Is my PC good enough?

[vonfnas]

Hey guys.

Sorry, there's probably a thousand threads about system requirements, and here is one more.

I have an almost 5 year old PC which I was thinking of installing HyperSpin on.

But, is it good enough for my requirements?

I'm first and foremost a console gamer, so I was hoping that all consoles upto Dreamcast would have to work (PS2 and Gamecube would be nice too, but not a must!).

As for arcade, well... with these specs, what will my PC be able to handle?

Pentium Dual Core E5200 @ 2.5 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce G100 512MB DDR2

3GB RAM

It's running Vista Home 32-bit, if that matters.

If it's good enough, then I'm gonna buy a 3TB hdd to replace the old one which is 640GB.

[Polemicist]

PS2 and GC and any other Dolphin emulators I would say would not run on that very well. They are very hungry. That PC is fine for most old stuff. As for Vista - good luck.

[DrMoney]

I ran Vista until recently just fine, you may want to check the Black Viper lists of service tweaks to for another performance.

[ghutch92]

You will be able to go as high as ps1 and nintendo 64 and maybe some of the newer arcade stuff with your current rig.

To run Wii and ps2 stuff smoothly you'll need a better cpu. Well here are some cpu benchmarks for pcsx2 (ps2 emulator). http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-CPU-Benchmark-designed-for-PCSX2-based-on-FFX-2#benchmark_results

For the dolphin emulator you will need an i5-2500k or better. Suggested to get the better so that more games are playable

Also 4 cores is the most you will need. Dolphin and pcsx2 only use 3. Most emulators only use one. Some can do 2.

[vonfnas]

The OS is no problem, I'm pretty sure I have a XP installation disc somewhere.

So Dreamcast won't work on my PC? :/

PS2 and Gamecube is not important.

[dark13]

The O.S. rule: If your cpu can use x64 instruction use a 64bit OS. 64bit native .exe are 30% faster (dolphin, ppsspp, mame). If your cpu can't use x64 instructions window xp is slightly faster than vista/seven 32bit.

The only emulator that will be under 100% with most games will be dolphin, demul, pcsx2. With mame you will not reach 100% speed with atari 3dfx, cave, sh3 (some slowdown, quite annoying with manic shooter) and other 3d games.

If you don't plan playing wii/gamecube, ps2 and naomi2 games it's still a decent rig. Maybe getting a better videocard would be a good idea for windows gaming and taito X but TEST emulators before buying anything. The only emulator that really shine with a better videocard is demul BUT a core2duo is too slow to run demul.

About dreamcast: nulldc will runs without problem, demul will not

[vonfnas]

I have finally bought a new PC.

So, my question in my first post in this thread still stands, but this is what I have to play with now!

Processor: AMD FX 6100 3,3GHz (95W).

Graphics: Radeon HD7850 2GB Ghost, Black Edition .

RAM: 8GB 1600Mhz.

[vonfnas]

Anyone?

[ziggy]

Think it might run Dreamcast ok with some tweeking. I know PS2 runs a little slow on my i5 and thats better then your AMD.

Hope it works out ok.