Can I ask a hardware question??

[Ryngo_ksu]

It is about time for me to upgrade my system. I would like some hardware sugestions. Please be resonable with the price range of the product... I am in grad school.

I have a TNT2... I know time for an upgrade. Anyway I am not a serious gamer. I just would like to find something that would optimze PJ64. I figure that it is pointless to ask any questions with current problems until this is addressed. Thanks

Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHZ
1.50 GHz, 348 MB of Ram

 

[Ryngo_ksu]

sorry for the multiple threads...

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

You should be able to delete them. Did you get an error message or did it stop responding?

 

[Ryngo_ksu]

it stopped responding.

 

[Violineb]

All your specs seem fine for N64. Only the video card is in urgent need of upgrade. If you have a really small budget then get a GF2 3 or 4. Even the GF4ti can be had for under $50 with the others between $15-$30.

 

[gandalf]

go for an GeForce FX5200 (128MB!!!!)

 

[Ryngo_ksu]

thanks... I will check on GeForce FX5200 (128MB!!!!) somewhere between $100 and $150 is my budget. Thank you both!!!

 

[Doomulation]

No, no, no... try the higher cards. Geforce 6600, maybe 6600 GT and Geforce 6800 for a geforce. They're really cheap, and powerful to boot.
When then new cards hit the market, those prices are sure to drop too.

 

[jessman(reborn)]

Hehehehe! At least your GFX card isn't currently a S3 Pro Savage! ROFL!!!!

Doomulation's right. Go for these! They really do the trick...at least, more than my old Geforce 2MX, lol.

 

[arnalion]

Don't buy geforce 6600, go for a 6600GT it kickes 6600. That card may be useful for other games too, if you wanna play something more hardware requiring than n64 emulating in the future.

If you want a new cpu go for a Amd xp 64 3000+ or something like that. Amd are better and cheaper than Intel (at the moment).

 

[gandalf]

ermm.... for emulation 5200 is fine
but, if you like to spend 200 bucks on an 6600GT, only for emulation, it´s your problem

AND...you may need to change your power suply...and/or mother (if it´s only AGP2x)
and last: that pentium willamette will botleneck the 6600GT

so......

 

[arnalion]

Yeah for emulating n64 5200 works fine but if he want to play some new games later on, the card won't fix it. And yeah he's cpu may be a little slow ... thats why he needs to buy an Amd xp 64 3000+ . If you're sure that you only wants to play n64, geforce fx5200 will work fine.

 

[Ryngo_ksu]

thanks for the replies...
Yes i would like to be able to play more advanced games in the future, but that future is not right now. I am a grad student at KSU. That means i am highly exploited for little or no money durring the school year. (try two freshman classes with 150 students a peice + my regular classes + my thesis + living off of $600 a month) Yes Yes I know according to Bart I just made a wrong life decision!! Seeing that it is summer the school expects us to go into hibernation. That is no pay, unless you are fortunate enough to teach a summer class. Whne the school year starts back up I will be in a better position to upgrade my computer more thoroughly. I hope that I receive the same attention then too. All I use my computer for is gaming (nes, snes, N64, and statistical programs such as SPSS)! So any advice for future upgrades will have to wait untill then. Thanks again... I will try to see whats in my budget, out of the cards that have been mentioned.

 

[yoh_asakura]

Dont buy NVIDIA video card buy a ATI Radeon video card like the 9500 or 9600.

Im using a 9200SE and is so great for the n64 emulation

 

[Doomulation]

Don't be a fanboy! It doesn't matter if you get raedon or nvidia, it's all a matter of preference.