Considering Dolphin - PC Upgrade or not worth it?

[dougzer0]

Hi,

I have a Dell Inspiron 530

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz 2 x 4mb L2 Cache
ATI Radeon HD2400
4G RAM
Windows 8 Pro (32 bit)

Trying to guage whether I could upgrade the video card, if so what would be recommended video card in the $150 - $200 range, in order to be able to run SMG1/2 or Skyward Sword 720p or even 180p. Or is the CPU / PC just too old to be able to do this? I see in the sticky that the Core 2 Quad is medium to fast, but is it enough when paired with an upgraded video card to achieve those resolutions with a decent framerate? Assuming I will overclock the CPU, tho I don't currently know how to do this.

[admin89]

SMG1/2 or Skyward Sword 720p / 1080p

You can give up at this point . Both of them are CPU & GPU intensive games
Even a Core i7 @ 2.4GHz is considered as poor CPU for those games
For the best gaming experience , i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz (or i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz) is recommended
Either Nvidia GTX 650 or AMD 6870 will do 1080p

if so what would be recommended video card in the $150 - $200 range

Give me some info about your PSU (Power Supply)
150-200$ GPU eat alot of power . If your PSU does not provide enough power , your mobo & GPU & HDD will die off soon

Dell Inspiron 530

It seems the mobo is OEM product . Therefore , you can't overclock CPU via bios

[dougzer0]

SMG1/2 or Skyward Sword 720p / 1080p

You can give up at this point . Both of them are CPU & GPU intensive games
Even a Core i7 @ 2.4GHz is considered as poor CPU for those games
For the best gaming experience , i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz (or i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz) is recommended
Either Nvidia GTX 650 or AMD 6870 will do 1080p

if so what would be recommended video card in the $150 - $200 range

Give me some info about your PSU (Power Supply)
150-200$ GPU eat alot of power . If your PSU does not provide enough power , your mobo & GPU & HDD will die off soon

Dell Inspiron 530

It seems the mobo is OEM product . Therefore , you can't overclock CPU via bios

thanks for the response. now I know exactly what I need - to start over and spend some $$ on a new rig. In the mean time I think I'll play them on my Wii U

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or I could get a new mobo, i-3570k, power supply, and amd 6870 and build new pc from there, but alas I have other priorities for now.