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* The CPU must be an Intel-brand; not AMD | * The CPU must be an Intel-brand; not AMD | ||
* Due to architectural improvements, the CPU should utilize the latest Micro-architecture in the series | * Due to architectural improvements, the CPU should utilize the latest Micro-architecture in the series | ||
* There should be at least | * There should be at least 4 cores, with the MTVU hack enabled | ||
* The Clock speed must be over 4.0 GHz (However, no available Intel CPU has a base clock rate that high, so you will need the skill and equipment necessary to safely overclock it.) | * The Clock speed must be over 4.0 GHz (However, no available Intel CPU has a base clock rate that high, so you will need the skill and equipment necessary to safely overclock it.) | ||
* VU Cycle Stealing should be set to level 1 or 2 | * VU Cycle Stealing should be set to level 1 or 2 | ||
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===AMD Processors=== | ===AMD Processors=== | ||
AMD processors are generally cheaper than their Intel equivalents, but they don't perform as well with PCSX2 because of their architecture, even with an extremely high clock speed. (In most AMD Processors, the number of Floating-Point-Units is half the number of total CPU cores. This means that each Floating-Point-Unit is shared between two cores. If one core is currently using the FPU, the other core sharing it must wait to do the same. PCSX2 makes heavy use of Floating-Point operations, something that clock speed cannot easily compensate for.) Thus, AMD processors should only be used | AMD processors are generally cheaper than their Intel equivalents, but they don't perform as well with PCSX2 because of their architecture, even with an extremely high clock speed. (In most AMD Processors, the number of Floating-Point-Units is half the number of total CPU cores. This means that each Floating-Point-Unit is shared between two cores. If one core is currently using the FPU, the other core sharing it must wait to do the same. PCSX2 makes heavy use of Floating-Point operations, something that clock speed cannot easily compensate for.) Thus, AMD processors should only be used if low price is a serious matter for you. Also, since they only have half the number of FPUs to Cores, they should have as many cores as possible to help compensate when the MTVU hack is enabled. | ||
If | If money is a problem, I'd recommend the '''FX-8350 Eight-Core 4.0 GHz''', which sells for $195 USD. However, the performance will be inconsistent. Most of the game will run at about 20-30 frames-per-second, but the ending cutscenes and a few colossus battles will drop to 10-20 frames-per-second. On few specific occasions, there will be some serious slowdowns, albeit not unplayable (none of them occur during colossus battles). To be fair though, most of the game will still run slightly better than it did on the original Playstation 2. | ||
==Known Issues:== | ==Known Issues:== | ||