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Is a 2.13 Dual core processor too slow for this?
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03-29-2009, 09:24 PM
I have a 9600gt gfx card, 3 gigs of RAM...but my processor is kinda on the low side. Would I be able to play, say, FFX with this setup? My PS3 have PS2 support and I was thinking of going out and getting FFX again, but I don't want to spend the money if I won't be able to play it Sad
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03-29-2009, 09:35 PM
(03-29-2009, 09:24 PM)anth79mac Wrote: I have a 9600gt gfx card, 3 gigs of RAM...but my processor is kinda on the low side. Would I be able to play, say, FFX with this setup? My PS3 have PS2 support and I was thinking of going out and getting FFX again, but I don't want to spend the money if I won't be able to play it Sad

What's your exact model processor? If you have at least the SSSE3 instruction set, you should be ok if you overclock your processor.
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03-29-2009, 09:44 PM
pcsx detects up to SSSE3
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03-29-2009, 09:44 PM
FFX would most likely be slow with this. PCSX2 relies mostly on a processor speed. You will need to either overclock of change your processor Smile
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03-29-2009, 09:55 PM
Oh well, I don't know a thing about overclocking and can't afford to buy a new processor right now if I screw something up. Guess I'll have to wait until I can afford a new one.
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03-29-2009, 10:06 PM
(03-29-2009, 09:55 PM)anth79mac Wrote: Oh well, I don't know a thing about overclocking and can't afford to buy a new processor right now if I screw something up. Guess I'll have to wait until I can afford a new one.

It's pretty hard to screw anything with overclocking these days. Just google your processor and motherboard +overclocking to see how it's done.
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03-29-2009, 10:34 PM (This post was last modified: 03-29-2009, 10:35 PM by anth79mac.)
OK, I've given it a try, but how can I tell if it actually worked? Will the BIOS say it's now a 2.8 ghz processor now or whatever? Or is there no real way to test it other than trying something out?
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03-29-2009, 10:37 PM (This post was last modified: 03-29-2009, 10:38 PM by LuisR14.)
i think it would say the changed speed in the Computer's properties Smile
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03-29-2009, 10:44 PM
Thanks yeah it did, it went from 2.13 ghz to 2.4--gonna see if I can push it up to 3.1. And as long as I keep the temperature under 70 degrees C I should be golden?
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03-29-2009, 11:41 PM
I was able to run ffx quite well at 2.4GHz but i did need to use native then.
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