AMD CPU recommendations?

[ufoman]

I know that an Intel C2D @3,2GHz is recommended CPU for PCSX2. What speed would be equivalent for modern AMD CPU (Phenom II/Athlon II) is terms of emulation performance?

[bkwegoharder]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819103846

This is the closest you could get, but even then it's not as good as a 3.2GHz Core 2 Duo. It's close enough though and it overclocks well.

[ufoman]

As can you see in my sig, I got myself an Athlon II (same thing without L3 cache) and at 3,6GHz it's enough to play FFX, SMT Nocturne and Timesplitters Future Perfect with no speedhacks, I can also play GoW, SotC and Soul Calibur 3 with speedhacks, so I think it's at least a decent CPU ;>

[rama]

Phenom II @ 3.8Ghz will prolly compare to a E6600 overclocked to 3.2Ghz.
With newer Intel cpu's it's a bit harder to tell, due to the new SSE instructions.

[ufoman]

I agree the additional instructions include an additional changing factor. How much are SSSE3 and SSE4.(0,1,2) used in PCSX2's core, by the way?

[rama]

SSE4.1 is used by the vu recompilers, especially mVU. In all I'd say a 10% speedup in vu limited scenes.

[ufoman]

Helluva lot if you ask me. Now can you tell me how can I identify a VU-limited scene?

[mantasuk]

With so many different i* cpus filling all of the price points, I would recommend some i* cpu from Intel at this time.

[cloud8521]

With so many different i* cpus filling all of the price points, I would recommend some i* cpu from Intel at this time.

much rather have my 100$ phenom with 2 free cores

[kirisame]

The most expensive AMD chip I can find:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819103727

Even though it is still cheaper than my C2Q, but Intel's products are usually overpriced, this Phenom should be a beast