+- Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums (https://forums.dolphin-emu.org)
+-- Forum: Dolphin Emulator Discussion and Support (https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Forum-dolphin-emulator-discussion-and-support)
+--- Forum: Support (https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Forum-support)
+--- Thread: Processor speed: good enough? (/Thread-processor-speed-good-enough)
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - THELUKESTIR - 08-06-2009
(07-31-2009, 05:19 AM)bananaclawz Wrote: and these AGP busses are still strong till this day. There's no way I would buy a radeon 4870 just for 15 FPS more in games...that would give me 75 FPS in dolphin instead of 60 , MIND you, a motherboard AND new PSU?...for FIFTEEN MORE FRAMES?...people are buying money blind
Before criticizing on AGP ensues, look at this link:
http://www.agpbattleground.com/3850%20battleground.html
AGP is fine but if you have a slot with an agp slot you will have to upgrade unless you want like a 6000 series gforce card for the rest of your life... and you wouldnt get 75fps in dolphin rather than 60 if you have a 60fps framelimit... that makes absolutely no sense
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - abfab126 - 08-06-2009
Here you go Radeon 4670 1Go AGP ^^
http://www.wikio.fr/produit/his-radeon-hd-4670-iceq-agp-1-go-226013.html
Not Excellent , but good enough ^^
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - bananaclawz - 09-04-2009
Thelukestir:
I thank you for your support. When it comes to using PCI-E or AGP, a lot of people judge mostly on favorites than fact. What i'm saying is that if you LOOK at the spec comparisions, and if you can USE a dual/quad core that DOESN'T bottleneck, your pc lives on and plays games better than most PCI-E NON SLI/Crossfire users do. I'm sorry, but AGP does me good for now, and there's NO reason to upgrade yet if I have an still play games at full speed.
Oh yeah, RE zero, Wind Waker, twin snakes, and Metroid Prime all play full speed now. Thanks!
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - dusilbenafreor - 09-04-2009
i was wondering if u can help me out
i'm trying to play Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn on Dolphin but its running at around 6 fps... and thats just the startup sequence, the game runs at around 8 fps in menu
as for hardware my graphics card is:
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: ATI Radeon 9600/9550/X1050 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4150)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4150&SUBSYS_47221002&REV_00
Display Memory: 188 MB
Dedicated Memory: 125 MB
Shared Memory: 62 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 720 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.cap,atitmmxx.dll
Driver Version: 8.14.0010.0647 (English)
DDI Version:
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/21/2009 11:29:06, 3839488 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier:
Vendor ID:
Device ID:
SubSys ID:
Revision ID:
Revision ID:
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Enabled
Card name: ATI Radeon 9600/9550/X1050 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4150)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4150&SUBSYS_47221002&REV_00
Display Memory: 188 MB
Dedicated Memory: 125 MB
Shared Memory: 62 MB
Current Mode: 1152 x 864 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.cap,atitmmxx.dll
Driver Version: 8.14.0010.0647 (English)
DDI Version:
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/21/2009 11:29:06, 3839488 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier:
Vendor ID:
Device ID:
SubSys ID:
Revision ID:
Revision ID:
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Enabled
and i have a
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
the instructions at the front of this thread didnt boost my gaming experience, could someone please tell me if i should get a new graphics card or processor
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - Lodikis - 09-04-2009
Your processor is good enough yes, it would be nice if you could overclock it but since you can't it's still fine for most stable games.
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - abfab126 - 09-04-2009
Your CPU is Crapy
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - Lodikis - 09-04-2009
(09-04-2009, 07:09 AM)abfab126 Wrote: Your CPU is Crapy
Lol I was still answering the TS. :o And yes that P4 is not good enough.
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - abfab126 - 09-04-2009
Sorry Im Drunk ^^
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - dusilbenafreor - 09-04-2009
so the P4 is the problem, not the graphics card?
RE: Processor speed: good enough? - boogerlad - 09-04-2009
graphic card is hardly a bottleneck. Pentium 4 probably has the worst performance per clock of any cpu.