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Wanted to update my graphics card from my 7350 LE to Nvidia Gefore 9400.
Anyone know how much or how many times faster will games run ?

I'm cheap that I'm not willing to spend more than 80 $ on a graphics card.
But anyway, I'm actually more limited because my PC doesnt have a great power supply.

Found this too btw,

http://www.frys.com/product/5702592

Any advice/support is appreciated xD

3fps. Dolphin is not limited by gpu speed, rather, cpu speed.

What's your processing speed?

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 at 2.4 GHz

I think that is normal for your cpu.
If you upgrade your cpu, you will get better speeds.

soo your saying that updating my graphics card to 9400 wont make a difference ?

(09-29-2009, 08:33 AM)bleron Wrote: [ -> ]soo your saying that updating my graphics card to 9400 wont make a difference ?

In speed-No
In Graphics-Yes

Though, there's nothing wrong with getting both Cpu and Gpu.

Dont listen to those people ! I am sure they are trying to help,but they are wrong
Dolphin is greatly cpu depedant,but gpu play a role too. I know this because I had shitty gpu and when I updated to nvidia 260 gtx it was like day and night diffrence.Like 100 % speed improvement
So yes upgrading a gpu will help
Also,overclocking your cpu to lest say 3 ghz will speed up things too
People think gpu is not important because for example upgrading from 9500 card which is like 80 $ to 285 gtx which is 300 $ wont make a difference....but upgrading from some old obsolote card which is like 5$ now lol to 80 $ card will make dolphin work 100 % faster
Also there is no reason to buy 9400 is you can spend up to 80$..thats a weak card and a waste of money...for a 80$ you can buy a 9600 gt or 9600 gso they are much better cards then 9400

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-01G-P3-N964-TR-GeForce-PCI-Express-Graphics/dp/B002MCZEC8/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1254229628&sr=1-9

http://www.amazon.com/Sparkle-SX96GT1024D2HP-GeForce-PCI-Express-Graphics/dp/B001PLLDKY/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1254229532&sr=1-11

The gpu does play a role, but to a certain extent.

Stop feeding this guy false information Diddy Kong, if you don't know how to computer you shouldn't give advice. I have the same CPU as him/her and i got way above 30 frames before i overclocked it to 3.0Ghz, my video card is a 8800gt which can handle pretty much every game imaginable on my 24" monitor (Except for the few games like crysis at 1920x1200 on ultra settings). Get yourself a x800 GT (Example 7800,8800,9800 GT), those are mid-range cards not for enthusiasts but can handle themselves extremely well. You could also go for the video card(s) that rpglord suggested.