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(09-23-2014, 05:34 PM)Pikasora Wrote: its only "heavy" CPU Intensive if you use Softwaremode
WHAT???
The emulation is really hard on the CPU which has to make that alien game code for PS2 readable and executable by a x86 CPU before actually executing it (the difference from native applications which just need to execute the code).
But yes, using software mode adds to the total CPU load a fair deal but not even near the emulation load.
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Saying a game is only CPU intensive while using the software renderer is insane. Ratchet and Clank is a monster either way. Jak is a monster on the CPU either way. A lot of games hit the cpu incredibly hard in the hardware renderer.
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09-23-2014, 09:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-23-2014, 09:51 PM by Blyss Sarania.)
^ Yep that.
Even in HW mode, the EE is running in software, and the GS main thread is running on software, and the VU's are running in software, etc.
Software mode = adds rendering the whole scene to an already heavy workload.
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