Can I play Xenosaga?

[Shadow Lady]

Did you overclock it or that's the default clockspeed of that processor?

Overclocked, I don't think there's any CPU that comes with that high clocks already.

[VaynardX]

About Xenosaga I, it's not it's that demanding (comparing with some others there), the problem being it doesn't like speed hacks and will break with the minimal VU cycle stealing... so, really a no go for all but the most powerful CPUs.

Uhh, I had my nose bleedin on the vu cycle thingy.@, ,@ What does that do?

Oh damn, I wanna play that game.T_T Anyway, how about suikoden games? Are suikoden games as demanding as xenosaga?

your CPU clocks out much faster than mine, you should be fine

Hmm, have you played xenosaga on pcsx2 already? If yes, how was it? And if you dont mind, can you post your pc specs so I can be ready.XD

[Saiki]

I played 2, and look at my profile for my specs

[nosisab Ken Keleh]

The VU cycle stealing does what the name tells. It can indeed increase the FPS but since it is doing less things in the vector unities it might translate in less things happening in each frame, so it may appear as a lag of sorts and slowdown in some parts of the game. Still it may be better than actual low FPS which securely slows everything down all the time.

Most games runs fine (at least playable and without notable issues) with one or even two steps in that hack, sadly Xenosaga series is not among them, mainly the first one. With the minimal VU cycle stealing the sound desyncs badly at the numerous cutscenes practically ruining all the playability. Actually I don't even know what happens in the whole, because it's so bad that desynchronization that I always reseated the game in all experiences.

[Saiki]

Did you overclock it or that's the default clockspeed of that processor?

Overclocked, I don't think there's any CPU that comes with that high clocks already.

I found.... one lol
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819115227

[Shadow Lady]

Oh, there goes that then

[SamSoNight]

Xenosaga I: Demanding, has an extreme performance hit during mech battles. Cutscenes tend to slow-down too. Seems like a GS problem, since the GS% is always pretty high.
Xenosaga II: Doesn't seem to be demanding. Got 50FPS almost all the time (PAL). Just enable 8-Bit textures to have smoother gameplay.
Xenosaga III: Bit more demanding than II (looks better though ). 8-Bit textures help again. Do not increase the internal res too much, if you have a weak GPU.

For all games, the recommended speed hacks work safely, afaik.

For your PC, I'd always recommend native res. And experiment some more with speed hacks. Then, you might be able to run them with acceptable speed.

[Saiki]

Oh, there goes that then

lol well no dual core comes at 3.6, that's a quad

[VaynardX]

I see. I wonder why Xenosaga 1's more demanding than its sequels.@.@ Anyway, I am going to rip an iso from me dvd game now. Hopefully everything works fine. Wish me luck guys.

[Zeydlitz]

i5-680 is a dual (2+2), no quad.