Dual Core needed to run SSF?

[Master_OrHan]

Can someone confirm that you need a Core 2 Duo to run SSF? This seems ludicrous to me as that is like 100 times the original power of the Sega Saturn. I was running ePSXe 1.7 great on my P4 with a FX 5500 PCI card. Now I have HD 3850 AGP and more RAM and SSF is still slow and choppy!?! Comments anyone?

[Master_OrHan]

I can run nullDC at full 60 FPS but not SSF? That is not good programming, I don't care how many processors the Sega Saturn had.

[Alexander_13]

yes for ssf you need a dual core type of pc

[Master_OrHan]

What I really mean to ask is, has anyone out there run SSF stable at 60 FPS with no slowdown on a P4? PSX emulators will run stable at 60 FPS w/no slowdown on a P4, so why not SSF? nullDC runs perfect on my P4, SSF shouldn't require this much. Hopefully Cassini is a little better.

[Alexander_13]

yes for your pc cassini is better but SSF is for dual core and forward

[FatTrucker]

Runs mostly ok on my creaky old 2Ghz Athlon. I think a lot of the confusion came when the emulator author posted the specs of his rig and everyone assumed that was the new benchmark. Will run very well with a C2D though. It does vary from game to game and its still not a complete emulator so there are still a number of bugs.

[Master_OrHan]

Runs mostly ok on my creaky old 2Ghz Athlon. I think a lot of the confusion came when the emulator author posted the specs of his rig and everyone assumed that was the new benchmark. Will run very well with a C2D though. It does vary from game to game and its still not a complete emulator so there are still a number of bugs.

I was hoping you would chime in and state how it runs on your PC. So you are saying you get full 60 FPS with no slowdown on a single core 2 GHz CPU? That is the news I wanted to hear. I can't get it to run on my PC at all and I'm not sure what the problem is, especially since nullDC runs silky smooth at 60 FPS.

Would also be great to get an ETA on Steve Snake's Saturn emulator.

[FatTrucker]

Nope not everything runs at a smooth 60fps but many games run perfectly well with a very playable 45 - 50fps. Most recently I played through Guardian Heroes, occasionally it would lag a little but very playable. But then its not a finished emulator.
Yes Hopefully Steve Snake will get a Saturn Emulator out, integrated with Fusion along with his others and I could die a happy man.

[leon_belmont]

Absolutely not dual core needed,of course dual core is better though.

I run it perfectly full speed at my Intel Pentium D 3.4GHZ ,2GB RAM, with an ATI SAPPHIRE SERIES 256MB ,i played Castlevania,Crown,Cotton Boomerang,Super Hang On ,and many many others at full speed.

[Master_OrHan]

Absolutely not dual core needed,of course dual core is better though.

I run it perfectly full speed at my Intel Pentium D 3.4GHZ ,2GB RAM, with an ATI SAPPHIRE SERIES 256MB ,i played Castlevania,Crown,Cotton Boomerang,Super Hang On ,and many many others at full speed.

I believe the Intel Pentium D 3.4GHZ IS a dual core, so it should run properly on your PC.

I know this will run great on the E8500 I hope to get one day, just wish it would run like the PSX emulators do on my P4 and they run fantastic.