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That 1300x won't do soc at 60 for. My 1950x is a lil heavier hitting on single thread performance.. and it's still lagging behind my 3770, which fails to keep it above 50 fps some times. That's with an all core 4.1 ghz
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08-02-2018, 09:54 AM
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Honestly, you're not likely to do it without speed hacks using an and processor. A 6th gen or later top end i5 will be where you're looking for performance. Say a i5 6700k or i5 6700. As for video, look to a1050 ti...
The 1950x has a stp of roughly 2050 ish at stock speeds (3.9 turbo). That's lagging behind even a 3rd gen i7
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The GPU is going to come more in to play if you also want to increase the internal resolution or do other visual enhancements. At native resolution the 1030 should be generally fine (and honestly at 2-4x depending on the game). If you are also wanting to run PC games then the 1050ti is a wonderful upgrade and will allow for greatly enhanced performance over a 1030 in more modern\heavy titles.
If you want to save some money the i5 6600k will not really perform worse (epspecially if overclocked to the same speed) in emulation, but in multithreaded tasks there will be an appreciable difference . The 7600k/7700k and 8600k/8700k will each see slight performance improvements over the older CPUs if pure raw performance is more important then anything.
Anything over 16GB of RAM is only a good idea if you have a specific purpose in getting it. Though when RAM was cheep and plentiful you could do it just because. For emulation amount of RAM is generally unimportant since so very little is needed\used.
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Yes, if you are also planning on doing some AAA PC gaming then a GPU is the most important thing in your system and a lot of CPUs will work (unless you are going to high refresh rate gaming... then you need a better CPU), though there are a few titles that require a decent CPU.
For emulation it is mainly flipped. A very good CPU will be the usual limiting factor in performance and therefore the most important part (unless you are going for higher internal resolution or post processing effects), though there are a few titles that will require a decent GPU even on native.
Systems built for both need to be balanced, since you can not get enough CPU or GPU power you need to carefully get the most out of your budget in both.
Overall though you might want to wait for Gamescom to be over since Nvida looks like they are announcing their new line and if you can wait until the new line comes out you can get some nice discounts on the current line (or even a slightly used part from those ppl who upgrade every generation).
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I ran SOC at nearly 60 fps on my old 3770 build.. It used a gtx 750 ti oc at 3x native.. It was my Proccessor that was dragging me down. TK's suggestion of the 6600k isnt a bad one to save a few dollars.
The 1050ti should handle most anything pcsx2 can throw at it at 4x.. and in many cases possibly higher.
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