Shagittarius wrote on 2022-08-16, 20:42:

I've got most of the parts of my last build just laying around so I've decided to take them and make an emulation station for my […]
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I've got most of the parts of my last build just laying around so I've decided to take them and make an emulation station for my living room.

It will consist of :

i9 9900k
RTX 2080ti
Maximus Hero XI wifi
500GB WD Black M.2
3 either 3 or 4 TB HDDs
(No Soundcard, I think for emulation into a stereo receiver the onboard should suffice.)

This will cover everything up to and including most PS3, Xbox, and Wii. Planning on using Big Box interface as I've already got this all setup on my main PC.

Does anyone have any advice about the build or suggestions for additional functionality I might find useful in a living room situation beyond gaming?

Why such a overpowered Graphics card? My Emu Station with big box is driven by a i3 Pentium 9300 and a Sapphire HD 4550 HyperMemory for CRT Emudrive to use CRT Monitors and TVs .
Then the VGA goes into a VGA RGB SCART Converter and into a Bang&Olufsen MX4000, the Dvi goes into a vga adapter and into my Sony Trinitron Monitor, the HDMI goes into a CRT TV 16:9 HDMI 1 ones..last CRT Gen availible so "Full HD".

And i can play evrything fine.

a HD4550 ain't gonna RPCS3.

Peter.Mengel wrote on 2022-08-16, 23:39:

Why such a overpowered Graphics card? My Emu Station with big box is driven by a i3 Pentium 9300 and a Sapphire HD 4550 HyperMem […]
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Shagittarius wrote on 2022-08-16, 20:42:

I've got most of the parts of my last build just laying around so I've decided to take them and make an emulation station for my […]
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I've got most of the parts of my last build just laying around so I've decided to take them and make an emulation station for my living room.

It will consist of :

i9 9900k
RTX 2080ti
Maximus Hero XI wifi
500GB WD Black M.2
3 either 3 or 4 TB HDDs
(No Soundcard, I think for emulation into a stereo receiver the onboard should suffice.)

This will cover everything up to and including most PS3, Xbox, and Wii. Planning on using Big Box interface as I've already got this all setup on my main PC.

Does anyone have any advice about the build or suggestions for additional functionality I might find useful in a living room situation beyond gaming?

Why such a overpowered Graphics card? My Emu Station with big box is driven by a i3 Pentium 9300 and a Sapphire HD 4550 HyperMemory for CRT Emudrive to use CRT Monitors and TVs .
Then the VGA goes into a VGA RGB SCART Converter and into a Bang&Olufsen MX4000, the Dvi goes into a vga adapter and into my Sony Trinitron Monitor, the HDMI goes into a CRT TV 16:9 HDMI 1 ones..last CRT Gen availible so "Full HD".

And i can play evrything fine.

From what I understand this is not true. I haven't experimented myself so I can't say I have first hand verification of this but from what I've read it does matter. I don't know how low I could go to meet my target but when aiming for 4k resolutions I'll take every advantage I can get, besides its just in my closet doing nothing.

Here's a video about this:

https://youtu.be/b7do5ZTfu9s

Shagittarius wrote on 2022-08-16, 23:47:

From what I understand this is not true. I haven't experimented myself so I can't say I have first hand verification of this bu […]
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Peter.Mengel wrote on 2022-08-16, 23:39:

Why such a overpowered Graphics card? My Emu Station with big box is driven by a i3 Pentium 9300 and a Sapphire HD 4550 HyperMem […]
Show full quote

Shagittarius wrote on 2022-08-16, 20:42:

I've got most of the parts of my last build just laying around so I've decided to take them and make an emulation station for my […]
Show full quote

I've got most of the parts of my last build just laying around so I've decided to take them and make an emulation station for my living room.

It will consist of :

i9 9900k
RTX 2080ti
Maximus Hero XI wifi
500GB WD Black M.2
3 either 3 or 4 TB HDDs
(No Soundcard, I think for emulation into a stereo receiver the onboard should suffice.)

This will cover everything up to and including most PS3, Xbox, and Wii. Planning on using Big Box interface as I've already got this all setup on my main PC.

Does anyone have any advice about the build or suggestions for additional functionality I might find useful in a living room situation beyond gaming?

Why such a overpowered Graphics card? My Emu Station with big box is driven by a i3 Pentium 9300 and a Sapphire HD 4550 HyperMemory for CRT Emudrive to use CRT Monitors and TVs .
Then the VGA goes into a VGA RGB SCART Converter and into a Bang&Olufsen MX4000, the Dvi goes into a vga adapter and into my Sony Trinitron Monitor, the HDMI goes into a CRT TV 16:9 HDMI 1 ones..last CRT Gen availible so "Full HD".

And i can play evrything fine.

From what I understand this is not true. I haven't experimented myself so I can't say I have first hand verification of this but from what I've read it does matter. I don't know how low I could go to meet my target but when aiming for 4k resolutions I'll take every advantage I can get, besides its just in my closet doing nothing.

Here's a video about this:

https://youtu.be/b7do5ZTfu9s

Ohh youre upscaling! so yeah iam playing evrything native.

leileilol wrote on 2022-08-16, 23:45:

a HD4550 ain't gonna RPCS3.

Iam not that far in my retro emu project but n64 and psx works great.

Peter.Mengel wrote on 2022-08-16, 23:52:

leileilol wrote on 2022-08-16, 23:45:

a HD4550 ain't gonna RPCS3.

Iam not that far in my retro emu project but n64 and psx works great.

Yeah I've got PS3, Xbox360...that generation included as part of my emulation target.

Honest question... Is Ps3 and X360 emulation in an acceptable state already? Because it will not matter if the hardware is capable if the emulators themselves are not mature enough.

gaffa2002 wrote on 2022-08-17, 11:27:

Honest question... Is Ps3 and X360 emulation in an acceptable state already? Because it will not matter if the hardware is capable if the emulators themselves are not mature enough.

They are currently works in progress, with RPCS3, the PS3 emulator 68% of games are playable completely from beginning to end. With Xenia the Xbox360 emulator its not as easy to get an overall compatibility rating. I'm currently playing through Gears of War 2 on that as well as The Darkness. Gears 2 seems pretty much perfect and The Darkness is good except for dynamic lighting values, and up until recently this title wasn't playable at all. To me it's part of the fun being on the cutting edge of emulation.