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Help wanted! System power scale
SGT:
--- Quote from: Felsir on January 14, 2014, 09:06:29 am ---I'm working on the BYOAC Wiki (together with PL1), a lot of work went into compiling the FAQ.
On of the questions that pops up a lot on the forum is "will my PC run emulator X or Game Y?" so I think that question warrants a topic in the FAQ. So I was thinking, how can we give that kind of information? So I came up with this idea:
Emulation vs CPU chart.
The idea is, if we collect some data points of CPUs people have and what they can run, one might be able to plot out their own system in the chart. For example, my cab has an Intel i3 3220 and it manages to run PS2 emulation quite well. I think it's the toughest I've thrown at my system so far.
So I'm looking for data points: what system do you have and what is the "heaviest" game/emulator you can run? I've added a rating with 1 being trivial to run and 31 being the hardest emulated game (it might be an idea to have a separate scale for MAME games).
Note that it is a relative scale, so my initial ranking of the PS2 emulation is not set in stone.
If you have a suggestion of how to display this information differently, feel free to comment!
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:applaud: I really hope you can make this happen. It is sorely needed especially if it can be maintained as Mame and CPUs evolve.
Felsir:
I'm still thinking of a way to collect the data that is easy for everyone...
stigzler:
How about compiling 4/5 games per emulator with lowest taxing to highest (also allowing a mix of CPU tax vs gpu tax)
For example, for PCSX2, I'm guessing Gran Tourismo 4 is quite demanding.
Guess you could go to the individual emu forums to get your "list of 5."
Then you could ask users to rate each game for things like:
- Framerate consistency vs Freeze
- Audio/Visual burps vs high fidelity
Lastly, user could submit their PC specs via CPU-Z validator to summerise their specs (and also verify - not that anyone would ever post false specs or anything *coughs* yooootube)
Dunno how you'd collate this in a wiki - guess you'd need some kind of database functionality behind it.
So, for me at present, can run all PCSX2 games (inc GT4 and Shadow OT Collossus) and all Gamecube Dolphin games on:
Haven't tried Wii properly yet.
Hope you get this working. Like I said - it would have been invaluable 8 months ago!