Are My specs good enough to run Dolphin

[MW90]

Hi i just learned about emu and i wanted to noe if my specs are good for dolphin

XP Pro SP2
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU
Q6700 @ 2.66 GHz
2.67 GHz, 4GB of RAM (My Computer Properties only See's 2.75GB)
1 TB HDD
1 GB Ethernet
Bluetooth
MOBO is XFX nForce 630i/ 7150 GeForce Graphics

[masta.g.86]

Looks pretty good except for that horrible graphics card. :/

Anyway, just give it a shot. It's not going to run full speed, but it'll give you a good idea of how well your system can handle it. Afterwards, start looking into a better graphics solution.

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[MW90]

PLEASE suggest a graphics card that is good for PC gaming in general. I used a N64 emu and got up to 60fps but when i tried ngc i get only 17 fps.

Originally Posted by masta.g.86

Looks pretty good except for that horrible graphics card. :/

Anyway, just give it a shot. It's not going to run full speed, but it'll give you a good idea of how well your system can handle it. Afterwards, start looking into a better graphics solution.

[ChaosCode]

any 8600GT + card will do just fine.

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[lestar]

all good, except graphic card

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[masta.g.86]

Originally Posted by MW90

PLEASE suggest a graphics card that is good for PC gaming in general. I used a N64 emu and got up to 60fps but when i tried ngc i get only 17 fps.

Well, how much are you willing to spend? If we had a budget to work with we can really narrow it down for you. Otherwise it's easy to just tell you to go and buy the fastest (and most expensive) card available.

ChaosCode's recommendation for the 8800GT is a good choice. You can also try going to a site like newegg.com and browse the video cards. Find some you think you might like and ask for a recommendation here. (or google up a review of the cards)

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[ChaosCode]

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N971-TR GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...114&CatId=3670

these cards is just fine.

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Last edited by ChaosCode; December 6th, 2008 at 23:57..

[omegadox]

Originally Posted by MW90

PLEASE suggest a graphics card that is good for PC gaming in general. I used a N64 emu and got up to 60fps but when i tried ngc i get only 17 fps.

Note that the N64's hardware is a lot older / weaker than the Gamecube, I can run PJ64 at 60FPS on a 1.6Ghz Pentium M Processor / GeForce FX Go5200 Graphics laptop which can barley run the PC version of Halo PC.

[sagi]

If you're going to use your PC for new PC games the 8600GT will not suffice, I have one it run games but if you'd like good graphics step up a bit, I only suggest (I will never recommend the 8600) if you really don't want to pay for a GPU but want to play legally owned GC games.

[Typheus]

There's also the fact that the N64 emulator is a helluva lot more complete than the GC emulator. Games that would be child's play if ported to the PC are still very hard to run on the emulator.

[mikeDman1988]

Why doesnt everyone keep suggesting GeForce? ATI is waaay better this year.
I'd say go with ATI dude. Get an HD card.

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[omegadox]

Originally Posted by mikeDman1988

Why doesnt everyone keep suggesting GeForce? ATI is waaay better this year.
I'd say go with ATI dude. Get an HD card.

ATi has buggy drivers and the x64 ones are even more buggy at least with OpenGL. In fact, I couldn't even install the 8.8 driver, the installer kept crashing on me so I switched to NVIDIA.

[Super Empra]

Everything is good apart from your graphics card. You need a new one.

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[gravaman]

Im using a Radeon HD 4850 in Windows Vista x64 and works perfectly, in dolphin an regular PC Games. I think the drivers are rock solid by now.