emulator/processor question

[seether9111]

is a computer with a celeron processor fast enough to play the psx emulator??thinking about trying it out got a few old psx games lying around.

[Solis]

hello seether9111,

I believe you are going to need at least 400mhz Cpu. If computer is that outdated you may want to use E}|{ Video Plugin but , it's not that compatible with alot of games.

[seether9111]

thanks for the reply. my cpu is 2 mos old, bought new from best buy.it has celeron m processor, that runs @ 1.6 ghz.i have had zero problems playing GTA3 and VICE CITY(surprised the hell outta me!)so i guess if 1.6 ghz is more than 400 mhz, i should be ok then??

[Ryanfaescotland]

Yup a gigga is bigger than a mega so 1.6ghz pnwz 400mhz as those hackery types would say.

So if you don't mind me throwing in a question in your topic, if the ps2 GTA 3 and Vice City works fine on the above comp will the PC version of GTA:SA work??

If you have this version either PC or PS could you try it and tell me thanks.

[seether9111]

havent tried san andreas on my pc.both gta3 and vice city work perfectly, and i do believe they have better graphics than their ps2 counterpartsi would guess that san andreas would also work too, but not 100% sure?? BTW both of these games are no-cd cracks, meaning that u dont need a cd in the drive to play.both are available for download.

[Jale]

1.6 GHz = 1,600 MHz, so yeah, your processor is 4 times faster than the required to play PlayStation games. However, Celeron processors are not optimized enough to run heavy processes such as games. For example, if a game requires 1.6 GHz as a minimum, maybe you require a 2 GHz Celeron processor.

[seether9111]

1.6 GHz = 1,600 MHz, so yeah, your processor is 4 times faster than the required to play PlayStation games. However, Celeron processors are not optimized enough to run heavy processes such as games. For example, if a game requires 1.6 GHz as a minimum, maybe you require a 2 GHz Celeron processor.

my cpu runs gta3 and vice city fine, and I am sure that the processor requirements are reasonabally high for these games.In other words, I dont think the celeron processor is as bad as you usually hear.
BTW, whats the difference between celeron, celeron d, and celeron m??
thanks.

[Jale]

All I know about Celeron D is that it has faster clock speed (more than 3 GHz) and has L1 and L2 cache. Celeron M are for laptops.

I never said a Celeron is bad. I meant those games you mention run better on a Pentium 4 than a Celeron.

[seether9111]

I have gateway laptop from best buy.it has celeron m inside, they told me it wouldnt play any sort of game, but I have really had no trouble at all playing all my games.only thing is memory, 512 mb ram.
I suppose even though my cpu plays game decently, you are right by saying that it would play even better on faster processor.thanks for the help.

[Jale]

...you are right by saying that it would play even better on faster processor.

That's obvious, but that's not what I mean. Let's compare two processors (Pentium 4 and Celeron), both at 2 GHz. In this case, Pentium 4 whips Celeron's ass for sure, because it's indeed faster, despite of having the same clock speed.