[Darkon]

Hi! :rotflmao:

I was just wondering, how old is PCSX2 now? I just got into the whole PS2 emulation scene and just thought it might be good to know.

Thank you in advance! Keep up the great work, PCSX2 team! :eyemove:

 

[Zlittzor]

yeah and i hope you will be finsihed soon so i can play commercial games!! :lol: :innocent:

 

[Chrono Archangel]

/me slaps Zlittzor

I think its 3 years old... correct me if im wrong...

 

[Kai Hansen]

I dont Know

 

[_E_]

around 3-4 years old IIRC

Yours,
-Elly

 

[deadtorights]

what IIRC

 

[I-Chan]

RTFM .

 

[deadtorights]

3 years :S
do you guys ever though about quitting ? Like you got a problem, you can't fix it for a periode of time then you almost quit cuz you got tired of finding the problem and then one day you found the solution...

 

[Darkon]

Alright. Thanks for the replies guys!

 

[blueshogun96]

RTFM .

Thanks I chan, now I finally know what AFAIK means

 

[Redders]

hi, i'm new here, thanks for this great project,

is there a rough target for a version that will be able to play supported demos at 15+ fps and what sort of system will be required, i just want rough estimates, i understand it can be hard to predict, but a rough idea would be nice

 

[Razor Blade]

Well nothing like that is predictible really ... Thee are too many factors to consider.

But if I had to guess, I would say another year or so and probably any top of the line computer out today.

 

[Redders]

ok

thanks, so would that put comercial titles at about 2-3 years?

 

[Razor Blade]

Well this is purely speculation, but Hopefully within 2 years if the authors are working as hard as they are now, we should be playing games (at least to the point of being playable) at decent speeds.

 

[Redders]

following Moore's Law we should be at roughly 10GHz by then so perhaps a bit earlier?

 

[Betamax]

Naw. Actually that would probably make a good min spec, if you like extrapolating todays current fps .

 

[Redders]

so the quoted min spec in the FAQ isn't that far out?

 

[Razor Blade]

Yea, but right now, the emulator isn't at a stage where we test what specs work best, because the emulator isn't really developed far enough. Maybe once it is at a stage similar to lets say ... Chankast, maybe thaen we can decide.

Think of it like an alpha version of a PC game. You can't tell what specs will work best till the code is optimized along with all the other bits that go into a game. The same sort of factors would apply to emulators in their own ways.

 

[Redders]

as this emulator is for windows or linux, what would happen if you hooked up one of the games that runs to a linux based super computer? would it be playable?

 

[Razor Blade]

Well you might get increased fps in the menu's etc ... but it wouldn't be any more playable than it is today.