07-22-2010, 11:03 AM
I used to think of it as impossible to run FFX at full speed on my Intel Pentium 4 541 Prescott 3.2 ghz @ 3.93-4.25 ghz, by just enabling all the speedhacks and using Divine GS plugin and SPU-2X (Nearest for fastest audio processing) I am getting anywhere from 56-75 FPS and even in battles and during in game sequencies and CGI cutscenes I'm getting consistent framerate. I'm running the game with an internal res of 1600x1200 and it looks very smooth, I'm using either VU compiler, and I'm using the FFX videos fix but I'm not sure what the EE timing hack would really change.
I have an eVGA (Nvidia) 8600GT 256MB DDR3 SSC @ 713/1782/882 (1784 effective) mhz and 2x2GB of G-Skill Pi Black Series 4-4-4-12 @ 980 - 1060 mhz. I also have a Asus P5KPL-CM @ 980 - 1060 mhz FSB.
The point is that now PS2 is playable at nearly half the previous requirement (a 2 ghz Core 2 duo, instead just a 2.8 ghz single core Core 2 could suffice) with a little bit of tweaking. My P4 @ 4.3 ghz (highest reached) with HT (30-50% improvement at times, 50% in PCSX2) is equal to one core of a Core 2 around 2.9-3.1 ghz depending.
I love the development work on PCSX2! I believe there has been a lot done to optimize it so that PS2 emulation as a whole could come from a dream to an easy possibility (it's almost analogous to running Crysis at low/mid settings at this point, which is something almost everyone can do). I'm going to post some videos on YouTube of the wondrous gameplay of one of my favorite PS2 games. FFX is the first I've ever played and I've spent over 700 hours altogether playing it on the original PS2, I used to have a strategy guide for it and FFX-2 which I also got into. I have a collectors edition tin case copy of FFXII laying around that I might start getting into later.
I was considering upgrading my CPU so I could finally play FFX and other games, but now I guess the only point would be to exceed 60 FPS or for games that have not had much optimization for them in PCSX2.
Let's hear it for the one of the or the lowest requirements to play PCSX2 games *ever* achieved!
By the way I already have plenty of screencaps, and the game looks amazing if you have a good video card, crank the internal res up to 1920x1440 or 2560x1600 maybe even with some anti-aliasing.
Just to have the game running 30-40 FPS at first I couldn't believe it, but 60-75?!? On a 'slow' Pentium 4 [albeit with HT to speed things up]?!? Holy ....
I still have to play around with the flush to denormals, extra and the positive/negative options on the recompilers to see what's optimal.
I have an eVGA (Nvidia) 8600GT 256MB DDR3 SSC @ 713/1782/882 (1784 effective) mhz and 2x2GB of G-Skill Pi Black Series 4-4-4-12 @ 980 - 1060 mhz. I also have a Asus P5KPL-CM @ 980 - 1060 mhz FSB.
The point is that now PS2 is playable at nearly half the previous requirement (a 2 ghz Core 2 duo, instead just a 2.8 ghz single core Core 2 could suffice) with a little bit of tweaking. My P4 @ 4.3 ghz (highest reached) with HT (30-50% improvement at times, 50% in PCSX2) is equal to one core of a Core 2 around 2.9-3.1 ghz depending.
I love the development work on PCSX2! I believe there has been a lot done to optimize it so that PS2 emulation as a whole could come from a dream to an easy possibility (it's almost analogous to running Crysis at low/mid settings at this point, which is something almost everyone can do). I'm going to post some videos on YouTube of the wondrous gameplay of one of my favorite PS2 games. FFX is the first I've ever played and I've spent over 700 hours altogether playing it on the original PS2, I used to have a strategy guide for it and FFX-2 which I also got into. I have a collectors edition tin case copy of FFXII laying around that I might start getting into later.
I was considering upgrading my CPU so I could finally play FFX and other games, but now I guess the only point would be to exceed 60 FPS or for games that have not had much optimization for them in PCSX2.
Let's hear it for the one of the or the lowest requirements to play PCSX2 games *ever* achieved!
By the way I already have plenty of screencaps, and the game looks amazing if you have a good video card, crank the internal res up to 1920x1440 or 2560x1600 maybe even with some anti-aliasing.
Just to have the game running 30-40 FPS at first I couldn't believe it, but 60-75?!? On a 'slow' Pentium 4 [albeit with HT to speed things up]?!? Holy ....
I still have to play around with the flush to denormals, extra and the positive/negative options on the recompilers to see what's optimal.