Hello guys I'm starting a new build and just wanted to check in here before buying my parts. I know what I'm getting should be well above the power threshold for PCSX2 but I just wanted to ask a a couple of questions.
CPU: i5-6600(may splurge for an i7 not sure yet) anyway there's an known bug in skylake (there's a bios fix but not every board manufacturer has rolled it out yet) http://www.tomshardware.com/news/skylake...30979.html that causes system freezes/crashes when calculating prime numbers "it may also affect compute-intensive programs such as scientific and financial applications. This problem affects all Skylake processors ranging from the low-end Core M up to the top-end Xeon CPUs." since it should only affect compute intensive programs I was wondering if PCSX2 falls under this? If so I'll probably have to make sure my board falls under the manufacturers that have updated bios.
GPU: which will be an r9 Nano. Once again this should be more than plenty in terms of power for PCSX2 I would assume but I know there's some stuff with the OpenGL performance and Radeon GPU's would this affect my GPU? Should I be looking at 6" Nvidia instead for OpenGL? or does this have enough raw power that it won't make a difference? I know OpenGL is the new recommended backend so I wanted to be sure I was in the clear for future updates.
Other thoughts I'll be using DDR4 Ram anyone know if that has any performance gains in PCSX2?
Anyway thanks for any input!
CPU: i5-6600(may splurge for an i7 not sure yet) anyway there's an known bug in skylake (there's a bios fix but not every board manufacturer has rolled it out yet) http://www.tomshardware.com/news/skylake...30979.html that causes system freezes/crashes when calculating prime numbers "it may also affect compute-intensive programs such as scientific and financial applications. This problem affects all Skylake processors ranging from the low-end Core M up to the top-end Xeon CPUs." since it should only affect compute intensive programs I was wondering if PCSX2 falls under this? If so I'll probably have to make sure my board falls under the manufacturers that have updated bios.
GPU: which will be an r9 Nano. Once again this should be more than plenty in terms of power for PCSX2 I would assume but I know there's some stuff with the OpenGL performance and Radeon GPU's would this affect my GPU? Should I be looking at 6" Nvidia instead for OpenGL? or does this have enough raw power that it won't make a difference? I know OpenGL is the new recommended backend so I wanted to be sure I was in the clear for future updates.
Other thoughts I'll be using DDR4 Ram anyone know if that has any performance gains in PCSX2?
Anyway thanks for any input!