Read first: Will PCSX2 run fast on my computer?

[nova]

How well can this pc run pscsx2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6883229250

[Rezard]

That has a meager GPU. An HD 5450 isn't the worst thing to be stuck with, but it's certainly not gonna be a wise choice.

And then it has an AMD processor. Not the greatest, but enough to suite a decent amount of games. Unfortunately, it's potential could still be held back too often with that GPU.

Bottom line: It's capable, but you could do better. You should do better than that GPU.

[kris9515]

What about - 4gb ram, Inter Core 2 duo E4600 2.4 ghz, Nvidia 9400GT 512 mb[128 bit] - can i play God of war 2 with pcsx2 0.9.8 with good fps or something?

[Koji]

No. That GPU is better... but still no... that CPU wouldn't be good enough for GoW2 either.

[yan2yan]

Hi,

I'm planning to build a gaming rig desktop that will work good on pcsx2. I just want to ask which system will work better on pcsx2:

AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE (Black Edition) 3.2 ghz
mbo, am3, Asus M4A88T-M LE
vga, Sapphire HD 5830 Xtreme 1gb/256bit ddr5
hdd, 500gb WDC Cabiar Blue (WD5000AAKX) 16mb sata 3 hdd
ram, Geil 2gb ddr3-1333 (GV32GB1333C9SC)

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cpu, Intel Core i3 2100 3.1GHz (Dual Core)
mbo, lga1155, Asrock H61M/U3S3
vga, Sapphire HD 5830 Xtreme 1gb/256bit ddr5
hdd, 500gb WDC Cabiar Blue (WD5000AAKX) 16mb sata 3 hdd
psu, HEC 500watts, PSU, Rapter II, 80 efficiency
ram, Kingston 2gb ddr3-1333


I'm sorry for asking, I posted this because i didn't see my proc. same as the Graphics Card..

Thnx in advance.. )

[Koji]

If you're judging only on PCSX2, at stock speeds the i3 will do better for PCSX2... That said, the black edition processors can reach 3.8ghz-4.2ghz or so, so if you get a decent cooler and plan on overclocking the phenom 2 should be able to surpass the i3 (at least as far as I understand, the new core processors that don't have the 'k' designation are quite limited in their ability to be overclocked, I may be wrong on that since I don't have one in which case the i3 would still be superior)

[yan2yan]

Ohh. Okay. I'm not planning to overclock any processor.
Hm. So, what's better when not OCing for pcsx2?

And also, will I get full speed or almost on some demanding games
with 1024x768 resolution and medium game settings ?

Like God of War 2, Tekken 5, FFX or kingdom hearts ?

[Secret Dragoon]

And also, will I get full speed or almost on some demanding games
with 1024x768 resolution and medium game settings ?

PCSX2 uses scaling so resolution doesn't matter here.
And the i3 will probably perform better due to being a smaller microarchetecture.

Also for the games you should have 0 issues running FFX as it's one of the easiest to run PS2 games. I can't say anything about the others but because you're system should run better than mine you shouldn't have many problems unless you're dealing with the hard to run games.

[yan2yan]

Ohh. Okay sir.

The bottom line is "Which would be better for pcsx2? (Also for some PC games if possible)"
And the answer is the Intel rig?

[slap chop]

That's pretty much it. Here's my rig and I can pretty much run almost everything without speedhacks. (that isn't broken in the emulator of course)
Intel core i7 875k OC @ 3.2GHZ
ATI Radeon 5870
Hitachi 500GB HDD and WD 2TBHDD
Corsair 750W PSU
Gigabyte GA-p55-USB3 Mobo
G Skill 4GB-1333 RAM