Whats the diffrence between low and high level emulation?

shnord · August 17th, 2004

Like in the title, whats the diffrence?
Oh, and another thing, whats low level and high level?

**Betamax** · August 17th, 2004

Generically speaking high level means a more abstract representation of something, whereas low level is in full detail. Eg// basic is a high level programming language becuase it's essentually in "english", whereas assembly is much lower as it's closer to actual computer binary code.

In terms of emus however, a LLE is one which emulates the all core hardware, as opposed to an HLE, which works by trying to handle very common functions etc

F-3582 · August 18th, 2004

LLE also requires a much more powerful system than HLE does, but its compatibility isn't the best. For Example: UltraHLE, the first N64 emulator running commercial games, needed some Pentium II and a Voodoo gfx card, but only ran a few games. 1964, the best N64 emulator atm, needs a fast CPU, because it tries to emulate the N64 hardware as exactly as possible.

August 17th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
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August 17th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Generically speaking high level means a more abstract representation of something, whereas low level is in full detail. Eg// basic is a high level programming language becuase it's essentually in "english", whereas assembly is much lower as it's closer to actual computer binary code. In terms of emus however, a LLE is one which emulates the all core hardware, as opposed to an HLE, which works by trying to handle very common functions etc __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

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F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	LLE also requires a much more powerful system than HLE does, but its compatibility isn't the best. For Example: UltraHLE, the first N64 emulator running commercial games, needed some Pentium II and a Voodoo gfx card, but only ran a few games. 1964, the best N64 emulator atm, needs a fast CPU, because it tries to emulate the N64 hardware as exactly as possible. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

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