Lordmonkus

It really isn't that far behind but it is behind. Like I said I have and use an 8350 running at 4 GHz for PC gaming and emulation and it does the job quite well. PC gaming is also quite different than emulation because of how emulation actually works and utilizes the CPU. Emulation in the vast majority of cases only uses a single core of a processor and in a couple of cases such as the Dolphin emulator uses 2 and single core performance is most important factor when it comes to emulation speed. As far as I am aware of right now only the PS3 emulator, RPCS3 uses multiple cores effectively because the PS3 itself uses multiple core CPUs. You can overcome some single performance with raw clock speed so for example a 4GHz AMD CPU can perform equally as well as a 3.2 GHz (approx) Intel CPU but if you got equal or very close to equal clock speeds the Intel will perform better. Also keep in mind that with these levels of CPUs you will only see any real issues on the most modern of emulators such as Cemu and RPCS3. Both of those emulators are still in their infancy relatively speaking regardless of any videos showing off a few hand selected games. I have not bothered trying out the RPCS3 emulator just because I have zero interest in it but I have toyed around with Cemu a bit and my 8350 does the jobs and runs most of the games at full speed, Breath of the Wild is the one game I threw at it and does not run at full speed at all on my system. PS2 emulation with PCSX2 and Saturn emulation with Mednafen the 8350 has no problems with them. The bottom line is this. For the mature emulators out there a relatively modern AMD CPU running at or close to 4 GHz will perform perfectly fine. You will only find more benefit with an Intel CPU when it comes to the more cutting edge newer emulators such as Cemu and RPCS3. If you were to be buying a new system and emulation is something you intend on using it for quite a lot and want the best performance definitely buy an Intel based system. That is what I will be doing next year when I build my next system. But if you want to save a few bucks and focus on more the PC side with emulation up to and including PS2, Wii and maybe a dash of Wii U then something like a Ryzen is a great choice.

Yeah if buying them but I believe the OP said he already has them.

Ok good my initial answer was the correct one, i'm not going crazy..... yet.

Lol, no worries, @DOS76 did way more than I did, I only pointed you to a video.

Good to hear its working for you now.

That is extremely weird but ok if it works, lol.

I'm gonna tag @Jason Carr because I cannot seem to find the option to turn this on and off. I know it exists though because I have turned it on and then back off again.

I would probably still keep the cue files just in case you need them at a later date.

I believe it does require them but I can't remember for certain because I deleted all my 3DO stuff. It's simple to check though, load RA, load the core and then load the game.

There is an option for it but for the life of me I cannot remember what it is and I can't seem to find it either but I know it exists. I thought it might have been View > Show Versions but when I turned that on in mine it didn't show but you can try that and see.

I do the same for PS1 emulation, I use Retroarch over ePSXe. I have no idea what sort of CPU you have in your system and if it would be capable of Retroarch for PS1, I do know though that ePSXe is faster on lower end spec hardware because my HTPC cannot handle Retroarch for PS1.

It should work just fine, I have an install on a USB flashdrive that works perfectly. Check out this video on setting it up and see if there is something you might have missed when setting it up.

Sorry I have nothing else then. I don't use Fusion because of the problems it has and there simply is no reason to use it when we got Retroarch and the Genesis GX core which is superior in every way.

I don't think it's case of the emulator devs focusing on Intel as much as it's just how emulation works. It functions better with single core performance and Intel CPUs are just better at it.

More cores generally means nothing in emulation. Very few emulators use multiple cores and only a couple of them use 2, Dolphin is one of the only ones I know of off the top of my head that uses dual cores. I do know that RPCS3 (PS3) does take advantage of multi core CPUs but IMO that emulator is still a long ways off of being ready for general use. Yes it can play a small select few games well but that number really is extremely small. As for which is better, the AMD or Intel you listed I would have to say the Intel is probably better. But again like I said in my previous post my 8350 @4GHz handles PS2 and Dolphin without issues and with Wii U (Cemu) it depends on the game. Maybe someone with a similar Intel CPU to yours can chime in and provide some hands on answers for you. It is generally known though that Intel CPUs perform better in emulation than AMDs. AMD CPUs can do it but you may have to brute force it with raw clock speed to get equal performance to a lower clocked Intel CPU. Also keep in mind that this is purely in terms of emulation, modern gaming and video stuff can take more advantage of multi core CPUs.

For emulation you want the best instructions per clock cycle CPU and faster clock speeds which is generally going to be the newer Intel chips over anything AMD. That isn't to say that AMD is incapable, I use an AMD 8350 @ 4GHz and it's fine with PS2, Dolphin and some Wii U emulation. With Wii U emulation it will depend on the game and how well it runs, for example Mario 3D Worlds plays fine but Zelda BotW only runs at 20 fps which to me is unplayable and a high end modern Intel CPU runs it perfectly at 30 fps.

Try this: vk07sc000:: Send, !{F4} Return

Unfortunately you cannot easily separate the Genesis and Sega CD cores from each other in Retroarch. You have 2 options, either have 2 installs of RA or setup game over rides which would be easiest to do for the Sega CD stuff since that presumably would be the platform with the least games. Personally I just don't care that much about it affecting my Sega CD music so I won't be bothering with it.

Looks cool, now do every single game in the database

Yeah, if you don't want to emulate the Model 1 sounds. Edit: I should say if you don't want the Model 1 sound emulation interfering with the Sega CDs CDDA audio.

"DAC quantization is for Mame core only. All the Nuked cores have all the proper emulation of the electronics already." From the above link.

I'm sure I can find some people that would think otherwise Glad I can be of some help.

It can be anywhere you want but you have to tell Demul where to look for it.

I can't remember if they need to be unzipped or not. I have them both zipped and unzipped in my DC bios folder.

It's on the small things list so hopefully soon.