

This core runs "fine" on my 4GHz AMD 8350 CPU but there are some audio crackles here and there which indicate performance problems and I have read that even a modern i7 has some problems with it.Īverage users stick with Snes9x (no year).

This core is extremely demanding on the CPU so unless you have a very powerful modern CPU to use this core and maintain a constant smooth 60 fps I highly suggest that you use one of the other cores. This core will also require the same special chip dumps as the BSnes cores above. For a list of the required special chips refer to this link here: and for a list of games that require these special chips refer to this wiki page found here: Īnd for those of you that demand the most accurate and cutting edge SNES emulation and have a very powerful CPU you will want the newly added Higan core. There is one catch to these cores however, you have to have dumps of the special chips in your \Retroarch\system\ folder for the games that require them to work. There are the Mercury variants of these cores which allows for a couple of extra core functions such as FX chip overclocking so you can run games like Star Fox at a faster frame rate.

The cores with the years in their name or meant for very old and low powered mobile hardware, you can view more information on those specific cores here: įor those of you who require more accuracy, compatibility and have the extra CPU power to drive it the BSnes Balanced and Accuracy cores are the next choice. This core will run 99% of the games just fine and works very well on modest hardware and is updated regularly. Please refer to the link below to see what games are incompatible or have known issues with specific cores.įor the vast majority of the average users out there just use the Snes9x core, the one that has no year in its name. This video guide is now horrendously outdated and useless so here's an updated and ultra simplified version of this guide.
