it up to 3.5/4Ghz since it's an unlocked chip.
Will it be able to run my PS2 games? I am asking to anyone still rolling out the i7 9xx series of processors to see if anyone can guide me, it'd be a shame not being able to play my fav games and just let them be on my shelf.
If it helps, I have an European PS2 that I extracted the bios off of. So it's an european bios, every game will be in PAL.
FOR REFERENCE - GEEKBENCH SINGLE CORE - i5 4690(Stock) VS Xeon X5650 (4Ghz) (click me) (Geekbench link - Safe)
Games I play:
Gran Turismo 3/4
Midnight Club 3
Medal of Honor series
GTA Vice City Stories/Liberty City Stories
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Many thanks in advance. c:
-Mike