Hi kids (I'm an old guy),
My six year old son loves creating levels in nsmbw, we're doing it, but the game runs quite slowly. From what I've read, this means, buy a new box (this is my first post and I don't know if the specs I gave to register will show up but it is not the same box and I can assure you without giving any specs that we need a new one). As the title suggests our main purpose is to modify levels with reggie, dump them into an .iso with wiiscrubber and play them with dolphin. Also, I'd rather do this in linux if possible, I have reggie and dolphin running nicely on debian testing, but wiiscrubber (under wine) is giving me trouble, but I suppose that that's a different thread or forum. Anyway, back to the hardware issues at hand:
1) Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
do I really need this to do what I want to do?
2) Can I get by with PNY VCGGT4301XPB GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP or should I bump up to EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 (or other?)
3) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
is this acceptale?
All suggestions are welcome, I'm not a newcomer to computers but I don't know much about video cards ( because I haven't needed to) and I'm a complete novice in the gaming and dolphin worlds so your consideration is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
My six year old son loves creating levels in nsmbw, we're doing it, but the game runs quite slowly. From what I've read, this means, buy a new box (this is my first post and I don't know if the specs I gave to register will show up but it is not the same box and I can assure you without giving any specs that we need a new one). As the title suggests our main purpose is to modify levels with reggie, dump them into an .iso with wiiscrubber and play them with dolphin. Also, I'd rather do this in linux if possible, I have reggie and dolphin running nicely on debian testing, but wiiscrubber (under wine) is giving me trouble, but I suppose that that's a different thread or forum. Anyway, back to the hardware issues at hand:
1) Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
do I really need this to do what I want to do?
2) Can I get by with PNY VCGGT4301XPB GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP or should I bump up to EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 (or other?)
3) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
is this acceptale?
All suggestions are welcome, I'm not a newcomer to computers but I don't know much about video cards ( because I haven't needed to) and I'm a complete novice in the gaming and dolphin worlds so your consideration is greatly appreciated.
Thanks