Resident Evil 4 Requirements

[RE4.Noob]

Hi, I'm new to these forums and PCSX2, and I want to know the requirements for Resident Evil 4 (on PCSX2.net - News (http://www.pcsx2.net) it showed it will work). I have 1700 Mhz, 1024 MB of DDRAM, AtiRadeon 9250 graphics card (128 MB). Will it work on my PC?

[JKKDARK]

It's an Athlon, right? Use the non VM version

[emwearz]

RE4, requires a really modern machine with a strong GPU to play it at enjoyable speeds. Sadly your machine would not be up to the task. You should be able to play it using the TLB version, however your speeds will be very slow.

[RE4.Noob]

It's an Athlon, right? Use the non VM version

Nope, not Athlon

[RPGW1ZaRD]

I'd say sth like this to get enjoyable speeds:

- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or highend / overclocked AMD dual core CPU
- Nvidia 7900GS

You can check here and compare how it runs on my system for example:

http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/81947-post-your-pcsx2-0-9-2-videos-here.html
or
http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/80878-post-your-pcsx2-0-9-2-screenshots-here.html#post1040113

On your current system you'd get like 5 FPS...

[RE4.Noob]

Can someone tell me then some games that works decently on my PC?

[GreenSoda]

With 1700 MHz ? ...probably none -you might try 2d games à la Disgaea...but even those will probably be rather slow on your rig.

[RE4.Noob]

So.... Mhz is all the problem? If I upgrade my PC to 3000 Mhz will Resident Evil 4 work fine?

[RPGW1ZaRD]

So.... Mhz is all the problem? If I upgrade my PC to 3000 Mhz will Resident Evil 4 work fine?

MHz isn't all, but CPU type matters and this game needs a dual core CPU. You know even a Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz performs about same as a Pentium D 960 3.6GHz despite it's got almost twice as low clock speed.

Core 2 Duo "Conroe" CPUs 2.1GHz~2.4GHz or highend AMD X2 / Opteron ~2.5GHz+ cpus or better are the only CPUs capable of providing good speeds in this game currently. It's among the more demanding games. Then there's some distant fog and demanding fire effects for example that requires great gfx card as well. Not sure about the current release, as ZeroGS isn't far as gpu dependant anymore as it was in v0.95.2

[tkSteveFOX]

wait a litle more for the PC version wich will run deasent on your current rig.

[DemonAngel]

I have the game and wanted to test pcsx2 out will it work on mine or am i just wasting time?

3.2ghz intel pent4 w/hyperthreading
2gbs ram
Radeon X800XL AGP

[tkSteveFOX]

I have a 3400+ sempron64 with 1.5gb ram and a X1600XT PCI-E and it runs with about 20-24 fps so don`t expect more

[RE4.Noob]

wait a litle more for the PC version wich will run deasent on your current rig.

It won't work, I tested it on System Requirements Lab (http://www.systemrequirementslab.com) and I don't pass the minimum requirements (Problem : Graphics Card ( Pixel Shader ) )

[tkSteveFOX]

Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP (only)
Processor: 1 GHz Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ (or better)
RAM: 256 MB
Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c-compliant AGP or PCI Express graphics card (256 or higher for High Graphics Detail support) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compliant (or better)
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c or higher (included on disc)
CD-ROM: 12x or faster CD-ROM
Hard Drive Space: 1.2 GB minimum
Peripherals Supported: Gamepad

*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX/6/7 families
ATI® Radeon® 9200-9800/X families.

These are the official requirements from the ubisoft site

[RPGW1ZaRD]

What's the problem RE4.Noob, can't you just play it on your PS2 if your computer isn't fast enough? You know PCSX2 isn't a replacement for the actual console and to legally use PCSX2 you need to dump PS2 bios from your console...

Myself have both choises now thx to the fast computer and of course PCSX2 team. :D I enjoy making movie clips of it mostly when playing on PC. :D

[RE4.Noob]

I know, but, how to tell it... how do you like it most? From your PS2 or your PC? (and you have the possibility of making clips, pics, ...)

And tkSteveFOX, the minimum pixel shader required is 2.0 and I have 1.4.

[RPGW1ZaRD]

I know, but, how to tell it... how do you like it most? From your PS2 or your PC? (and you have the possibility of making clips, pics, ...)

Well yea I can agree with that, it's more fun playing on the comp now I must admit. I've taken like above 100 screenshots and recorded like 11 video clips of it now lol.

[RE4.Noob]

Saw your first one :P It gets laggy at cutscenes

[RPGW1ZaRD]

Saw your first one :P It gets laggy at cutscenes

Yea it's like that in all FMVs in RE4 even if FPS is full speed or above like in my case 80~85 FPS. ;)

[tuanming]

Yeah, this game required something more than my ATI Radeon X1600Pro... I only get 19 fps with an overclocked E6300 @ 2.45GHz... only thing is fast is the cut-scene, map (press triangle) and the inventory.

[RPGW1ZaRD]

Yeah, this game required something more than my ATI Radeon X1600Pro... I only get 19 fps with an overclocked E6300 @ 2.45GHz... only thing is fast is the cut-scene, map (press triangle) and the inventory.

Yea it does need a great gfx card too, what's the speed like during cut-scenes then? I think you should about same speed as I am then perhaps and does the cut-scenes appear like choppy for you too?

[tuanming]

I'm not sure if the 200 fps is accurate... lol.

[RPGW1ZaRD]

Huh, why does the textures look that horrible ingame for you. :s That reminds me of software rendering. :p

Then again I haven't tried playing in fullscreen mode yet...

[tuanming]

Well, obvious i didn't turn on Bilinear filtering and anti-aliasing :D

[RPGW1ZaRD]

Well, obvious i didn't turn on Bilinear filtering and anti-aliasing :D

But -> http://forums.ngemu.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=124448&d=1163984515 is how it looks like for me. In my case it's a lot more blurrier and most pictures I see of it looks like that with AA and BF disabled. With AA4x this game doesn't look correct for me either, but AA2x works fine and looks best but slows down quite a lot already.

Is the difference this big between Nvidia and ATI in this case? :o

[BAXTER STOCKMAN]

Resident Evil Dead Aim and Resident Evil Outbreak are avaliable only for ps2, or they have released on pc too? Because if they are only on PS2 then the ONLY whay to play them on the pc is using the emulator. :) I have never play any of the Resident evil series games. Until yesterday , when i start Resident Evil 4 on my pc. I have a strong pc so it can run RE4 almost fullspeed. It runs 25-50 fps, so it is playble for me.

[RPGW1ZaRD]

If you can run RE4 you can definitely run Resident Evil Dead Aim and Resident Evil Outbreak too. :p

Outbreak 2 worked wonders already in v0.9.1 using GSdx9 I never had slower than 50 FPS. Haven't tested in this version yet tho but judging by the screenshots on the last page in screenshots thread I guess it works fine now too. :p

[tuanming]

But -> http://forums.ngemu.com/attachment.p...8&d=1163984515 is how it looks like for me. In my case it's a lot more blurrier and most pictures I see of it looks like that with AA and BF disabled. With AA4x this game doesn't look correct for me either, but AA2x works fine and looks best but slows down quite a lot already.

Is the difference this big between Nvidia and ATI in this case? :o

LOL maybe, maybe not. Try turning on interlace with the same graphic card you used in that picture and see if it make a difference. I enable the interlace in the shots i took.

[RPGW1ZaRD]

Just did that and also tried full screen and it didn't change anything, looked exactly same as in the picture I linked to above.

Looks like for me already some bilinear filtering is used from the driver settings with nvidia cpanel however I never modify these settings so I don't know if it affects how ZeroGS looks like.

http://forums.ngemu.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=125832&d=1165154587 here's another user with a 7900GS gfx card.

[BAXTER STOCKMAN]

If you can run RE4 you can definitely run Resident Evil Dead Aim and Resident Evil Outbreak too. :p

Outbreak 2 worked wonders already in v0.9.1 using GSdx9 I never had slower than 50 FPS. Haven't tested in this version yet tho but judging by the screenshots on the last page in screenshots thread I guess it works fine now too. :p

Do you know if Dead aim are and Outbreak are avaliable for the pc? Or the are only for ps2?

[RPGW1ZaRD]

Do you know if Dead aim are and Outbreak are avaliable for the pc? Or the are only for ps2?

PS2 only.

[RE4.Noob]

I bet Dead aim and Outbreak won't work on my PC (I mean, even at the bios menu I have 5 FPS)

[tkSteveFOX]

I know, but, how to tell it... how do you like it most? From your PS2 or your PC? (and you have the possibility of making clips, pics, ...)

And tkSteveFOX, the minimum pixel shader required is 2.0 and I have 1.4.

I don`t know where you heard this PS2.0 nonsence but actually these are the real requirements from the ubisoft site and as you can see it`s spelled RADEON 9200 family witch is your case.If it`s a direct port from the PS2 you won`t have any problem becaouse the PS2 can go as far as PS1.1 the XBX can go to 1.4 and the Gamecube to 2.0(caouse the GPU flipper is with an X600 core)

[tuanming]

Seems like the screen shots from the RE4 that i took 2 of the pictures are inaccurate...The reason it's inaccurate because i took the shot "too soon"...i pressed F8 as soon the the cut-scene went into the game play mode. I noticed that the time from switching from cut-scene and into in-game are way faster than REAL in-game speed...

Also the 2nd picture is 170 fps which is abit usual for a 2.45GHz Conroe...Usually, when taking screen shot (F8) that yellow message isn't suppose to appear but it did when i took it...Most likely due to the same reason i stated above.

Last but not least, sometime when i press F8 multiple-times to capture the shots but not all screen shot have FPS on them...since i tend to pick out the highest FPS in that particular location :D So basically, one picture equal about 2-3 screen shot XD.

[RE4.Noob]

I don`t know where you heard this PS2.0 nonsence but actually these are the real requirements from the ubisoft site and as you can see it`s spelled RADEON 9200 family witch is your case.If it`s a direct port from the PS2 you won`t have any problem becaouse the PS2 can go as far as PS1.1 the XBX can go to 1.4 and the Gamecube to 2.0(caouse the GPU flipper is with an X600 core)

From here :

Won't Work :cry:

[J-Que]

It won't work, I tested it on System Requirements Lab (http://www.systemrequirementslab.com) and I don't pass the minimum requirements (Problem : Graphics Card ( Pixel Shader ) )

Lol men you dont even got pixel shader your screwed

[tkSteveFOX]

I think that the requirements from the official site are more real than those from the lab but thats my guess.As for baxter with those PC specs you should be able to play Outbreak at full speed with the PCSX2 and maybe the Dead Aim.

[RE4.Noob]

LoL, let me guess... 2D?

(3D, saw in pictures :P )