Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the forum, and spend ages trying to figure out what (cheap) graphics card to buy for my existing HTPC to get the most out of dolphin.
I currently have an AMD Athlon II X2 235e CPU @2700 MHz. with an Onboard Radeon HD 4200 graphicscard and 4GB RAM running Windows 7 32 bit (I have to run 32 bit, because there are no 64bit drivers for the TV cards I use).
I figured out, that I can probably safely overclock the CPU to 3 Ghz.
Now, I'd like to buy a dedicated graphics card in the range of 50-70 EUR to play casual games like Wii Sports and the occasional racing game like Mario Kart preferably at least at 720p (otherwise I could just hook up a Wii to my TV set).
Is that doable? I've hard that Dolphin doesn't run that well on AMD CPUs. So does it makes sense to buy something like a passively cooled Radeon HD 5570 or should I abandon the idea, because one should rather get a I7@4 Ghz and a Radeon HD 6880?
I'm new to the forum, and spend ages trying to figure out what (cheap) graphics card to buy for my existing HTPC to get the most out of dolphin.
I currently have an AMD Athlon II X2 235e CPU @2700 MHz. with an Onboard Radeon HD 4200 graphicscard and 4GB RAM running Windows 7 32 bit (I have to run 32 bit, because there are no 64bit drivers for the TV cards I use).
I figured out, that I can probably safely overclock the CPU to 3 Ghz.
Now, I'd like to buy a dedicated graphics card in the range of 50-70 EUR to play casual games like Wii Sports and the occasional racing game like Mario Kart preferably at least at 720p (otherwise I could just hook up a Wii to my TV set).
Is that doable? I've hard that Dolphin doesn't run that well on AMD CPUs. So does it makes sense to buy something like a passively cooled Radeon HD 5570 or should I abandon the idea, because one should rather get a I7@4 Ghz and a Radeon HD 6880?