Looking to get a new pc to emulate up through ps2. What specs are ideal?
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The State of PS2 Emulation
Looking to get a new pc to emulate up through ps2. What specs are ideal?
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current state if it: Not perfect like say: PS1, GCN, or even that of Dreamcast emulation, but definitely better than Xbox Original emulation and Saturn Emulation.
Anything worth building for the last 8 years has been good enough. You'd have to try to go wrong. >=4 threads, >=2000 single thread on passmark if you want a figure, though. 970/1060 or RX 480 if you want HD across the board. ZOE2 might still be a problem but I haven't tried it lately.
>Dolphin's perfect
this fricking meme. Yeah play Rogue Squadron 3 on anything but a Zen 4 or a 13th gen and let me know how it goes. I've had various one-off jank/low performance moments with Dolphin over the years, too. PCSX2 and Dolphin have about the same level of compatibility and performance overall.
Saturn emulation is basically perfect in practice. Why do people keep saying this?
The Beetle Saturn core on retroarch has played everything I threw at it flawlessly. I’m sure it’s not “perfect” emulation but I couldn’t discern any noticeable graphical glitches in anything. It’s been like this for years now too.
Do people still think it’s 2005?
>basically perfect
>runs 100%
When are you people going to stop parroting this crap? Saturn emulation still has random freezes and black screens in quite a few games. Just because it runs Street Fighter Alpha 3 perfectly, it doesn't mean it will run Virtua Fighter Kids 2 or that Gundam game I forgot the name of (the one with 3 CDs).
You're mistaking the state of overall emulation for it running the most popular games. Of course it will run the most popular games.
Well, that's 90% of the work of emulation.
Mednafen runs Virtua FIghter Kids and any Gundam game you thow at at, black screens and freezes really aren't a thing anymore.
Post specs, os, and first 10 mins of PDS then.
Saturn emulation is OK, it is just too demanding in comparison with psx and require a moronic emulator without ui
>without ui
mednaffe bringing good and simple ui to saturn !
all those systems are emulated perfectly on a potato, aside from xbox
As long as you're buying a current-gen CPU, you'll be fine regardless of what you go with.
Are there any specific benchmarks i need to be aware of? Got my current rig right before mednafen saturn came out and my cpu was too weak.
>Are there any specific benchmarks i need to be aware of?
No
As long as you're not buying some 2-core low power CPU (CPUs who's model ends in a "u"), you'll be fine.
RTX card is a must buddy
literal bullshit
people are emulating PS3 games at 60FPS using 5600G's anon.
you'll be fine with anything equal to or above a $100 APU.
That CPU will run many games at full speed/60 but certainly not fricking all.
looks like 60 to me, broseph.
wow, you've proved me wrong, how in the hell will it possibly handle PS2 emulation if it handles RPSC3 maxed out at a playable framerate !
You gave him the impression that it would handle RPCS3 well. I just felt like that deserved a more nuanced look.
Be mindful of your framebuffer. The GPU doesn't do any of the work, but a trash/old GPU can still limit you.
I had an old 970 that wouldn't go above 720p without struggling past 30fps. Soul Caliber 4 would see dips down to 55fps. It would also suffer when trying to run the character customization screen. Upgraded to a 7900XT and I can push games up to 8k now and the only limits to framerate are from my CPU or the emulator itself. (I can get 45FPS at best in RDR1 for example)
But that doesn't mean you need a $700+ GPU. Just don't act like you can throw in a 10 year old card and won't run into problems. You want the latest API support, and probably 6GB of VRAM minimum.
Oops. Sorry. This advice was meant for RPCS3 and OP asked about PCSX2.
i5 laptop cpu with 2 gig vram dedicated nvidia onboard chip, 4 years old. I get full speed on most titles.
I got a prebuilt PC with a 3060 and an i5 10xxx something something. Obviously it emulates 6th gen consoles no problem. It would probably do 7th gen just as easily, but I haven't tried yet.
I dunno if that sounds like an expensive PC to you, but at this point it's budget.
Highest single core rating you can get.
This. The CPUs with the highest single thread performance are what you want for vidya in general
That's, old news at this point. For emulation yeah, but for general gaming, no, they're starting to put more cores to work.
this is /vr/ no one cares and wasn't the question.
You realize that emulators are starting to run on multiple cores now, right?
Some anons might be able to correct me but iirc most if not all PS2 emulation is cpu based now so get the best cpu you can afford.
Everything else is pretty negotiable. But SSDs are pretty much required for Windows if you’re going that route.
Any current CPU from middle to high end will obliterate any emulator.
Of course things also depend on the state of the emulation but as soon as something gets to "playable" state any i5 12º/13º gen or a ryzen 7000 series (the 7700x has a GREAT price-performance) and up will run perfectly.
Search for the RPCS3 CPU Tier List, it's a good guide for CPU's, pic related is from it.
anyway.
for a cheap build:
>Ryzen 5600G / 5700G depending on price difference in your country
>16GB 3600 - 4200 RAM
>2TB SSD
>350 - 450 Watt PSU so you have headroom for a 75W card should you want it in the future
that'll run you around $500 with a decent enough case and no aftermarket CPU cooler.
that'll emulate pretty much anything you want it to in HD.
GTX 1080's like $100 flat if you squat on ebay for a bit, pretty much any budget ryzen CPU around $100~ would handle everything fine too
these guys get it
>though my 5600x handles RDR at 60fps 1080p with this card
my 5600x handles RDR at 60fps 1080p with this card
In what? Xenia?
yessir, most recent canaries. couldnt fricking believe my eyes, the rx 580 was struggling 30-40.
It runs 100% of the 5 games I know, so there are absolutely NO ISSUES AT ALL. Don't @ me.
Anyway. As people already said, some games are "playable", but that doesn't mean they're anywhere near the original speed or usability. "Playable" can mean "works ok" or "boots up but there are no textures at all, runs at 2 fps".
Usually all the iconic games (GTA, Crash, Jak, God of War) will run without any issues, but some obscure games will have issues that no one bothered to report.
A shitty FX 8000 runs everything
PS2 isn't retro idc what the sticky says it still isn't
Its been 20 years. It's time to let go.
When did he ever look like this? Was this a ten second appearance before he hit it big? Reminds me of finding 300 man in James Bond.
It was his last film while he was on chemo.
He never looked like that. Wagons East used a stunt double and special effects to finish the film. He was overweight in Canadian Bacon.
>never
hes still fat there and the image in the op is literally photshopped. idk what to tell you
>When did he ever look like this?
never. the picture is from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles but its shopped to make him look thin for some reason
try the Steam Deck™
My laptop has a 2 core 1115g4 and the latest PCSX2 is running Tekken 5 at 60FPS