Can my computer run the emulator?

[Darkice]

How can you hate intel for personal reasons?
There just a processor company...

I mean if you said, I hate them because there tech support sucks, or they ripped you off, there over priced any of those thing I would be like hey okay, but something personal, that sounds a bit off, mind telling me pretty please =]

[Waro]

The one thing I really don't like about the 3 gig chips though is their incredibly low cache..

Cache size has a lower impact on AMD CPUs because their memory controller is integrated into them. My 5600+ only has 2x 1MB of L2 cache, yet my memory bandwidth for read, write and copy operations is around 8000 MB/s.

In case you're referring to the 89W version of the 6000+, which only has 2x 512kB of L2 cache, look at the brighter side — at least it produces less heat.

[Sythedragon]

Ok, good to know. I wasn't planning on upgrading my processor until AMD catches up to intel. I hate intel for personal reasons. But unfortunately their i7 series destroys the horrible phenoms...

I suppose I could throw a cheap am2+ 5800 or 6k in temporarily.

Um......You mean Phenom II's? And no.. they're not horrible, far from it.

>.<

[Khalan]

Yeah, I can run quite a few games well with my 5200 (eg. FFX high res at 60 fps), so a 6000 should do pretty well if you can find one. I need to upgrade to be able to play some of my more demanding games smoothly though, such as FFXII and MGS3.

You have a +5200 and can't play FFXII? I have a +5000 and I'm pretty much at the end of FFXII.
Sorry if I went off topic..

Sounds good, it must be a configuration problem on my end. I can run it at around 40fps atm, but I'd rather use my real PS2 if I can't get full speed. I'll play around with the options more, thanks.

[nataq01]

Yeah, I can run quite a few games well with my 5200 (eg. FFX high res at 60 fps), so a 6000 should do pretty well if you can find one. I need to upgrade to be able to play some of my more demanding games smoothly though, such as FFXII and MGS3.

You have a +5200 and can't play FFXII? I have a +5000 and I'm pretty much at the end of FFXII.
Sorry if I went off topic..

Sounds good, it must be a configuration problem on my end. I can run it at around 40fps atm, but I'd rather use my real PS2 if I can't get full speed. I'll play around with the options more, thanks.

no, i had 5600+ overclocked to the limit and radeon hd4850 and ffx was unplayable, athlons just arent good for emulating... phenoms II and intels get good performance. Now i have phenom II x2 550 @ 3500mhz and when i turn of frame rate limiter in FFX i get 200-300% fps.

[Shadow Lady]

FFX unplayable on a athlon x2 5600 overclocked? sounds like you had the ATI bug or some bad overclocking actually, that 5600 on stock speeds should run it the same as my E2160 which is full speed most of the time unless ofc by unplayable you mean less than full speed all the time

ah well at least you got it running fine now :)

[Waro]

FFX unplayable on a athlon x2 5600 overclocked? sounds like you had the ATI bug or some bad overclocking actually, that 5600 on stock speeds should run it the same as my E2160 which is full speed most of the time unless ofc by unplayable you mean less than full speed all the time

ah well at least you got it running fine now :)

Ditto. I can play FFX at full speed without any overclocking whatsoever.

[ScootsMcGee]

How can you hate intel for personal reasons?
There just a processor company...

I mean if you said, I hate them because there tech support sucks, or they ripped you off, there over priced any of those thing I would be like hey okay, but something personal, that sounds a bit off, mind telling me pretty please =]

All of the things you listed are personal reasons. Hating them because their products were horrible would not be a personal reason. Hating them because of an instance that happened to me personally is a personal reason. Their products are well done, but I hate the company for my own reasons.

Also, it would be 'their' in place of 'there.' And your whole comment is a run-on sentence. Just as long as we're being technical.

My main reason for wanting high cache is mainly for games like GTA and SC. They both run best on quad cores though, so there's no point in worrying about it until a better upgrade I guess.

Since I already ordered the processor, is the rest of my system up to par with playing the PS2 games I want to play?

[shiki_arc]

Well..wanna get cleared on this..i wanna know if my laptop can run the emulator well..

Core 2 duo 2.0ghz..
4gb ddr2 ram
Intel 4 series express chipset..

i know its low spec but any hope of using the emu?

[refraction]

shiki_arc, dont hijack other peoples threads.