Posts: 262
Threads: 12
Joined: Oct 2010
Reputation:
3
Location: US
Your cpu is good and has potential for mild overclock to get full speed in most games except you wont no matter how high you overclock because your video card is outdated, pcsx2 and most modern pc games require something with 1gb you got only 128mb, thats not going to work, ram is enough for pcsx2 (4GB for pc games), in short you need to change your video card, get 2GB more ram, and overclock to around 3.5ghz and you will have very good gaming pc. But just for pcsx2 you dont need to upgrade ram, just overclock and new gpu, i recommend HD6850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...0HD%206850 if you can afford it its the best performance for the price deal, if not HD5750
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...0HD%205750 its cheaper but will run pcsx2 fine, keep in mind it also depend on what resolution you play my 5770 has no problem with 1080p running pcsx2.
And yes keep hyperthreading on im not sure how much it helps with pcsx2 but it does help a lot with multitasking and games that use all cores.
Mobo: EVGA X58 SLI LE
CPU: Intel i7 920 C0 @ 4.2 Ghz 1.36v Cogage Arrow
Ram: 3x2GB OCZ Gold 1690 9-9-8-24 1.65v
GPU: MSI GTX580 Lightning @ 970/2200 1.09v+MSI GTX460 Hawk PhysX
HDD: Corsair Force GT 120, 2x F4 320GB Raid 0,F4 2TB, WD-G 1TB
PSU: Corsair HX850 80 PLUS SILVER Modular
Case: Antec 1200 EVGA Mod
Posts: 262
Threads: 12
Joined: Oct 2010
Reputation:
3
Location: US
With that gpu you will be forced to play on native, probably using dx9 and it will look like crap, im surprised to see that pc with such a good cpu has such crappy gpu and only 2gb ram, did you buy it from the store or build it yourself? like i said with about $250-$300 you can get hd6870 or hd6850 and 4gb more ram, overclock to about 3.5ghz and you pc will run any ps2 or pc game on high graphics
Mobo: EVGA X58 SLI LE
CPU: Intel i7 920 C0 @ 4.2 Ghz 1.36v Cogage Arrow
Ram: 3x2GB OCZ Gold 1690 9-9-8-24 1.65v
GPU: MSI GTX580 Lightning @ 970/2200 1.09v+MSI GTX460 Hawk PhysX
HDD: Corsair Force GT 120, 2x F4 320GB Raid 0,F4 2TB, WD-G 1TB
PSU: Corsair HX850 80 PLUS SILVER Modular
Case: Antec 1200 EVGA Mod
Posts: 84
Threads: 13
Joined: Aug 2010
Reputation:
0
01-03-2011, 06:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2011, 06:52 AM by cloud50.)
and the 32-bit
2 GB is sufficient
3.2 GB is only usable for the 32
an HD 5850 will do nicely (:
the cpu limit the power of the gpu with a Scythe Mugen II 4 ghz possible
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lga-...535-6.html
i5 750 4.3 ghz
noctua nh-d14
toxic 5850 x 2
asus sabertooth
2x2 gb ddr3 g-skill pc 12800
corsair 650 tx
seagate 1 tb raid 0
Posts: 84
Threads: 13
Joined: Aug 2010
Reputation:
0
01-03-2011, 09:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2011, 09:32 AM by cloud50.)
of course it's possible i3 530 have a multiplier x22 for 4 ghz
you can put 20x200 with a ratio of 2:6 which gives 200x6 1200 Mhz(ddr3
or small oc 155x22 3410 ration 2:8 155x8 1240 mhz ddr3
i5 750 4.3 ghz
noctua nh-d14
toxic 5850 x 2
asus sabertooth
2x2 gb ddr3 g-skill pc 12800
corsair 650 tx
seagate 1 tb raid 0
Posts: 84
Threads: 13
Joined: Aug 2010
Reputation:
0
01-03-2011, 08:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2011, 08:14 PM by cloud50.)
you had to try a slight oc the cpu with a vcore of 1.15 below that could give a little boost to the emulation
i5 750 4.3 ghz
noctua nh-d14
toxic 5850 x 2
asus sabertooth
2x2 gb ddr3 g-skill pc 12800
corsair 650 tx
seagate 1 tb raid 0