Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Hi. I got told by some random guy that my CPU is fine, [I wanted to get a new processor]
and that my INTEGRATED graphics card is holding my pc back from its full potential.

Here are my specs:

Video card:Nvidea GeForce 9200 [I believe it is 512 MB(?)]
Processor: AMD Anthlon II X4 645 [Quad] @3.1 GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Hard Drive: 1TB
System rating: 4.3

I can play most games @70-100%, but I'm looking for full 100% gameplay.
I don't really care about HD gaming, because I care more about gameplay.
The only game that can run @100% speed (that I've gotten) is Digimon World 4 [GC].
Other game stats:Sonic adv 2: 86-100+%, Sonic Colors 70-86%, SSBM 80-100+%
New super mario brahs: 80%-90% map/scenes, 100+% in stages.
etc etc.

Can you guys help me?

minimum 8800 9800 4830 4850 4770
better 5770 450
nice 460 5850 6850
great 5870 6870 560
uber 570 6950

try to play at low resoltuion like 480x320
if you get 100% its your gpu

(05-22-2011, 04:55 PM)dannzen Wrote: [ -> ]try to play at low resoltuion like 480x320
if you get 100% its your gpu

Hm lol, lowest resolution gave me a small speed up on Sonic adv 2, but then I tried low res. on a wii game, and it didn't change the way it used to look/speed, meaning I got the same bad FPS xD.
Do you think I still need a better graphics card?
if so, how much memory? 1gb? 1.5? o_o
brand? wut? xD
Thank you all for replying <3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102878

this one is cheap and more than enough for dolphin

(05-22-2011, 06:14 PM)dannzen Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102878

this one is cheap and more than enough for dolphin

Oh okay, thanks xD, I'll check that out :p

(05-22-2011, 06:14 PM)dannzen Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102878

this one is cheap and more than enough for dolphin

How dare you show him my card! (you never knew about it till I found it did you)

next time i quote you but it is really cheap

(05-22-2011, 09:16 PM)dannzen Wrote: [ -> ]next time i quote you but it is really cheap

Yes I was (happily) surprised.

(05-22-2011, 09:02 PM)ryancollins Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-22-2011, 06:14 PM)dannzen Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102878

this one is cheap and more than enough for dolphin

How dare you show him my card! (you never knew about it till I found it did you)

Thank you, I'll save up some $ <33
Thanks to everyone for the help :].