04-15-2012, 01:13 PM
First, here are my hardware specs:
CPU: Core 2 Duo @ 3.00 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6870 w/ 2 GB video RAM (using fglrx)
RAM: 3 GB
OS: Gentoo Linux
Before anyone asks (if anyone was going to ask!?), I didn't just go out and blow all my money on a really nice GPU for a mediocre computer My roommate gave me the machine (at the time with a lower-end video card) when he built a new computer. He bought the Radeon for himself, and the a month later saw a really good deal on a superior nvidia GTX, so he snapped that up and just gave the Radeon to me. I have great roommates!
Anyway, I'm trying to play FFX at the moment. I'm only a few hours into the game but there are points where the slowdown renders it completely unplayable. Also the voices often have a strange echo effect, not that anything could really make the voices in that game worse. I know that my hardware could be a limiting factor in PS2 emulation, but I've definitely seen a few posts with people claiming to have played FFX with specs lower than mine. I feel like I've tried every combination of speedhacks available. Am I missing something, or can I expect significant lag in this game unless I upgrade my CPU?
CPU: Core 2 Duo @ 3.00 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6870 w/ 2 GB video RAM (using fglrx)
RAM: 3 GB
OS: Gentoo Linux
Before anyone asks (if anyone was going to ask!?), I didn't just go out and blow all my money on a really nice GPU for a mediocre computer My roommate gave me the machine (at the time with a lower-end video card) when he built a new computer. He bought the Radeon for himself, and the a month later saw a really good deal on a superior nvidia GTX, so he snapped that up and just gave the Radeon to me. I have great roommates!
Anyway, I'm trying to play FFX at the moment. I'm only a few hours into the game but there are points where the slowdown renders it completely unplayable. Also the voices often have a strange echo effect, not that anything could really make the voices in that game worse. I know that my hardware could be a limiting factor in PS2 emulation, but I've definitely seen a few posts with people claiming to have played FFX with specs lower than mine. I feel like I've tried every combination of speedhacks available. Am I missing something, or can I expect significant lag in this game unless I upgrade my CPU?