You all should be thinking about future proofing. Intel i9 9900K will be perfect for RPCS3 and future emulators where the consoles have 6+ cores. I'm certainly getting it.
(08-05-2018, 02:08 AM)Lumbeeslayer Wrote: [ -> ]You all should be thinking about future proofing. Intel i9 9900K will be perfect for RPCS3 and future emulators where the consoles have 6+ cores. I'm certainly getting it.
Alternatively you could just take all that money you saved by not buying an i9, and just buy a PS3 w/ the games you want. We really aren’t at the point where we should be selling people $1000 CPU’s to play an emulator.
(08-05-2018, 07:03 AM)Nintonito Wrote: [ -> ]Alternatively you could just take all that money you saved by not buying an i9, and just buy a PS3 w/ the games you want. We really aren’t at the point where we should be selling people $1000 CPU’s to play an emulator.
Except the fact that ps3 won't run any game with 16xAF and 1080p, or 4k.
(08-05-2018, 07:37 AM)hyperspeed Wrote: [ -> ]Except the fact that ps3 won't run any game with 16xAF and 1080p, or 4k.
This is my thoughts... And the fact that GC or wii cannot play games of this quality.
Okay well then have fun trying to dump PS3 discs with a PC blu ray drive (I know i’ve tried, and it wasn’t very feasible).
If your focus is VR, I think it's more wise to save money by getting an i7-8700k or whatever high-end i7 they release on the next generation and invest those savings on a beefy GPU (which is waaay more important for VR performance than the CPU itself), maybe even an SLI. TBH, the 6 cores from the Coffee Lake i7 are already more than enough to emulation, even in recent emulators like RPCS3 (yes, many games still don't run full-speed, but that's more because of not emulated features and lack of optimizations than lack of CPU power, it should improve with time)...
(08-05-2018, 10:13 AM)Nintonito Wrote: [ -> ]Okay well then have fun trying to dump PS3 discs with a PC blu ray drive (I know i’ve tried, and it wasn’t very feasible).
AFAICT if you have a very specific Lite-On drive, it's a piece of cake...
(08-05-2018, 10:13 AM)Nintonito Wrote: [ -> ]Okay well then have fun trying to dump PS3 discs with a PC blu ray drive (I know i’ve tried, and it wasn’t very feasible).
Didn't have a problem dumping mine. I have a LG bluray drive.
(08-05-2018, 10:15 AM)mbc07 Wrote: [ -> ]If your focus is VR, I think it's more wise to save money by getting an i7-8700k or whatever high-end i7 they release on the next generation and invest those savings on a beefy GPU (which is waaay more important for VR performance than the CPU itself), maybe even an SLI. TBH, the 6 cores from the Coffee Lake i7 are already more than enough to emulation, even in recent emulators like RPCS3 (yes, many games still don't run full-speed, but that's more because of not emulated features and lack of optimizations than lack of CPU power, it should improve with time)...
GPU wise, I think that if the rumored gtx 1180+ is what I think it is, then that option is covered.
But this is more in alignment with my reason for starting the thread, because I know the I7-8700k has a massive power boost to dolphin that my puny I5 could dare to dream. I'm just trying to get a good sense of whether the I9-9900k may be better or on par with it.
Be aware that for 'future proofing' - depending on how long you want things to last - it may be cheaper in the long run to buy a relatively midrange system with the expectation it'll be updated later - as the march of technology waits for no man, and you may end up with a faster system on average over the equivalent expected lifetime of a crazy high-end system. Certainly recently in CPUs (now there's actually some competition
an 8th gen i3 can give the highest-end most expensive i7 from just a couple of years back a run for it's money.
This is especially when looking at top-tier 'halo' products - as the price increases a lot for a relatively modest improvement in performance.
My 4790k still does everything flawlessly lol
I want more threads.
