n00b in hardware

[Blacklord]

I have some questions i wanna ask:
1.What are pixel shaders and what happens when a graphics card doesn't support them?
2.What pixel shaders does the nvidia 5200 support?
3.I have intel extreme grapics for mobile 2 on my laptop and n64 emulation works perfectly, will GC emulation work the same(not as in frame rate).
4.I know

Google is ur friend, the search button is ur friend

but it's way better when a collectivity answers ur questions.

[Clements]

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_shader
2. 2.0_a
3. No. Intel Extreme is a DX6 part, so has no support for any shaders.

[Blacklord]

thx a lot
But what about the ATI mobility radeon 9000IGP?(on my nx9100 laptop)
And wow 2.0_a for nvidia 5200? But it's so freaking old... It was the first gfx card to ever have a incorporated cooler.
And what will the image be like in Dolphin if i don't have pixel shaders? I read a FAQ to which u are registered where there was a beta tester with the intel card.

[Agozer]

And what will the image be like in Dolphin if i don't have pixel shaders? I read a FAQ to which u are registered where there was a beta tester with the intel card.

I think you can find a relevant picture of ZeldaWW in the Dolphin forum. At least it shows how the game would look if the pixel shader support is corrupt/missing.

[Blacklord]

Can u please give me the link? I have searched the dolphin beta 1 pics thread snd did'nt find anything related(searched google too)

[Agozer]

http://www.emutalk.net/dolphin/32749...m-zeldaww.html

[Blacklord]

The pic there is not made by the guy with the intel extreme 2. He says that the diffrence isn't that big(can't trust him till i see a pic) So help me out here.

[Clements]

But what about the ATI mobility radeon 9000IGP?(on my nx9100 laptop)

PS1.4

And wow 2.0_a for nvidia 5200? But it's so freaking old... It was the first gfx card to ever have a incorporated cooler.

It is not that old, really, Early 2003 - when the FX 5600 and FX 5800 were released - long after the ATi 9500/9700 which already supported PS2.0.

Cards have had coolers for many years before the FX series. The original GeForce had a fan.

And what will the image be like in Dolphin if i don't have pixel shaders? I read a FAQ to which u are registered where there was a beta tester with the intel card.

A lot of the games will show as black and white, and some other such glitches.

[Blacklord]

doesen't sound that bad... so how will i emulate GC on my desktop then? I think i posted my specs in the dolphin/problems with ww thread.

[GCFreak]

It's called upgrading, ever heard of it?