good graphic cards for ePSXe

Rivers · August 12th, 2003

Could someone point my in the direction of a good/cheap graphic card for use with ePSXe.

**Yeloazndevil** · August 12th, 2003

try at www.newegg.com get either a Nvidia GeForce or a ATI Radeon

Andrew Hruska · August 12th, 2003

If you are going to do everything BUT PC games, GET A VOODOO 5 5500 AGP! It has great plugins to back it up, and it is FAST for emulating games, espesically with FSAA and AF ( up to 4x AA ( 6x with hacks ) and 64-tap ( 64x ) AF! )
More then just emulation? Do what yeloazndevil said, here is a list of sites:
www.ebay.com http://auctions.yahoo.com
www.newegg.com www.tigerdirect.com www.ati.com froogle.google.com

**Kane** · August 12th, 2003

I wouldn't say that. The Voodoo is great as an extra card, but with a geForce 3 or above, you have a more than adequete card for emulation.

slimjim · August 14th, 2003

Getting a Voodoo 5500 would mean your limiting yourself where as a GF4 4200 (good card for the price) would allow you to play pc games and do emulation easy.

Galway no Sora · August 14th, 2003

Unless you have a good AGP card [like myself

with GF3], you can get that V5 5500 PCI version and use it to work with older games / PSX and N64 emulations.

**Razor Blade** · August 14th, 2003

Rivers for nvidia go for a geforce 2mx/400 or better card. If you wanna play at higher resolutions thn 800x600 with all options enabled and wanna get a good speed go for a geforce 4 4200 or better card.

didamangi · August 14th, 2003

Buy a radeon/geforce, voodoo's is only limited to do emulation or older 3dfx only games.

If you want good/cheap radeon 9500 pro is arguably the best choice in performance/price ratio.

If that's too expensive get a Geforce 4 ti 4200 or a Radeon 9100 (8500 in disguise) both do not support DX9 tho.

**Razor Blade** · August 14th, 2003

>>If you want good/cheap radeon 9500 pro is arguably the best choice in performance/price ratio.

True. But if yuo get the 9600pro you can softmod it (meaning move a slider in a software program) And overclock it past the 9500pro and close to the 9700pro range.

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDY0LDQ=

didamangi · August 14th, 2003

Hmm, how about when a 9500 pro is overclock as well, how do they compare? Has anyone compare them?

Isn't the price of those 9600 pro and 9500 pro are about the same in some places?

**Razor Blade** · August 14th, 2003

Maybe in some places. The 9500pro is more expensive wher I look. I think the 9500pro can be overclocked better but its more of a hardware thing.

Exodus · August 14th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rivers

Could someone point my in the direction of a good/cheap graphic card for use with ePSXe.

if you're looking for a card solely for epsxe playing, you don't need too much. you can easily get buy with a geforce 2 ultra or any one of the last GF2 cards.

Bounty86 · August 15th, 2003

i got a radeon 9200SE wid 256 DDR @ 400 mhz and i gota say that on its own wipes its ass with this emulator and it supports direct x 9 and aint toooo pricy ya na

**Razor Blade** · August 15th, 2003

Wow I didnt know the 9200 had a 256mb version. Can you post a link to this card?

**n_w95482** · August 15th, 2003

Hmm a 9200SE with 256mb of memory

. I think he might mean 256mb of ram on his comp that runs at 400 mhz.

**Razor Blade** · August 15th, 2003

Yes. Thats why I wanted a link. I dont know why ATI would waste ther time doing that on there cards. That is for the budget gamer. Or shall I say non-gamer. Cuz that card stinks.

**n_w95482** · August 15th, 2003

I say if you're gonna use the card only for emulation, get a voodoo 5 5500 pci. You could always get a gforce fx 5200 but those suck compared to other cards (they are cheap tho). If you want something decent, look at a 9600 pro or non-pro from ati (or a 9500 pro/non pro if you can find one) or a gf4 ti series card (4200 or 4400 would work well) from nvidia. It depends on whether you are going to do just emulation or pc games too (and the games that you will play).

**zenogais** · August 15th, 2003

I'm pretty satisfied with my RADEON 9500 PRO. ATI makes awesome cards, but NVidia is pretty stable as well. I'd go to http://www.pricewatch.com. They have stuff for sale and its pretty cheap.

**Razor Blade** · August 15th, 2003

Also do you wanna be able to play next-gen emulators like PCSX2 and CXBX ? If so get a DX9 card.

redxdt · August 15th, 2003

i have a ti 4600, works great for normal use/emulation...but im a heavy gamer so i'll probably upgrade for max performance in half life 2....

August 12th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Rivers Gives Me Shivers Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: River City Posts: 13	good graphic cards for ePSXe Could someone point my in the direction of a good/cheap graphic card for use with ePSXe.

August 12th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,140	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe try at www.newegg.com get either a Nvidia GeForce or a ATI Radeon

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe I wouldn't say that. The Voodoo is great as an extra card, but with a geForce 3 or above, you have a more than adequete card for emulation. __________________ >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

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Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,145	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Unless you have a good AGP card [like myself with GF3], you can get that V5 5500 PCI version and use it to work with older games / PSX and N64 emulations. __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

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Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	If you are going to do everything BUT PC games, GET A VOODOO 5 5500 AGP! It has great plugins to back it up, and it is FAST for emulating games, espesically with FSAA and AF ( up to 4x AA ( 6x with hacks ) and 64-tap ( 64x ) AF! ) More then just emulation? Do what yeloazndevil said, here is a list of sites: www.ebay.com http://auctions.yahoo.com www.newegg.com www.tigerdirect.com www.ati.com froogle.google.com

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Rivers for nvidia go for a geforce 2mx/400 or better card. If you wanna play at higher resolutions thn 800x600 with all options enabled and wanna get a good speed go for a geforce 4 4200 or better card. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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didamangi Interplay sucks! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indonesia Posts: 1,212	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Buy a radeon/geforce, voodoo's is only limited to do emulation or older 3dfx only games. If you want good/cheap radeon 9500 pro is arguably the best choice in performance/price ratio. If that's too expensive get a Geforce 4 ti 4200 or a Radeon 9100 (8500 in disguise) both do not support DX9 tho. __________________ Updated! PC rig : Athlon XP 2500+ Barton, Shuttle AN35[N] Ultra, 1.5GB DDRAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, Compromate Video TV Tuner, LG GDR8162B DVD-Rom, Liteon CDRW 52/24/52, Win XP Home SP2, Maxtor 6Y120L0 120GB. Consoles : Dreamcast (finally!!), PS2, Saturn, SNES Butuh bantuan menginstall ePSXe atau Project 64? Klik aja disini.

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe >>If you want good/cheap radeon 9500 pro is arguably the best choice in performance/price ratio. True. But if yuo get the 9600pro you can softmod it (meaning move a slider in a software program) And overclock it past the 9500pro and close to the 9700pro range. http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDY0LDQ= __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

August 14th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
didamangi Interplay sucks! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indonesia Posts: 1,212	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Hmm, how about when a 9500 pro is overclock as well, how do they compare? Has anyone compare them? Isn't the price of those 9600 pro and 9500 pro are about the same in some places? __________________ Updated! PC rig : Athlon XP 2500+ Barton, Shuttle AN35[N] Ultra, 1.5GB DDRAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, Compromate Video TV Tuner, LG GDR8162B DVD-Rom, Liteon CDRW 52/24/52, Win XP Home SP2, Maxtor 6Y120L0 120GB. Consoles : Dreamcast (finally!!), PS2, Saturn, SNES Butuh bantuan menginstall ePSXe atau Project 64? Klik aja disini.

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Maybe in some places. The 9500pro is more expensive wher I look. I think the 9500pro can be overclocked better but its more of a hardware thing. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Bounty86 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe i got a radeon 9200SE wid 256 DDR @ 400 mhz and i gota say that on its own wipes its ass with this emulator and it supports direct x 9 and aint toooo pricy ya na

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Wow I didnt know the 9200 had a 256mb version. Can you post a link to this card? __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Hmm a 9200SE with 256mb of memory . I think he might mean 256mb of ram on his comp that runs at 400 mhz.

August 15th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Yes. Thats why I wanted a link. I dont know why ATI would waste ther time doing that on there cards. That is for the budget gamer. Or shall I say non-gamer. Cuz that card stinks. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe I say if you're gonna use the card only for emulation, get a voodoo 5 5500 pci. You could always get a gforce fx 5200 but those suck compared to other cards (they are cheap tho). If you want something decent, look at a 9600 pro or non-pro from ati (or a 9500 pro/non pro if you can find one) or a gf4 ti series card (4200 or 4400 would work well) from nvidia. It depends on whether you are going to do just emulation or pc games too (and the games that you will play).

August 15th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
zenogais Emu author Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Victorville(Near Los Angeles or LA for those who are on the DL) Posts: 839	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe I'm pretty satisfied with my RADEON 9500 PRO. ATI makes awesome cards, but NVidia is pretty stable as well. I'd go to http://www.pricewatch.com. They have stuff for sale and its pretty cheap.

August 15th, 2003	#19 (permalink)
Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe Also do you wanna be able to play next-gen emulators like PCSX2 and CXBX ? If so get a DX9 card. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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redxdt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 6	Re: good graphic cards for ePSXe i have a ti 4600, works great for normal use/emulation...but im a heavy gamer so i'll probably upgrade for max performance in half life 2.... __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2000+, 120 GB WD HD w/Win XP Pro, 80 GB WD HD w/Debian 3.0r1, Geforce 4 Ti4600, ASUS A7V333, 1024 MB PC2700, Sony DRU-500A\Teac CD-W540E This APT has Super Cow Powers http://www.wornpath.net

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