Read first: Will PCSX2 run fast on my computer?

[Nobbs66]

I'll probably get Broadwell (because of a great IGP, I can get a dGPU later). Whether I get the i5 or the i7 depends on this: can anyone tell me for certain that having five or six rendering threads on a non-hexacore CPU makes a lot of difference?

No, it's not really worth it even on a hexcore

[AoMythology]

No, it's not really worth it even on a hexcore

Thanks. I think it's still worth it to get an i7, though, since if we add together the two threads PCSX uses -plus MTVU, plus the software threads-, then HT should be quite useful.

[karasuhebi]

It is still worth it. As I mentioned before, even if what Nobbs66 is saying is correct and you don't get any benefit past 4 extra rendering threads, the only processors capable of giving PCSX2 that many extra threads are processors with 4+ threads. In Intel's case, only Core-i7s and Xeons have that luxury.

[ssakash]

It is still worth it. As I mentioned before, even if what Nobbs66 is saying is correct and you don't get any benefit past 4 extra rendering threads, the only processors capable of giving PCSX2 that many extra threads are processors with 4+ threads. In Intel's case, only Core-i7s and Xeons have that luxury.

actually, the benefit of extra rendering threads depends on the games themselves, on some games I still get a boost on extra rendering threads set to 6 on other games any value over 3 will create slowdowns, I hope you get the point.

[wilsonfreddyson]

Hi. This looks to be the right thread for my question.

My cousin is giving me an i3 laptop and I won't be getting it unless it can run PCSX2.

Here are the specs:
Intel Core i3 3110m 2.4ghz (3rd generation)
Intel HD 4000 Graphics card
4GB memory
500gb Harddrive

The games I plan to play involve Star Ocean, the Suikoden games, Fatal Frame games, Radiant Historia, Siren 2, the Persona games, and FFX-2. I'm not even going to expect that SoC will work on it, Haha. Will I be able to play the games with those specs?

[ssakash]

Hi. This looks to be the right thread for my question.

My cousin is giving me an i3 laptop and I won't be getting it unless it can run PCSX2.

Here are the specs:
Intel Core i3 3110m 2.4ghz (3rd generation)
Intel HD 4000 Graphics card
4GB memory
500gb Harddrive

The games I plan to play involve Star Ocean, the Suikoden games, Fatal Frame games, Radiant Historia, Siren 2, the Persona games, and FFX-2. I'm not even going to expect that SoC will work on it, Haha. Will I be able to play the games with those specs?

the FF series should work well , no clue about the other games.

[Hype_Zen]

I Need Help. I Have A 4GB Nvidia Graphics Card But Still My Games On PCSX2 Are Slow. Before I had an AMD Radeon 1GB. Now I Have 4GB Nvidia But Its Still No Difference. All my other games (not in pcsx2) Like GTA V or Dragon Ball Xenoverse are having good FPS. But Not PCSX2. Why Is That? Please Help

[Nobbs66]

please open your own thread

[ssakash]

I Need Help. I Have A 4GB Nvidia Graphics Card But Still My Games On PCSX2 Are Slow. Before I had an AMD Radeon 1GB. Now I Have 4GB Nvidia But Its Still No Difference. All my other games (not in pcsx2) Like GTA V or Dragon Ball Xenoverse are having good FPS. But Not PCSX2. Why Is That? Please Help

I don't think a simple question like yours deserves a extra new thread so, I will answer it here.

you think that VRAM is the only indicator of the higher computational power of a GPU , which is accurately imprecise. by the way, PCSX2 needs a powerful processor for the conversion of those PS2 instruction sets, MMI instruction sets to SSE based instruction sets. so, it's pretty heavy on the CPU side.

so, it's quite likely that your CPU is on the weak side.

[desertofunknown]

I don't think a simple question like yours deserves a extra new thread so, I will answer it here.

you think that VRAM is the only indicator of the higher computational power of a GPU , which is accurately imprecise. by the way, PCSX2 needs a powerful processor for the conversion of those PS2 instruction sets, MMI instruction sets to SSE based instruction sets. so, it's pretty heavy on the CPU side.

so, it's quite likely that your CPU is on the weak side.

Exactly.... tbh pcsx2 does not need a strong graphics card in most circumstances if you have a strong cpu for software mode... in fact pcsx2 works great in a VPS with only an emulated graphics card...