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==Requirements== | ==Requirements== | ||
===Hardware=== | ===Hardware and Software=== | ||
Harware requirements are very game-dependant although it mush be noted that the bottleneck of this emulator in most cases is CPU rather than GPU (video card). So the faster CPU you'll get the better PCSX2 will work for you. Some games however can be slowed down because of unoptimized GFX code or even because of your weak GPU card (for example [[Final Fantasy XII]] is said to use your GPU in full its potential). Intel CPUs are better than AMD ones with PCSX2. Though it doesn't mean in any way that you will be unable to play on AMD CPUs it still says that when in some PC games your AMD and your friend's Intel CPU will perform equally good you may notice that this is not the case for PCSX2. | Harware requirements are very game-dependant although it mush be noted that the bottleneck of this emulator in most cases is CPU rather than GPU (video card). So the faster CPU you'll get the better PCSX2 will work for you. Some games however can be slowed down because of unoptimized GFX code or even because of your weak GPU card (for example [[Final Fantasy XII]] is said to use your GPU in full its potential). Intel CPUs are better than AMD ones with PCSX2. Though it doesn't mean in any way that you will be unable to play on AMD CPUs it still says that when in some PC games your AMD and your friend's Intel CPU will perform equally good you may notice that this is not the case for PCSX2. | ||
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* No laptop system will be able to show very good performance with PCSX2. | * No laptop system will be able to show very good performance with PCSX2. | ||
As for GPU requirements please look at [[GSDX#Hardware requirements|GSDX page]]. But you will be able to play at least with Radeon X8xx and higher from AMD and with Geforce 6xxx and higher from nVidia. | |||
There're no strict requirement for RAM. If your operating system can run some games so it will PCSX2 (it's not RAM hungry). | |||
A choice between Windows and Linux is a fragile topic. However it's well known fact that you'll see some worse speeds in Linux (sometimes just slightly worse) and you won't be able to use GSDX (DirectX only) so the graphics won't be as good in most cases. Plus it will require some knowledge to compile and configure PCSX2 on Linux for your system. Though this choice will rather be based not on difference in speed and visuals but your preferences. | |||
A choice between Windows XP and Windows Vista (Windows 7) is a matter of your GPU capabilities. If your graphics card supports DirectX 10+ (see [[GSDX#Hardware requirements|GSDX page]]) it's wiser to use Vista (or Windows 7) because you'll be able to switch GSDX in DirectX 10 (as well as fall back to DirectX 9 mode). | |||
===BIOS=== | ===BIOS=== | ||