160
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Some motherboard vendors, notably ASRock, took the extra effort of trolling Intel by using an [http://www.asrock.com/microsite/hyper/ external clock generator] in order to circumvent restrictions on non-K Skylake CPUs.
A An Intel Ivy Bridge i3 at 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better.
Retard pls
===AMD vs Intel===
Generally, Intel CPUs perform better than AMD CPUs for emulation in particular, due to their superior single core performance. AMD will still perform fairly wellcompared to say, a Core 2 Duo, but will rarely perform equal to a similar generation Intel CPU at the same clock speed, or even an Intel CPU in the same price range. Basically, you'd have to be retarded to buy an AMD CPU for emulation.
===Desktop vs. laptop===
===Overclocking===
Not every CPU can be overclocked, nor does every motherboard/BIOS support it. An advantage of the Intel K series is that they are unlocked and can easily be overclocked. Also, certain Intel processors such as their Pentium 20th Anniversary CPU are sold unlocked for a cheaper price than K-series chips, and while they may lack features like hyperthreading, they're capable enough especially for those who would like to overclock on a budget. Keep in mind that budget motherboards e.g. certain Haswell H and B-series boards from ECS and ASUS only have options for setting the processor's multiplier and not voltages. Also, Intel may block overclocking on non-Z series boards in future microcode/BIOS updates. So if it can't play a game currently then you can, in many cases, overclock it until it is playable. Laptop CPUs often cannot be overclocked due to BIOS limitations. Extreme or incorrectly-done overclocking can cause instability and hardware damage. If the emulator starts having problems try again without overclocking.
==GPU==
*2 GB+ RAM
Recommended:
*CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k, i5 3570K or i5 4670Kor better*GPU: Nvidia 8800GT equivalent nVidia Fermi-based GPUs, or betterAMD GCN-based GPUs
*RAM: 4 GB+
'''bsnes - Accuracy'''
===[[DeSmuMe]]===
*Windows Vista SP2 or later
*Mac OS X: v10.6.8 Snow Leopard or later
*Linux: Any recent Linux distribution with a 2.6 kernelor newer.
*3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU or equivalent
*2GB+ RAM
Enable the dynarec option for speedups.
===[[PPSSPP]]===
*Modern CPU
