video card question

[Rzeractor]

I am wondering, even though i have a slowish PC, if I get a Geforce 4 Ti 4200, will i be able to run all n64 roms at about 50-60fps?

[2bzy4ne1]

the case is usually that the video card is the bottleneck for the cpu and vice versa. Getting a new video card won't help much (except for eye candy) unless you have a fast cpu to come with it.

[David_Hayter]

Originally posted by 2bzy4ne1
the case is usually that the video card is the bottleneck for the cpu and vice versa. Getting a new video card won't help much (except for eye candy) unless you have a fast cpu to come with it.

Ya dude dont have a pretty bad PC at all (ok, lets say it aint the latest thing, but...), but i dont know why ya asking that question, just run the emus and see by yerself!!!
Good luck

[Rzeractor]

so, if I get a GF4 ti with this cpu i won't get any performance increase?

[cooliscool]

From what u have now? Not at all.

From an integrated POS? Hell yes.

[Rzeractor]

hmm, thats odd.
I thought if I get a more powerful video card, I would get better frame rates in games.

[james.miller]

it might make a very small difference, but n64 emulation is very cpu dependand. upgrading the cpu is the best way.

after the gf2 series there isnt as much difference as you would think

[StonedConker]

It will make a huge difference on the speed believe me.I was with a pentium 3 at 450 and since 5 hours i've updated everything(motherboard,ram,Cpu1800xp).The only thing i kept from basic hardware is the Voodoo3.Of course the speed is now at full speed but i cannot say that i'm amazed.The surething is that a geforce4 titanium can surely do the work,trust me.

[Rzeractor]

so for n64 emulation I would need to get a faster CPU, but for non emulation things, a better video card is the option?

[StonedConker]

Originally posted by Rzeractor
so for n64 emulation I would need to get a faster CPU, but for non emulation things, a better video card is the option?

I would say the opposite