Thread: [OS2008] PSX / Playstation 1 Emulator
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Originally Posted by DynaMight View Post
I cant see the N770 or N800 being all that great with the lack of buttons and all. Dont forget the GP2X version is fairly optimized for the GP2X, just because the N800 has a faster CPU Mhz (It doesnt always mean it's faster, I dont know for sure if it is or not) it doesnt mean a quick port of an PSX Emu is instantly going to produce playability. I doubt it'll be any better than the GP2X version and never anywhere near the PSP.

Personally I have a GP2X so have no real interest in emulation on my N770.
The 770 uses an ARMv5TEJ (ARM 926) at 252MHz, while the GP2X uses an ARMv4TE (ARM 920) at 200MHz. They should have pretty comparable instructions-per-clock (1.1 for the ARMv5 vs. 1.111 for the ARMv4), which would favor the 770's processor because of it's higher clock speed.

That doesn't mean that the 770 as a platform is faster, but there's a decent basis for suggesting the possibility.

The N800 has an even stronger advantage with an ARMv6 (ARM 1136) at 330MHz (couldn't find any estimates on IPC), which adds some MMX-like instructions.