What are the REAL requirements for PCSXE?

[shuriken 88]

Okay so I just checked SotC and I'm getting rough averages of: (EE=60-70, GS=50 , VU=80+), consistent FPS of about 20 again. It looks faster than when I last tried though, which means I must've been getting way LESS than 20fps before now LOL.

On Tenchu 3 which is a disc, I'm actually getting close to "almost acceptable" performance! Im getting around 30FPS on average so sometimes it fluctuates up n down from very slow 20ish (character select screen) to actual gameplay at a slow 30ish, which is a bit ironic & backwards. The audio seems to be trying to slow itself down to match the framerate though and thats what takes it out of that "almost playable" realm and into unplayable IMO. Also the screen is shaking up & down like crazy. It almost looks like its simulating old dodgy TV effects or something. Its moving up and down by around 1mm at an extremely fast rate. I'm guessing this is caused by running physical discs because it doesn't happen in SotC, then again, its the only ISO I have so I could be wrong.

It literally is just teetering on the edge of being bearable. I'm hoping I wont have to spend any more dosh on sqeezing out that extra bit of power to get a steady FPS.

If I overclocked my CPU by say 300Hz, would it likely be worth it? Or would it be more of a risk to my PC's life-span than a fix to the actual problem? I'm not bothered about losing warranties on the board anymore, but I wouldn't want to accidentally shorten its life by a year (I've already had it nearly 3 years, which is a LONG lifespan for PC hardware in my personal experience). If not, I guess I'll have to look into getting a new CPU (hopefully I can just swap in a new chip rather than splashing on a whole new mobo).

First I think I'll try ripping Tenchu to an image, or just getting it from here if you have the PAL version, whichevers fastest.

Thanks