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Not sure it is the best section to post such news, but I thought it deserve some attention.

Little reminder: pscx2 is actually the only current ps2 emulator that allows to play some ps2 games and at enjoyable speed like FFX.

After nearly 16 months, here comes a new Pcsx2 version. Pcsx2 0.9.6

[...]

What's new in 0.9.6?

- Huge rewrite, mainly from the new members of the Playground branch! Too many speedups, optimizations and other fixes to write here! Many famous games will now work.

- Dropped VM build replaced by the all new Vtlb, meaning no more 'Cannot allocate memory' errors at start up, more accurate emulation, slightly lower speeds but with many optimizations to come

- Full memcard support, working in all games

- Improved Frameskip/VU-skip

- Special Game Fixes Section

- Advanced Options Section for custom tweaking VU/FPU behavior.

- Rewritten Multithreaded GS (MTGS) mode, with as much as 15% speedup for HT machines (only 3-5% for Dual Core), and fixes many instabilities.

- Improved VU/FPU Flags and Clamping support (helps fix odd behaviors and SPS in some games)

- Improved EE/IOP synchronization (fixes many freeze-ups and vmhacks).

- Improved CDVD support.

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What system specs do you need to run a decent game?

Depends on the game really. Some are more demanding than others.

But here's what the FAQ says for something to go by:

Minimum

* Windows 2000 or newer/Linux OS

* CPU that supports SSE2 (Pentium 4 and up, Athlon64 and up)

* GPU that supports Pixel Shaders 2.0

* 512mb RAM

Recommended

* Windows Vista 32bit/64bit

* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.2ghz or better

* GPU: 8600gt or better

* 1gb RAM (2gb if on Vista)

Well, I've got it setup and working properly now so I'm going to test it and will report back with FPS findings, bugs, etc

Spec:

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 x64

Coolermaster Cosmos Case /w 850W Coolermaster Modular Power Supply

ASUS P5Q Deluxe P45 Socket 775 ATX Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz Socket 775 Processor

Corsair 8GB DDR2-800 (4-4-4-12) RAM

2 x Samsung HD502IJ SpinPoint F1 500GB Hard Drive in a RAID0 Array

ATi Saphire HD 4850 512MB GDDR3

Something tells me some mild overclocking might help.

@Vegetunks

Something tells me some mild overclocking might help.

Yes , the CPU is currently the biggest bottleneck in emulator performance, and an overclock

can sometimes makes a difference. Try to reach at least the 3Ghz.

Concerning your graphic card...

I've heard that pcsx2 works better with Nvidia graphic card, I don't know if has changed.

For better support, you can visit official pcsx2 forum.

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