Video card advice

JamalNJ · January 3rd, 2005

I was wondering how much difference will it be if i upgrade my currect PNY Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 PCI(not a typo thats right a PCI

) to a agp
Nvidia or Ati card. I'm getting 45 FPS on SC & DOA, Sonic MVSC plays full speed.

CPU athlon 3200+
512mb DDR PC2700

thanks

**Kane** · January 4th, 2005

I think that CPU is the most limiting factor in Chancast. I still can't get full speed all the time in Crazy Taxi 2 on my machine, and I have a 6800.

PiggyFlyer · January 6th, 2005

Same here, more mhz = better performance.. i noticed hardly anything, if nothing when i switched from a radeon 9500NP up to 6800 ultra.. unfortunatly it does only increase non emulated games i think.

**Kane** · January 6th, 2005

Basicaly, yeah. Emulators rely essentialy on CPU power. Sure there are plugins for ePSXe which make use of more powerful cards, but they aren't essential.

kenelad · January 7th, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kane-Sama

Basicaly, yeah. Emulators rely essentialy on CPU power. Sure there are plugins for ePSXe which make use of more powerful cards, but they aren't essential.

There are lots of adjustments to geat near perfect speed. Just do a search for threads here and u will see. The Chankast team has done an outstanding job with this emulator. just put the time in and u will reap the rewards

RF · January 7th, 2005

You could try underclocking and overclocking the emulated dreamcast cpu by pressing the + or - key on your keypad.

deamonhunter · January 7th, 2005

first your card is better than an agp one in the same class
so u dont need change it (for pc games)
second thing has already been said

::only cpu power counts in dreamcast emulation so far a geforce 2 on a 3000 cpu can give better frames than a 6800 on a 2600 cpu
i say go ahead and upgrade your cpu

just kidding

JamalNJ · January 8th, 2005

ok thanks for responding

January 3rd, 2005	#1 (permalink)
JamalNJ Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 19	Video card advice I was wondering how much difference will it be if i upgrade my currect PNY Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 PCI(not a typo thats right a PCI ) to a agp Nvidia or Ati card. I'm getting 45 FPS on SC & DOA, Sonic MVSC plays full speed. CPU athlon 3200+ 512mb DDR PC2700 thanks

January 4th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	I think that CPU is the most limiting factor in Chancast. I still can't get full speed all the time in Crazy Taxi 2 on my machine, and I have a 6800. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

January 6th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
PiggyFlyer NGemu grand Banana Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: uk Posts: 175	Same here, more mhz = better performance.. i noticed hardly anything, if nothing when i switched from a radeon 9500NP up to 6800 ultra.. unfortunatly it does only increase non emulated games i think. __________________ =Best Damn Gaming machine you can get! = DFI NF4 SLI-D A64 3500+ 1GB g.skill pc4400LE 74Gb Raptor 10,000 RPM SATA Enermax 600W Dual 12V+ rail. MSI 6800 GT 400/1120 [ 10mb's cable ]

January 6th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Basicaly, yeah. Emulators rely essentialy on CPU power. Sure there are plugins for ePSXe which make use of more powerful cards, but they aren't essential. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

January 7th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	You could try underclocking and overclocking the emulated dreamcast cpu by pressing the + or - key on your keypad. __________________

January 7th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
deamonhunter Big Bleach Fan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Syria Posts: 444	first your card is better than an agp one in the same class so u dont need change it (for pc games) second thing has already been said ::only cpu power counts in dreamcast emulation so far a geforce 2 on a 3000 cpu can give better frames than a 6800 on a 2600 cpu i say go ahead and upgrade your cpu just kidding __________________ Intel C2D E6750\| Gigabyte GP31 DS3L \|2x1giga 800+ rams Nvidia XFX 8800 gts 320XXX\|320 gigs WD 16MB buffer SAtA\| creative Audigy 4 + a creative 5.1 speaker set 3dmark 2006 score 11743

January 8th, 2005	#8 (permalink)
JamalNJ Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 19	ok thanks for responding

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