Graphics Card Help

[Sonicballa7]

Whats Up

I need to know what type of video card I should buy in order to get the graphics on the pj64 emulation to not be so boxy. I could see the potential of the emulator when I tried to play Mario Tennis but I think its just my card thats holding me back. Please don't tell me plug-ins because I have the best and newest ones to date from egmu. So any reccomendations? and if possible a price range from 50-150 $ thanks all

[Ryoga]

I'd recommend a Geforce 4 Ti 4200.
You should be able to find the 64 MB version for about $150 (US). It has the same features as the Ti 4600 but is clocked slower (you can fix that by overclocking ;) ). I've got the 128 MB one (cost me ~$180) and don't have any problems other than documented glitches.

[Allnatural]

How do you know you really need a new video card? While a new card may help in certain areas, it's not going to be a magic bullet that fixes all N64 emulation problems. Sometimes it really is the plugins. :)

[zero88]

i dunno about that....
I have Geforce 2 MX and its not that far difference than my friends Geforce 4 MX
cant say the same with the TI series tho, i never checked it out.

anyways,
can i overclock my Geforce?

[Stezo2k]

search for nvidia coolbits..... its a registy patch that allows you to overclock ur geforce by clicking properties on the desktop, settings/advanced properties/geforce/additional properties/clock frequencies

[CRi{]v[}iNaL]

any ati radeon will do the job flawlessly for jabo's plugin. i cant say the same for most of the others. eg n64gl, daedalus and glide64.

[thedaemon666]

only problem with ati cards is that they have shotty support for OpenGL as they seem to focus more on DX for some strange reason *cough*Microsoft pay off*cough*

[Ciceron]

Originally posted by zero88
I have Geforce 2 MX and its not that far difference than my friends Geforce 4 MX

The GeForce 4 MX is a total waste of money. It's not even as powerful as a GeForce 3, so there wouldn't be much of a difference between yours and your friend's.

Tell your friend he is an idiot for buying a crap card.

[zero88]

lol, sounds good :-)

[DEAD MAN.INC]

i have Geforce 2 mx 400 too, i know clock speed is about 200mghz on how much mghz can(MAY) i overclock it?

[Tk64]

Originally posted by DEAD MAN.INC
i have Geforce 2 mx 400 too, i know clock speed is about 200mghz on how much mghz can(MAY) i overclock it?

Well, if 200MHz is the default, you might be able to get to 290... barring smoking chips of course. My GF3 Ti200 managed to get from 175/400 (core/ddr mem) to 280/595... but 285/X and/or X/600 makes it crash.:devil:

I would just bring it up 5MHz at a time, until it crashes. Then go to 80% that clock speed, which should give you a good margin.

I like to run mine at 250/550 for best speed/stability, but lately funny things have been happening, mostly crashes... went to default clocks and newest drivers, it's fine, not ready to crank it back up yet though.

[Stezo2k]

not much over 200 for clock speed, u can overclock ur memory clock quite drastically tho :) which helps a lot

Stez

[DEAD MAN.INC]

okey thnx

[Sonicballa7]

So should I get a GeForce 4? I thought I should but I didn't want to spend all that money and it doesn't do much. So would you guys say that this would fix my bad graphics problem?

[zero88]

get like um.. the MX series.

Ti's are extreamly expensive

[Ryoga]

Check out the review at this link and you'll see why I recomend a Ti 4200:

http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/gf4_ti4200s.shtml

They compare four Ti 4200s, an MX 440, Radeon 8500LE, and 9000 Pro.

[zero88]

blows

my geforce 2 looks almost the same

[Tesla-Guy]

I'm thinking of declocking (yes you read right) my card... it's so hot... :| I have to use a fan to cool it down...

[DEAD MAN.INC]

hahahhaha LOL

[zero88]

just add more fans to it. Whats its brand?

long time ago, my computer would freeze sometimes, because it would turn so hot, i used a fan just like you did :-)

but i switched to a P4 from it, no more loud fan noises :-)