Will these specs power games(mostly RPGs)

[TsumiAM91]

Specs:
ASUS P4S800D-X Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz (Currently overclocked to 3.45GHz)
1GB of RAM (512x2)
ATi Radeon X800 XT
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Antec Case
Windows XP Professional
80GB HDD

[NexXxus]

no, P4's are not suitable for playable speed,
you can try FFX, i say it will run with 15-40, average 25-30. fullspeed only in few situations.

[legatosama]

no, upgrade

[skoreanime]

Disgaea, it'll be enough. For anything else, be prepared for some major slow motion play.

[TsumiAM91]

Originally Posted by legatosama

no, upgrade

what would you say to go to? Something w/Pentium D?

I'm going for a gaming desktop cuz my laptop is terrible:
1.8ghz AMD Turion 64 mobile
1gb ram
ATI 200M
XP Home

[NexXxus]

Pentium D also sucks for PS2 Emulation.
Get a decent CPU like a Athlon 64 X2 6400+ or Core2Duo E6750.
i prefer a E8400, not so expensive nowadays.

[TsumiAM91]

The most I'd be able to pay is ~400$. And btw NexXxus, is that a PSO Avatar?
And also,where should I get a computer? Newegg? Ebay?

[NexXxus]

Originally Posted by TsumiAM91

is that a PSO Avatar?

no its a World of Warcraft Bloodelf.
400$ is enough for a good mainboard and CPU, but your graphic card is AGP right?

[legatosama]

Originally Posted by TsumiAM91

what would you say to go to? Something w/Pentium D?

no, something w/Core2...

[runawayprisoner]

Core 2 Duo E7200. Definitely. $60 cheaper than E8400, and offers about the same kind of performance. You can either save the $60, or plan it towards a good motherboard to overclock the chip to 3.8GHz or above (quite easily).

[TsumiAM91]

ok..the comps with the core 2 duo are ~350-500 on ebay. I don't plan to custom-build.

[gamersat678]

Try tigerdirect.com (I always shop their, Tigerdirect.com owns what is left of COMPUSA).

[Barius]

Don't buy a PC to play PCSX2. If you *really* need a new computer then spend the money, but playing games on your PS2 console is *much* cheaper. If you buy a computer next year you'll get twice the power for the same price and PCSX2 will play even better...

[John Aiton]

Originally Posted by Barius

Don't buy a PC to play PCSX2. If you *really* need a new computer then spend the money, but playing games on your PS2 console is *much* cheaper. If you buy a computer next year you'll get twice the power for the same price and PCSX2 will play even better...

why do people always say this?

you must have a ps2 to legally use pcsx2

so comparing the price of a ps2 with a high end pc (but no ps2) is pointless
..............either way you must have a ps2 to play ps2 games

[TsumiAM91]

I have a slim ps2 so it's legal.
It's just that when I go between my mom and dad's I don't always wanna bring a console w/me.

[cottonvibes]

Originally Posted by TsumiAM91

I have a slim ps2 so it's legal.
It's just that when I go between my mom and dad's I don't always wanna bring a console w/me.

so you want a laptop?


well unless you want to spend alot of money, laptops generally arn't powerful enough to run PCSX2 at good speeds.

its cheaper to buy a powerful desktop that can play PCSX2 than it is to buy a laptop.

if you do buy a desktop, then i recommend going with an Intel processor since the OC better.

[Barius]

Originally Posted by John Aiton

you must have a ps2 to legally use pcsx2

Which is my point exactly. If you have both a PS2 and a decent computer, why spend hundreds/thousands to buy a new computer to do what the PS2 already does for you, *especially* when a new computer isn't going to play all your games.

Most people don't seem to realize that even today's computers will likely never run all ps2 games at full speed. If you hold back that urge to upgrade now, and save your money until we see hardware that can handle PCSX2 then you'll be able to afford it before those fools that bought too early for no reason.

As I said though, if he has a separate reason to upgrade (he can't play new PC games for example), then it makes sense. Just don't do it for PCSX2 alone.

[kenmasters1983]

Originally Posted by runawayprisoner

Core 2 Duo E7200. Definitely. $60 cheaper than E8400, and offers about the same kind of performance. You can either save the $60, or plan it towards a good motherboard to overclock the chip to 3.8GHz or above (quite easily).

you need to stop spewing that crap....tests have shown the e8400 gets about 30fps or more on games...30fps for pcsx2 can make or break you.

the e7200 is crap and and its cheap for a reason.

[Phil]

At stock. Overclock a 7200, then sparks will fly.

[Jebusman]

So, who here thinks this should continue in the hardware section, since this has just turned into a tech argument with no relevence to PCSX2?

Long story short, his computer is balls and he needs a new one if he wants to use PCSX2. Stop with the whole "don't buy a comp just for PCSX2" arguments. No one cares. Let the man get a comp. It doesn't hurt you, and obviously it doesn't hurt the community because we get yet another PCSX2 user.