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Harware requirements are very game-dependant although it must be noted that the bottleneck of this emulator in most cases is the CPU rather than than the GPU (video card): basically, a faster CPU should net you better PCSX2 performance. Some games however can be slowed down because of unoptimized GFX code or even because of weak GPU cards (for example [[Final Fantasy XII]] is said to use your GPU fully). Intel CPUs perform better than AMD ones although both can run the emulator. | Harware requirements are very game-dependant although it must be noted that the bottleneck of this emulator in most cases is the CPU rather than than the GPU (video card): basically, a faster CPU should net you better PCSX2 performance. Some games however can be slowed down because of unoptimized GFX code or even because of weak GPU cards (for example [[Final Fantasy XII]] is said to use your GPU fully). Intel CPUs perform better than AMD ones although both can run the emulator. | ||
Even though clock speed is one of the main factors for smooth PCSX2 emulation, clock speed is not the determining meter of success with PCSX2. Newer CPUs generally tend to perform better than the old ones using the same frequency. For example, a 2.4 GHz dual-core Intel Core 2 processor will generally outperform a 3.2 GHz dual-core Intel Pentium D processor. Even though the Pentium D is clocked higher, the Core 2 Duo is faster due to the Core microarchitecture of the Core 2 Duo being more efficient than the Netburst of microarchitecture of the Pentium D. | Even though clock speed is one of the main factors for smooth PCSX2 emulation, clock speed is not the determining meter of success with PCSX2. Newer CPUs generally tend to perform better than the old ones using the same frequency. For example, a 2.4 GHz dual-core Intel Core 2 processor will generally outperform a 3.2 GHz dual-core Intel Pentium D processor. Even though the Pentium D is clocked higher, the Core 2 Duo is faster due to the Core microarchitecture of the Core 2 Duo being more efficient than the Netburst of microarchitecture of the Pentium D. | ||
However, although Intel CPU's perform better than AMD ones, AMD Processors can still offer great emulation performance at half-the-price, provided that the clock rate is high enough. For example, a Multi-Core AMD FX Processor with a clock rate of 4 GHz will often match the performance of a Multi-Core Intel Processor with a clock rate of 3.5 GHz. | |||
Below are the minimum and recommended requirements to run PCSX2: | Below are the minimum and recommended requirements to run PCSX2: | ||