Quad-core is optional but recommended.
For me, the aforementioned dual-core served me surprisingly well: DWG2 goes at a stable 30-40 FPS most of the time, with occasional drops into the 20s when facing crowds (though Armored Core stubbornly stays in the single digits).
If it's recommended, then it's not optional lol, you're quite contradicting yourself with that line ^^
No, I'm not. The intended interpretation was "you don't HAVE to get that one but it helps".
(04-11-2013, 11:22 PM)StriFe79 Wrote: [ -> ]If it's recommended, then it's not optional lol, you're quite contradicting yourself with that line ^^
Not to turn this into a discussion on the English language, but "recommend" in this instance means above the minimum. The minimum you need is a CPU that supports SSE2, but it's recommended that the processor has at least 3 cores at 3ghz+ speeds.
Amitakartok: I'm not sure what you mean about about PCSX2 reacting well to overclocks... If you're asking if it responds well to higher CPU speeds, the results are near linear. If you raise the speed of your CPU (either via overclocking, or upgrading to a processor in the same line only faster) you'll see a near linear correlation. That is, a 20% increase in clock speed will get you about 20% faster speeds in PCSX2.
If you mean PCSX2 runs stable on just about any overclock... not so much. PCSX2 will burn through your processor if it's not adequately cooled and properly volted for it's overclock. I've gone through 8 hours of benchmarking on an older CPU after an overclock and be stable, but after an hour of PCSX2 I'd get random restarts. Makes it a rather good stability test.
(04-12-2013, 06:46 AM)Koji Wrote: [ -> ]If you mean PCSX2 runs stable on just about any overclock... not so much.
That's precisely what I wanted to know. Thanks.
I'm not really in a position for an upgrade right now so overclocking (if it's even possible for a laptop) is really the only way to go for me.
I have a laptop hp with the following:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 @2.13Ghz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530
RAM 4Gb
I tested PCSX2 with Kingdom Hearts, Inuyasha the Cursed Mask and Persona 3(FES)
it was glicthy at first but adjusting configuration and using a booster now runs okay, I even had to use the fps limiter.
IDK with heavier games, just saying that could run smoothly on laptop.
Then it would seem that my video card is the weak link, not the CPU.
you guys talk about overclocking and using a booster? i dont know how to do any of that, advice?
(04-13-2013, 01:42 AM)MasterLeonarius Wrote: [ -> ]you guys talk about overclocking and using a booster? i dont know how to do any of that, advice?
There is no magic "booster" that works on PCSX2. Overclocking is the only thing that will give tangible benefits aside from using speed hacks. There are many many MANY guides on the internet on how to overclock computers, you'd be best served referring to one of those guides.
While there is some inherent risk when overclocking your computer, in reality it's incredibly tiny in any modern PC. That's because computers will automatically shut off if they get too hot, and most motherboards have other built in protections if things aren't going well. That said, the safest route if you DO overclock is to simply NOT touch the voltage. You'll limit your max possible overclock, but you reduce the chance of damaging your computer to almost nil.
For example, on one of my old computers, I managed to get a clock increase of nearly 50% merely by fiddling with the FSB (my guess is that the OEM intentionally throttled it for some reason); aside from the occasional crash, it worked perfectly as long as I stayed below a certain threshold, otherwise it wouldn't even boot. Of course, that was a single-core CPU.