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tiamat989 · 07-06-2014, 01:54 AM

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/toshiba-sate...007da1bb4d

Ppsspp only runs well on computers I have tried every option combination to get it running on my tablet I give up

solarmystic · (This post was last modified: 07-06-2014 04:39 AM by solarmystic.)

Can it run it? Yes, most definitely.

Can it run it well? That's arguable since specwise it's not very good. In certain heavier games (like the God of War games) it may struggle without frameskip/CPU speed hacks.

The CPU is an Intel Celeron N2830 which is not very powerful but very, very energy efficient. It doesn't score very well in the passmark charts, even compared to my own 5 year old Core 2 Duo laptop, which is twice as powerful.

The Intel HD Graphics GPU is based on the Intel Ivy Bridge HD 4000 graphics but with only 4 EUs (Execution Units) left from the original 16 EUs, meaning that it's only 1/4th as powerful. So rendering resolution will have to kept at 2x to 3x tops.

Plus you have the added issues in certain games that using an Intel graphics solution brings to the equation and chances are you won't be completely satisfied with the purchase if you want to do heavy duty emulation with this laptop.

**TheDax** · (This post was last modified: 07-06-2014 05:00 AM by TheDax.)

I'd try to find something with Nvidia if you can due to its excellent compatibility with OpenGL, but, of course, that comes with a higher monetary cost. ATI/AMD graphics are also a valid solution, somewhere in between, in terms of compatibility. Intel is definitely the worst out of the three in terms of compatibility.

tiamat989 · 07-06-2014, 10:59 AM

Will it at least run better than on a tablet?

solarmystic · (This post was last modified: 07-06-2014 09:40 PM by solarmystic.)

(07-06-2014 10:59 AM)tiamat989 Wrote: Will it at least run better than on a tablet?

What's your frame of reference?

Android ARM tablets? Most definitely. x86>>>ARM when it comes to emulation performance.

Intel x86 tablets like the Surface Pro 2 and 3? Nope, those have i5 CPUs which will run circles around the Celeron CPU linked to in my earlier post. Not to mention the fact that have the fully featured Intel HD 4000+ Graphics as well.

**GuilhermeGS2** · 07-09-2014, 04:01 PM

It will run very fast. I tested some games on a laptop with Intel Celeron 1.4Ghz Dual Core and HD Graphics 3000, and ran pretty fast. You just need to set up correctly. The main "secret" (is not the only one) is in Virtual CPU speed, which you can change in Settings>System, put it in 222, if you still get some slow down, you can reduce for 111. Maybe some games will have low FPS (a bit less than normal), but is almost sure you will run at 100% of emulation speed.