Poll: What series is your graphics card?

Nerve · (This post was last modified: 04-04-2009, 11:15 PM by Nerve.)

I know that in all emulators what really counts is the clock/architecture of the CPU you're using in order to get better speeds, but since both the Wii and the Gamecube use ATI graphic chipsets, wouldn't there be a positive difference if we use a Radeon? Also, will it make a difference if my graphics card has 1GB of video ram (dedicated, of course) instead of 512MB? Thanks in advance.

**KHRZ** · 04-04-2009, 11:29 PM #2

I heard Dolphin works best with Nvidia... but certain features are best with ATI apparantly

Wesker · 04-05-2009, 01:44 AM #3

I didn't vote as I think that both are great, Nvidia for sheer horsepower, ATi for the little extras (My 4870 has 7.1 surround built in Smile

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Nerve · 04-05-2009, 03:12 AM #4

The question of the poll is what you own, not what you prefer! :p (because the two are not always the same) And why prefer the audio of a graphics card? It can't be compared to a Xonar or an X-Fi....

Unknownforce · 04-05-2009, 03:42 AM #5

Built in Audio = Trash.

Nerve · 04-05-2009, 05:51 AM #6

True, but most people can't realize what good sound is until they use a good separate sound card and speakers with a good frequency response... So what graphics series is best for Dolphin people?? Or it doesn't make difference as long as it has enough power?

GoldPhoenix0 · 04-05-2009, 03:34 PM #7

i voted nVidia! because i have one, and had no troubles with it!

Wesker · (This post was last modified: 04-05-2009, 10:16 PM by Wesker.)

(04-05-2009, 03:12 AM)Nerve Wrote: The question of the poll is what you own, not what you prefer! :p (because the two are not always the same) And why prefer the audio of a graphics card? It can't be compared to a Xonar or an X-Fi....

Well I own both :p. And....I never said I prefer the audio...it's just nice that a GRAPHICS card actually comes with an audio processor, so when you are running HDMI through your TV you can get audio too, without any other cables.

Nerve · 04-05-2009, 11:54 PM #9

Indeed, it is a great convenience to use one cable for both audio and video...
But using a separate sound card not only gives you better sound, it gives you features like EAX, OpenAL hardware acceleration, and a small performance boost because the sound processing a game's engine does is handled by the sound card instead of the CPU.

Wesker · 04-05-2009, 11:58 PM **#10**

(04-05-2009, 11:54 PM)Nerve Wrote: Indeed, it is a great convenience to use one cable for both audio and video...
But using a separate sound card not only gives you better sound, it gives you features like EAX, OpenAL hardware acceleration, and a small performance boost because the sound processing a game's engine does is handled by the sound card instead of the CPU.

Really?, I had no idea. What more can you teach me Master Splinter? Rolleyes

Poll: What series is your graphics card? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
ATI Radeon	33.65%	35	33.65%
NVidia Geforce	66.35%	69	66.35%
Total		104 vote(s)	100%