Will your desktop/laptop run PS2? V2 ***Ask here***

[Goku]

Originally Posted by xdaniel

Thanks! Do you have an idea as to what settings I should play with to get optimal FPS at around ~30?

I'm assuming a mix of low and medium settings?

Only played GW2 on medium so not sure how this will play out.

Majority low, possibly some medium. Not totally sure TBH.

Originally Posted by Duke

Has anyone brave enough tried the beta on an Asus Zenbook ux32vd?
Sports an nvidia geforce 620m card and an i5-3317U (1.8 GHz)

It's a work computer, and I'm just curious if it will even run on low settings.

There are keys available here, so give it a shot. I'm not expecting good results personally though.

[Maniox]

Having problems with my CPU barely being set to use

Running a rig with:

Radeon 7950 3gb
FX-8150
16 gigs of ram

One of my 8 cores are being used at like 90%, but the rest of them sit idle and give me a 20-26% CPU usage, my GPU is never above 40-70% usage and the fact that only one of my 8 cores are being actually used frustrates me.

I usually have from 30 to 60 fps, 25-30 maybe in major battles being able to drop as low as 20 and 35-60 if i am in the air flying around.
Is it just bad optimizing at the moment? Having a game this heavily CPU based but so bad at utilizing it seems a bit odd, i should be able to run the game perfectly smooth if they managed to make more of my resources get put to use...

Runnig the game at the default high settings with GPU physics hooked on because of the heavy usage of a single core and low GPU usage.

[RavenStrike]

Laptop!
OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual-Core CPU T4500 2.30GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 4650
How will it work? Any tips?

[brucethemoose]

Originally Posted by Maniox

Having problems with my CPU barely being set to use

Running a rig with:

Radeon 7950 3gb
FX-8150
16 gigs of ram

One of my 8 cores are being used at like 90%, but the rest of them sit idle and give me a 20-26% CPU usage, my GPU is never above 40-70% usage and the fact that only one of my 8 cores are being actually used frustrates me.

I usually have from 30 to 60 fps, 25-30 maybe in major battles being able to drop as low as 20 and 35-60 if i am in the air flying around.
Is it just bad optimizing at the moment? Having a game this heavily CPU based but so bad at utilizing it seems a bit odd, i should be able to run the game perfectly smooth if they managed to make more of my resources get put to use...

Runnig the game at the default high settings with GPU physics hooked on because of the heavy usage of a single core and low GPU usage.

I'm new here, but pretty sure the GPU physics hook is PsyX and works for Nvidia cards only. Try setting it off.

And ya, that's the most frustrating part of most games today. The FX 8150 has decent performance when optimized for the new x86 extensions and 8 cores, but horrendous single threaded (read: gaming) performance. 95% of
games are like this (BF3 being the notable exception), there's nothing we can do, and it's EXTREMELY difficult to fix on the developers side of things.

Overclock your FX as much as you can, and turn down terrain/particle effects... unless someone discovers some multithread INI tweaks, that's all you can do.

Originally Posted by RavenStrike

Laptop!
OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual-Core CPU T4500 2.30GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 4650
How will it work? Any tips?

Will probably work on the lowest settings/low or maybe native resolution. It won't be pretty or smooth, but I've run Oblivion on far, far worse machines than that.

[Monkoton]

Windows 7 Premium
Processor Intel Core i5 CPU
4.00 GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics
Graphic Memory 1696MB

I am worried about the Intel Graphics part. Will it allow me to play?
Also I have been getting the malfunction error any help?

[Goku]

Originally Posted by Monkoton

Windows 7 Premium
Processor Intel Core i5 CPU
4.00 GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics
Graphic Memory 1696MB

I am worried about the Intel Graphics part. Will it allow me to play?
Also I have been getting the malfunction error any help?

Which i5 CPU?

[Ailos]

Originally Posted by Monkoton

Windows 7 Premium
Processor Intel Core i5 CPU
4.00 GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics
Graphic Memory 1696MB

I am worried about the Intel Graphics part. Will it allow me to play?
Also I have been getting the malfunction error any help?

Originally Posted by Goku

Which i5 CPU?

Only Intel HD Graphics 4000 has enough power to get you to the login screen. In the current lineup, only the -3475S and -3570K sport that option (everything else is stuck with HD 2500) and neither of these is a laptop part. (Based on your description, it sounds like you've got the first-gen i5 - Clarkdale - who's graphics engine is only about a quarter as powerful as the HD 4000 implementation in today's Ivy Bridge chips.)

I'm afraid your laptop simply won't run this game.

[Ahsak]

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor: i5-2430M @ 2.40 GHz
Video Card: GT 540M
Video Memory: 2 GB
RAM: 6 GB

Thanks in advance!

[Goku]

Originally Posted by Ahsak

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor: i5-2430M @ 2.40 GHz
Video Card: GT 540M
Video Memory: 2 GB
RAM: 6 GB

Thanks in advance!

Pretty sure I have seen people say its playable with similar laptops to that one. You will be able to find out soon enough at least.

[TeamTesla]

Currently:
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.20 GHz
Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce 8500 GT
RAM: 3 GB

UPGRADES:
Operating System: Windows 7 64 BIT
Processor: No change.
Video Card: SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6870 or equivalent
RAM: 8 GB

I know that my current system is insanely outdated and I'm going to be upgrading very soon for PS2. My only concern is the processor, and if I have to upgrade the CPU that means I will more than likely have to upgrade my mobo (MCP61PM-HM (Nettle3) motherboard). This is going to be my first upgrade so if I'm missing anything which I more than likely am I will much appreciate any advice.

[Rbstr]

You have 3gb of ram...in how many sticks? To get up to 8gb you're either going to need 4x2gb or 2x4gb and it's DDR2 which won't be cheap anymore.

I don't think you're looking at a particularly decent upgrade. If the CPU is an issue (and I'm guessing it's a fairly large one, It's ranked with old core2duos that we know struggle) in PS2 it's going to stay and issue in the upgrade.

"upgrading" into already-old parts just isn't something I ever recommend people to do. I'd tough it out until you could do something more comprehensive.

[Goku]

My concern about that 6870 is whether or not your PSU can handle that. If its a OEM chances are it can't unless you already upgraded that at some point.

CPU upgrade wise. Looks like your board is AM2+, but I'm not sure if it will take a AM3 chip.

[TeamTesla]

Originally Posted by Rbstr

You have 3gb of ram...in how many sticks? To get up to 8gb you're either going to need 4x2gb or 2x4gb and it's DDR2 which won't be cheap anymore.

"upgrading" into already-old parts just isn't something I ever recommend people to do. I'd tough it out until you could do something more comprehensive.

If I do try to upgrade I will have to get 4x2gb. I might as well buy a new computer if I'm going to spend that much on 2x4gb alone. What kind of issues have they been having with the CPUs?

Originally Posted by Goku

My concern about that 6870 is whether or not your PSU can handle that. If its a OEM chances are it can't unless you already upgraded that at some point.

CPU upgrade wise. Looks like your board is AM2+, but I'm not sure if it will take a AM3 chip.

I already know I'm going to have to buy a new PSU to accommodate everything. I'm trying to decide if I should even upgrade or just down right buy a new computer.

[Maskills]

How do you think the A6-3520m will work on this game? It can easily be oc'd to 2.6 ghz per core and the gpu can also be overclocked. The gpu would then get around the performance of a desktop 6570 gpu. it also comes with 6 gigs of ram.

[Rbstr]

The A6 CPU is pretty slow.
Maybe playable, in that it would load and you could attempt to play...but I wouldn't hold much hope for anything more than low resolution and low settings.