Are these guys good for emulation/old pc games?

>>3974346
I'd say anythin before PS1 or N64

>>3974346
Decent for console emulation but probably not for old pc games depending on your definition of old.

>>3974346
I wouldn't bother beyond the NES and Master System

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>>3974351
>before PS1 or N64
Easily including. The 1005pe (pic related) can even play back 1080i .ts files.

>>3974634
Your house is nice can I stay with you for a while?

>>3974461
What? I emulated SNES, Genesis, some PS1 titles, and even beat Mario64, all on a Pentium II 266 MHz (the N64 emulator used was an extremely fast and hacky one that would basically only support Mario64 properly, but still). The Atom CPU in those netbooks has the performance somewhere between a Pentium III and Pentium 4, so saying you are restricted to emulating 8-bit systems is nonsense. The CPU is surely decent enough to emulate 5th gen consoles such as PS1 and N64, it's the crappy GMA950 video which could be a problem, if so just reduce resolution to lowest possible (might not look pretty, but oh well, that's what I also had to do to play Mario64 on a Pentium II with 2 MB graphics).

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>>3974665
I found these atoms to be slightly faster in terms of gaming than even the low voltage core2duos. It's great for emulating games and if you install loonix, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the performance.

(Greetings from /g/)

>>3974683
Yes, for some tasks an Atom (but probably a better one than the most common, low-tier N270) might even be up there in the Core 2 range in terms of performance, but mostly it's much weaker. Still plenty of power to emulate a PS1 or N64, let alone 4th gen systems (higan might be too much of a hog, just use Snes9X and Kega Fusion and you should play any SNES or Genesis title at full speed).

What's wrong with the screen btw?

>>3974697
It's partially broken, I purchased it for 15$ in Akihabara.

>>3974704
For a price that low I guess it's ok, if you're into a weeb keyboard and all. Those defects kinda give it a bit of /cyb/ character.

>>3974346
I had one of those with Linux (Xubuntu) in it, it could run anything retro by this board's standard.

>>3974346

>Everything is dusty and covered in grime.

Do you live in a fucking crack den?

>>3974351
im sure it can actually handle some N64

>>3974665
>>3974697

What the anon said. Those "netbooks" are good enough to (barely) run PS1 game. Don't expect any rice texture filtering on the PS1 games though.

>>3974363
Good enough for most 2D PC games. Bad for emulating 3D DOSboxed games. Of course even old 3D games might need a "real" 3D card to even run.

>>3975030
I actually found that I can type faster on small notebook keyboards compared to a full-sized keyboard.

>>3975243
But the keyboard on the X60 is fullsize, isn't it?

>>3975243
I have a harder time with small keyboards.

>>3975239
>Bad for emulating 3D DOSboxed games.
All DOSbox 3D games I tried on my 1005HA run with literally no issues.

>Of course even old 3D games might need a "real" 3D card to even run.
I don't know why people believe this, but for reference, my 1005HA can run some PS2 tier games(namely, Ultimate Spider-man, MGS2 substance, THUG2) with minimal issues.
Some might need some external tool like 3DAnalyze to trick the game into thinking some HW features not supported are actually present so the game can start(i.e. TnL), but it's still capable of running them with not much trouble.
Other PC games such as Sims 2 also run flawlessly.

>>3975239
why would you ever want texture filtering on PS1 games?

>>3979075
Give Thief a spin

>>3979159
If you mean it won't run, the original Thief is infamous for giving issues, crashing, or just plain fail to install on any XP/vista/7 OS, regardless of PC specs.

>>3979082
I like smooth textures.

>>3979075
>3DAnalyze

Pretty sure that can't replace pixel shaders or hardware TnL.

Speaking of Atoms, how's PS2 emulation on a N450?

>>3979216
3Danalyze doesn't replace or emulate those features and their functions, all it does is emulating the presence of those features, making the games think the hardware has those features and thus launching with no issues.
As example, without hardware TnL, Ultimate Spider-man will run but will arbitrarily decide to not load most textures, even if the hardware can perfectly run the game.
Emulating TnL presence with 3DAnalyze, the textures are loaded normally even if TnL is not present or emulated itself, showing how, in this case, it's not a needed feature for the game to run and work normally.

One function it does emulate(or rather, simulate) though is cubemapping, replacing it with a 2D texture map.

>>3974634
White laptops are so nice looking

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Uh oh.

>>3979330
You serious?
Please don't be serious

>>3980653
white is always superior

>>3974346
There good. I use to have a few different ones but sold my last one off because I didnt use it that much and everything was solder on.

If you have the older ones upgrade the ram and replace the hard drive with a SSD. There are also a few netbooks that had the nvidia ion video cards.

>>3979197
>the original Thief is infamous for giving issues, crashing, or just plain fail to install on any XP/vista/7 OS, regardless of PC specs.

Use TFix

>>3979381
>Ultimate Spider-man will run but will arbitrarily decide to not load most textures, e
Yeah, the games would look like blacked out shit everywhere. Define "running".

>>3979075
>All DOSbox 3D games I tried on my 1005HA run with literally no issues.

Dungeon Keeper 1 and Build engine games will run slowly or crash if you run them at SVGA mode 640x480. Those are issues.

>>3974346
Those running on Win XP are OK for the most old PC games.

Don't expect any good PSX emulation though - proper sound and framebuffer emulation will result in slowdowns.

>>3974665
These netbooks do not have a proper GPU - and old Intel HD is notoriously awful - anything even remotely requiring hardware acceleration would be slow as fuck. Old PC stuff like Unreal and Quake 3 that run at above 60 on P2 400Mhz with nVidia TNT2, barely scrap 30 on this shit with siginficantly lower settings.

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>>3981529
>Yeah, the games would look like blacked out shit everywhere.
Pic related. Left without 3DAnalyze, right with 3DAnalyze with TnL "emulation" enabled.

>Define "running".
The game launches, starts, is playable from start to end, and doesn't crash or has issues.
As seen in the screenshot on the right, the game is loaded normally despite the complete absence of TnL(like I said, 3DAanalyze only simulates the presence of TnL, not its features), which means that even without said feature, this netbook is capable of running the game normally.

My point is not to say this netbook can run games the same way as if it had better specs or as if it had a real GPU, rather to disprove what stated in >>3975239 that a netbook is unable to run even old 3D games cause they need a real GPU to even run, it can.

>>3981652
>k. Old PC stuff like Unreal and Quake 3 that run at above 60 on P2 400Mhz with nVidia TNT2, barely scrap 30 on this shit with siginficantly lower settings.


He was talking about emulation. And comparing a real GPU to yet another shitty Intel chip isn't fair.

>>3981672
>netbook is unable to run even old 3D games cause they need a real GPU to even run, it can.

I said "might". Keyword. Many mainstream FPSs could run with or without a proper GPU.

>>3974346
I've got an acer aspire d270, so somewhat similar to your eee.

It can run any emulator up to and including super nintendo, though the only emulator I've gotten to run at full speed is zsnes.

Any dosbox games are fine. It even handles some early 3D games like Might and Magic 6. Older 2D pc games are fine, but newer ones that depend on 3D acceleration aren't going to work.

Also netbooks are terrific for roguelikes if you're into them.

>>3974665
>the N64 emulator used was an extremely fast and hacky one that would basically only support Mario64 properly

Was it Corn? I remember it running quite good on a K6-2

>>3974346
I have an eeepc lying around. It can do ps1, I used psxfin to play some games and it worked ok for the most part.

GBA stuttered a lot with VGBA-M, but ran fluid with mednafen

That was on linux though.

>>3982562
>Was it Corn?
Yep. You win the internets sir. I also had to use a specific version of it because the latest one that was released before it was abandoned was somehow broken and useless (at least on my system back then).

>>3981679
Intel chips of the last few years are more powerful than midtier 2010 gpus.

Even the 2012/2013 Surface Pro 1/2 with an i5 can run all emulators and a majority of GoG games pre 2006.

>>3981652
The Intel HDs are shit. The ones with the Nvidia Ion are better.

These netbooks had the Ion video card.
Acer Aspire One 532G
Asus Eee PC VX6
Asus Eee PC 1015PN
Asus Eee PC 1201N
Asus Eee PC 1201NL
Asus Eee PC 1215N
HP Mini 311
Lenovo IdeaPad S12
Point of View Mobii ION
Samsung N510

I dont know if there are anymore netbooks that used them or not. There are also mini-itx boards and sff systems that used it too.

>>3982868
>Intel chips of the last few years are more powerful than midtier 2010 gpus.


They don't have their own RAM, they can't really do pixel shading accurately or hardware TnL.They ride on CPU processing power. They're made for low heat and low power. But the main problem is compatibility.

>>3982407
>full speed is zsnes.

Full autism.

>>3974683

sick japanese keyboard + x60

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>>3975239
>Good enough for most 2D PC games. Bad for emulating 3D DOSboxed games. Of course even old 3D games might need a "real" 3D card to even run.
All atoms since at least 2012 have a "real 3D card". PS1 with filters is not an issue, even the OpenPandora with its shitty 2008 single core ARM can do that and you literally have no idea what you're talking about.

>>3983756
I mean it's the only one that isn't slow on the shit hardware.

And I just figured out you made a sonic joke.