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    Emulate Soul Calibur on M11x R2?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by fadszelement, Jul 4, 2010.

  1. fadszelement

    fadszelement Newbie

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    Overclocked and with Turbo Boost*, can the i7 M11x R2 handle Soul Calibur 3 on PCSX2? Or SC 2 at least, including on other emulators?

    *2.8 GHz on a single core, from what I've heard.
     
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  2. M11Ash

    M11Ash Notebook Evangelist

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    DCemu is the way forward here. You will only get to play the original soul caliber though. But you'll have Hi-rez @ 60fps and I always rated the original over all the sequels - although 2 came close
     
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  3. Xalgon

    Xalgon Notebook Consultant

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    I've heard there was a good Gamecube/Wii emulator called Dolphin or something like that. It might work for SC2. Don't ask me how it runs though; I'm ignorant to the subject.

    Not sure this is the best place to be asking this though...
     
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  4. M11Ash

    M11Ash Notebook Evangelist

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    I tested dolphin extensively a couple of weeks ago on my R2. FPS just no playable on 3 different games that I tried. CPU just needs a hell of a lot more grunt. DC emu is the best your gonna get on this baby, although you could try PS2 emu I got Shadow of the Collossus running at about 70% speed (35-45fps) on PCSX but it was still pretty unplayable. SC2 might be run better as it won't be as taxing as SOC, but the GC version was far superior imo.
     
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  5. KardasMESD

    KardasMESD Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow, really? I thought dolphin wasn't that CPU heavy....

    Are you overclocking your i7, and/or do you have turbo boost on? Your post is really interesting to me cause this is EXACTLY what I wanted to run (SOC, PCSX2, Dolphin) on an m11x...It disappoints me actually.......

    Edit: also, what was the actual FPS, if you remember.
     
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  6. M11Ash

    M11Ash Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah I've just tried Skies of Arcadia again on dolphin. With the new intel HD drivers, the nvidia 257.68 drivers and the updated physx drivers. I've managed a stable OC of 166 and TurboBoost with no BSOD :-D

    I've also disabled Intel Sidestep and OC the GPU to 600/1480/825 but I'm still only getting unplayable FPS during the first 5mins or so of the game. Even the title screen lags and thats @ native Gamecube rez with no AA :-(
    Null DC run perfect though even just on intergrated graphics - full 60fps @ native DC rez on Skies off Arcadia
     
    M11Ash, Jul 4, 2010
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