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[bcheese69]

What determines if your machine is fast? is it physical ram or cpu speed?

[xstyla]

the cpu's speed and architechture. 2x3Ghz sure is kinda fast but the architechture is already old.

[Rezard]

Examples of what better architecture does in comparison can be seen on the CPU Benchmark designed for PCSX2 based on FFX-2.

Here's an example that directly relates to your processor, and compares it to the most modern available (released a year ago). Note the tremendous difference, even at the same clockrate...

63.12 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 2100 - 3.1GHz (Stock)
33.40 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ - 3.06 Ghz OC

There are, of course, various architectures available with processors in between those, any of which will prove more fitting for PS2 emulation. Even AMD's Athlon II and Phenom II are about 50% better by the clock than what you have, and they're becoming kinda old by today's standards (old enough to be quite affordable).

Again;
It's time to upgrade.

[bcheese69]

is the 33.40 fps with overclock or no?

[Mkilbride]

Only the top end AMD CPU's even hit the 60FPS mark, and that is heavily over-clocked.

[Rezard]

is the 33.40 fps with overclock or no?

It says "OC".
So, yeah-- It's overclocked.

The 5200+ is 2.7Ghz stock.
It overclocked to 3Ghz is pretty much what yours is.

[bcheese69]

I can hit 60 fps but just some parts of the game it drops lol and i haven't overclocked mine.

[BlueSamurai]

PCs are always going to be expensive; they're going to be an investment. They're a privilege to have, and there are no ways of getting things cheaply or for free. You just have to save, get a job, or beg your parents for money.

Even back when I was using a Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, PCSX2 ran great for me, although I had to overclock to about 3.5GHz. Now I have a Core i5 750 running at 3.8Ghz (I could probably go further - but why would I need to?) and I've never had a slow down in any game I've been playing, ever.

[bcheese69]

Well, is overclocking my pc going to help at all?

[naoan]

AMD 6000 is notoriously hard to overclock, feel free to try though.