PSP and PC questions

a) what is good model of PSP to get, that can run CFW?.

b) how do i play PSP games wi/0 a mini dvd, is via bootloader?

c) how do i play PSX games, is it via bootloader?

Pc questions:

a) What is the most compatible video card on the market?

b) What is the most compatible sound card on the market?

c) how much ram is recomended for playing games?

d) how much memory is recomended for playing game (HDD memory)

e) What is the most game compatible OS? XP, Vista or 7? (in order to run old games like diablo II, deus ex 1)

i am wanting a PSP since my psx died, in the most literal way just when i was wanting to play PE 1 and 2.

the PC is for playing old games via emulators and new games like Deus Ex: human revolution.

 

PSP stuff

a) Any model. Literally, any model. Just watch out for 6.60 OFW, and you should be good. If you get one at 6.20, 6.35, or 6.39, you can just add the PRO custom firmware. It is only a temporary hack on some models (and is incredibly fast to re-enable), but for all 1000 models and select 2000 models (depending on the motherboard), it can be permanent. PSP hacking is easy as hell anymore. You basically just need the memory stick and to not be retarded.

b) You convert the PSX games into EBOOT's, stick them in the /PSP/GAME folder and then play them. For compatibility, you can find a popsloader pack, which is basically just the PSX emulator on the PSP. The popsloader packs contain every different version of pops to try out for trouble games. Depending on your model of PSP, some versions may not work so hot. For the most part though, Persona 1 and 2 should work really well. Persona 2 is also having an English release later this month (or already) on the PSP (well, one of the two games).

c) Pretty much exactly the same as b. You sort of asked the same question twice.

PC stuff (selective)

c) I've seen a recommendation of around 4GB of RAM to really get the ball rolling for newer games.

d) Just get how much you'll think you need. A 500GB HDD will probably tide you over well, but having about 1TB of space never hurt anybody.

e) Just use Windows 7. I know it runs Diablo 2 without problems (experience), and trouble games can be run in compatibility mode. Few games are too terribly picky. If worst comes to worst, you can always partition your HDD and install a different OS (how you acquire it is your choice) if you happen to experience any unsolvable issues.

Edit: Silly typo's.

 

@looonylion NVDIA or ATI? i am seeking a good model and i've heard those are good, but i am no PC expert so yeah i need to know what is the best card between the two and which exports the best compatibility or rather (since english is not my main language, spanish is) of the two which allows me to run the most large quanitity of games, like fall out 3 or 2 or new vegas.

@nathan drake how the hell you got to run diablo II?! i have win 7 ultimate and it refuses to run i have about 2 GB of ram, most PC's that are sold in my country have a 4GB as a minimum but i want to order it with a good video card and sound card that also lets me run stuff like the emulator of PS2 and such, even with the patches taringa usually recommends it's impossible for me to run it.

Also all PSP's of my country come chipped so i doubt any PSP has 6.60 as i have no doubts it would render the chip nigh useless.

 

Oh lord, your country and chipping things. I swear that people just love to solder on dummy chips for funsies and to scam and such.

 

Meh if it's lower than 6.60 i am happy with it, also it's been the standart procedure since PSX era, my PSX was chipped, never chipped the GC and the wii came pre chipped, but let's not go there, anyhow can you suggest me a video card?

 

Do I sense a hint of envy?

Where I'm from, you can buy chipped PSP's off the bat from high class malls. You know, the kind that would disallow the sales of illegitimate pirated stuff just because they're clueless to the whole deal. And yes, these folks are up to date when it comes to the mod hacking & piracy scene. And another thing, even celebrities "promote" illegal game downloading as they do share the information with everybody freely. There was even once a segment on a local "techie" show pointing people to ROM hosting sites where one can get their games freely, of course the actual webpages & Google search results were blurred out to protect the ROMs sites.

 

gues i will go with nvidia, one question is having 7 GB of ram too much?

 

there is soemthing that has been bugging me to no end,w aht is the difference between 32 and 64 bits?

 

Not envy, sir. A chipped PSP is a scam plain and simple. I have no idea if these chips even actually do anything, but you are doing nothing but throwing your money away if you buy a PSP that somebody has opened up and desecrated the motherboard of. PSP's are all about the firmware hacks. Anybody selling PSP's "chipped" is just marketing off the fact that the people who buy them likely don't know the first thing about a PSP. Seriously, it's a scam, plain and simple. The people that feed into them are to blame for that though.

 

Whoops, my mistake...

So OK, I did a little scouting so to speak. Yesterday I went to three known places here where you could get a modded PSP... yep that's right, I said modded not chipped. You were right Hugh, I admit to that. PSPs, & DSes here are indeed modded (firmware hacked) & not chipped.

In these places you could roam the various stalls & ask like nobody cared as to the specifics of purchasing a modded handheld & every stall owner I talked too indeed said that the handheld scene is all about firmware manipulation. Sadly, when it comes to flashcarts, stalls I've visited are selling poor quality (R4 clones) instead of the better ones, probably due to procurement issues. Maybe the Customs officials have been tipped on the matter.

 

ANd you see maybe it's not a physical chip, it could be as well as simple virutal chip AKA firmware, the thing is that in my country we sue the chip term as word that holds equal meaning to be modded,etc.

Anyhow i found the PC i wnat here are the general specs, i need to find a siragorn phone to ask about more specifics things, but the general specs are:

Inter core i7 of second generation, 1 TB HDD, Super multi DVD up to 22x, Siragorn slim monitor of 21.5 inches LED and comes with touch screen functions it comes with win 7 OS pro (will swap it for Ultimate if i buy it) last but not last it comes with 16 GB of ram.

 

i have a mutli DVD with all the instalers of Win 7 i simply chose ultimate due to a random click, and what are the three features you mention? anyhow how are the specs? will they suffice or what? i know you said 8 GB is overkill but what they offer as a minimum is 10 GB of ram with a HDD of 500 GB, also i meant to say that i would swap it if i bougth the PC since they offer it with headset+mouse+keyboard so and it could be that it would cost me 6.000 bucks (cheap since the most expensive computer are air macs and those are over 16.000 bucks)

 

i am going for the 16 GB one i stated it above rather than the minimal one