getting back into emulation

[Truenofan]

im just getting back into emulation after a long absense. i was wondering, what kinda system does this emulator require, would i need to upgrade or would i be fine as it is. im currently running a athlon 64 3500 winchester, with 2gb of ddr400 geIL/Mushkin ram, a radeon x1900xt(so happy i got one now). and more than enough drive space. is that a capable system?

[Dysprosium]

im just getting back into emulation after a long absense. i was wondering, what kinda system does this emulator require, would i need to upgrade or would i be fine as it is. im currently running a athlon 64 3500 winchester, with 2gb of ddr400 geIL/Mushkin ram, a radeon x1900xt(so happy i got one now). and more than enough drive space. is that a capable system?
Would you need to upgrade for anything? o_O

Either way, this emulator cannot run games at full speed. You're welcome to test out the compatibility and such, but don't expect very fast speeds.

.. Yes, even on that monster you call a computer. D:

[Truenofan]

oh i know, i used to play psx on a k6-2 300(oc'ed to 350) with a voodoo 2 and like 150 some mb of ram. w/o sound of course. im just wondering if my comp was enough. since if im not mistaken a computer will require at least 1/4 more power than the system its emulating, at least back then it did. also, im curious, how do i load the games that i currently own into the emulator, i have a few games that i like, that i would like to try out, including a few of the newer games. another question, where can i get neat pictures like the one you have...i like it.

[GCFreak]

Even that beast isn't enough to run Dolphin. Although I wish it could :)

[Ruthless_Edge]

huh, i dont know why your all whinin.....i have a super celeron pentium 8th generation helium dna 50.5 ghz processor with a thermonuclear air intake fan, about 7,000 gb ddr 12000 ram, with a 4096 bit pci express x72 256 gb nvidia - fusion ati sli graphics card......dolphin runs games at like AT LEAST 47 fps for me......:D


EDIT: ok, so i lied.....its only got 5,000 gb ram......

[Truenofan]

what kinda system would be enough, because im planning on upgrading to a athlon 64 x2 4200 and overclocking it to a 4600.

[Clements]

A Gamecube/Revolution.

[Knuckles]

super celeron pentium 8th generation helium dna

You failed by saying "celeron"



about 7,000 gb ddr 12000 ram,

7000 isn't true, 1G of ram is 1024MB, it would be 7168000MB, but, 1024GB = 1TB , so would be 7TB



with a 4096 bit pci express x72 256 gb nvidia - fusion ati sli graphics card

only 256MB?

nvidia + ati? will never happen :P



......dolphin runs games at like AT LEAST 47 fps for me......:D


that slow? you can see by your specs ;)


EDIT: ok, so i lied.....its only got 5,000 gb ram......
would be 5TB so 5120000MB


Learn how PCs are working then learn to fake spec them :P

[Clements]

Plus, powerful graphics cards are not required by Dolphin and likely never will be. As long as it supports PS2.0 in hardware, then that is enough.

[Agozer]

"It's all about the CPUs, baby."

[Tcd]

voodoo are awsome comps but too bad nvidia bought their graphics card company.......voodoo comps are still the best with a Ati graphic card cheaper than nvidia and alot better

[Agozer]

WTF? 3Dfx was the name of the company that made Voodoos, which were graphics cards. nVIDIA bought what was left of 3Dfx, since 3Dfx was desperately handing onto Glide + othre graphics chip makers had to upper hand already... which eventually drove 3Dfx out of business, in a sense.

There was never a voodoo computer AFAIK, unless you mean a computer that used a Voodoo graphics card.

[smcd]

There is a "Voodoo PC" company though as far as I know (I've never investigated or used them) they have nothing to do with the 3dfx card line of the same name - looking at their site, they are incredibly expensive...