Graphics Card Upgrade?

[monel]

what geforce model ?

there is not a huge difference between the phenom and the phenom 2 checked with the benchmarks and was about 5 -15 fps difference at a 1680 depends on the version though

It just says Geforce 8 series onboard on the motherboard box.

I think you've emulated the PS2, what kind of specs are needed? Any advice?

[abigsmurf]

PS2 emulation is 90% CPU, 10% GPU.

The better the CPU, the better games run. Once you get past a certain (very low) level of GPU, it makes next to no difference.

I believe at the moment, even the high end mainstream CPUs can't get 60fps on everything but I don't know how effective the frameskip is on PS2 emu or how effective speedhacks are.

[monel]

I think my Phenom clock speed is 2.2ghz, when I tried emulating a certain PS2 game, which is the only game I really want to emulate, it ran but the frame rate was terrible. Unplayable. Damn.

[abigsmurf]

Tried looking around to see if there are any speedhacks for the game?

[Cornflakes]

Some games can be made playable through speed hacks. Did you check the pcsx2 forum?


ah, too late...

[monel]

No, I didn't know about that possibility, will do. Think it might help?

Also, sorry for all the questions but would ram be an issue?

[SuperBeatBoy]

It shouldn't be, you do need to realise that PS2 emulation is very much in its infancy. Ps1 emulation is still **** today.

Installed Rivatuner and checked my core temperature. My GPU is 91' on idle! Thank god i ordered that new cooler.

[abigsmurf]

The thing that ultimately makes PS2 emulation such a nightmare is the geometry engine. It has a huge amount of grunt power which translates into a lot of CPU cycles.

I'm intrigued as to how Sony squeezed PS2 emulation out of the PS3 (even if their software emulator wasn't as good as the hardware solution).

[Cornflakes]

The so called software solution still required the GS chip, only the EE was emulated. I remember someone mention that the ps3 cannot handle true software ps2 emulation due to memory bandwidth required to emulate the GS, or something.