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| ==CPU Requirements== | | ==CPU Requirements== |
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| The game's performance varies significantly depending on the CPU being used to run it. PCSX2 runs better on Intel CPU's than their AMD equivalents, and so does Shadow of the Colossus. However, AMD CPUs are more appropriately designed for gaming PC's and often represent good value for money when it comes to price vs performance in general. | | The game's performance varies significantly depending on the CPU being used to run it. PCSX2 runs better on Intel CPU's than their AMD equivalents, and so does Shadow of the Colossus. Recomended, Intel maxwell, haswell, or broadwell CPU at 3ghz and higher. |
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| ===Standards for Maximum Performance=== | | ===Standards for Maximum Performance=== |
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| * The Clock speed must be over 4.0 GHz (The only Intel CPU with a base clock this high is the i7-4790K. Most other CPUs will need an overclock). | | * The Clock speed must be over 4.0 GHz (The only Intel CPU with a base clock this high is the i7-4790K. Most other CPUs will need an overclock). |
| * 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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| For Intel, I recommend either the '''i7-4790K Quad-Core 4.0 GHz''', or the nearly equally as powerful '''i5-4690K 3.5 GHz'''. The i5 is usually around $100 cheaper than the i7. Even a CPU as old as the i5-2500K still holds up pretty well, easily achieving playable framerates.
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| Any overclocking that you can do to these CPUs will be to your benefit, which is why I suggested the unlocked variants of these CPUs. However, you will not be in much of a pickle if you get a locked CPU.
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| 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.) 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.
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| 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 (they can easily be averted by experimenting with different camera angles). To be fair though, most of the game will still run slightly better than it did on the original Playstation 2.
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| ==Known Issues== | | ==Known Issues== |