Nvidia GeForce GT430 we are officially over... what should I upgrade too?

xnij · 04-28-2012, 11:12 PM #1

As you can tell from the title of my thread I am over my current graphics card... I've been told that most any thing is an upgrade from what I have now... I would like to be able to play dolphin games with mostly all the enhancements :3 and keep in mind I want to be able to play games like Crysis 2 on maximum settings.

Any suggestions? please and thank you.

**DefenderX** · 04-28-2012, 11:15 PM #2

AMD Radeon HD 7950 or 7970 should be perfect for you.

Or the brand new NVIDIA GeForce GTX680, but this thing is not cheap Big Grin

xnij · 04-28-2012, 11:36 PM #3

Thanks but it is a bit pricey lol...

**AnyOldName3** · 04-28-2012, 11:39 PM #4

What are you willing to spend?

xnij · 04-28-2012, 11:48 PM #5

(04-28-2012, 11:39 PM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: What are you willing to spend?

I was hoping to spend up to $200-$250

**admin89** · 04-28-2012, 11:56 PM #6

Q:I've been trying to get the best out of the emulator however I think my graphics card (GT 430) is holding me back...
A: Only happen when you run dolphin higher than 720p .
Q: So i will gain more FPS if i upgrade it to Nvidia GT 550Ti or 560Ti or AMD 6870
A: NO, not a single FPS . You will able to run dolphin at 3x IR (1080p) or 4x IR (2k resolution) though . If you want more speed then either overclock your CPU or upgrade to Sandy Bridge , Ivy Bridge

P.S : Stay away from Bulldozer as possible

xnij · (This post was last modified: 04-29-2012, 12:01 AM by xnij.)

(04-28-2012, 11:56 PM)admin89 Wrote: Q:I've been trying to get the best out of the emulator however I think my graphics card (GT 430) is holding me back...
A: Only happen when you run dolphin higher than 720p .
Q: So i will gain more FPS if i upgrade it to Nvidia GT 550Ti or 560Ti or AMD 6870
A: NO, not a single FPS . You will able to run dolphin at 3x IR (1080p) or 4x IR (2k resolution) though . If you want more speed then either overclock your CPU or upgrade to Sandy Bridge , Ivy Bridge

P.S : Stay away from Bulldozer as possible

Bulldozer? 0.o

Regarding overclocking how should I go about it? my desktop is my primary computer and I do not want to burn it out by being a noob Sad

Also please keep in mind I AM NOT AN EXPERT :p so understand that...

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 04-29-2012, 12:21 AM by admin89.)

(04-29-2012, 12:01 AM)xnij Wrote: Bulldozer? 0.o

Newest AMD CPU a.k.a FailDozer

(04-29-2012, 12:01 AM)xnij Wrote: I was hoping to spend up to $200-$250

Dolphin is a dual-core application .So :
Pentium Sandy Bridge G860 Or Core i3 2120 + ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 will knock down Phenom II @ 4.2Ghz when it come to dolphin emulation
Pentium G860 is similar to i3 2100 without Hyper Threading (HT) and HT doesn't work with dolphin anyway

xnij · (This post was last modified: 04-29-2012, 12:13 AM by xnij.)

Thanks for the info... however I am still going to do more research before I try overclocking because I am not sure if it is worth the risk...

EDIT: btw why is your user name yellow?

**DefenderX** · 04-29-2012, 12:15 AM **#10**

(04-29-2012, 12:11 AM)xnij Wrote: EDIT: btw why is your user name yellow?

Offtopic, but indifferent. Well, the golden name stands for user, who have more than 1.000 posts. no more, no less