I bought a cheap ($57) HP 8300 Ultra slim to make a relatively small emulator box. I had no intention on going above n64/PS1. However it seems to run some GC/Wii/PS2 fairly well at native. It has the i5-3570S/Intel 2500. So obviously its being held back by the iGPU. I noticed it has an MXM GPU slot and i am torn between buying a cheap GPU (Has to be MXM 3.0a so something like the cheap k610m) and the upgraded PSU needed to boot the PC with a GPU installed. OR, trying to find a cheap i7-3770 or i7-3770s with Intel 4000.
k610m+PSU would be cheaper. https://i.imgur.com/O7CDwA8.png . Would have to DIY some sort of heatsink solution though hehe
Wondering what you guys think?
On top of just being better for dolphin a GPU would help with RetroArch CRT shaders for the 8/16bit systems. The 2500 chokes on anything more than CRT-Hillian with hard sync on.
Thanks
k610m+PSU would be cheaper. https://i.imgur.com/O7CDwA8.png . Would have to DIY some sort of heatsink solution though hehe
Wondering what you guys think?
On top of just being better for dolphin a GPU would help with RetroArch CRT shaders for the 8/16bit systems. The 2500 chokes on anything more than CRT-Hillian with hard sync on.
Thanks