Nehalem Core i7 good for PS2 emu?

[FireFlower]

Well I quickly tested software rendering with DX10 and DX9 with 2 and 3 threads.

Effect was like I was able to play symphonia with 35 fps in towns and 55 fps with skits and battle... well never got that far ;P

[enb141]

What do I have to do if I wanna test that "software rendering"?

[Nneeve]

Use GSDX (the latest version - currently 1.12 - as it improves Software speed.) and select "Direct3D9 (Software)" (or "Direct3D10 (Software)" if you have that) in "Renderer".

[seinfeldx]

Still, hardware is more constant and higher in speed (with exceptions) that software at least for my ati hd2600xt and C2D 6550 2.33Ghz.

[FireFlower]

Yup same for me also hardware looks much smoother

[enb141]

Thanks, I've tryied software mode with two threads on my Q6600 and still is faster with Hardware so we have to wait until we see octo CPUs or something higher.

[aeridus]

It runs great on Vista 64 with my Core i7 965. About the only major slowdowns I see occur during load times. I haven't tried a lot of games yet, but the few I have got around 30fps or higher. This PC is leaps and bounds ahead of my last machine, a 5-year-old Pentium 4 machine.

[VeaaC]

Could you post some benchmarks for some games using software rendering with 1, 2, ... ,7 threads?

[rama]

aeridus:
I agree, I'd also like to know how well gsdx scales with more rendering threads.
A nice and simple test would be running the BIOS with pcsx2 set to speed (DaZ enabled, x2 sync hack enabled),
and watching the fps with gsdx software renderer at 2,3.. - 6 threads (going up to 7 or 8 might freeze the emu ).

[FireFlower]

If you want someone to test is I suggest to post this on somekind overclocking forum? Xtremesystems, hwbot, etc...