Should I be able to play Metroid Prime with these specs?

[ZackV93]

Basically is it possible to run Metroid Prime (And Viewtiful Joe) at or close to full speed with these specs?
Windows XP sp2 32 Bit
Celeron D 3.20ghz (Single Core I think)
nVidia 7800GT
Realtek HD audio
1.5 Gigs of ram

With dolphin so far it is a pain getting past the start screen, havent tried viewtiful joe yet... Any help?

 

[Agozer]

No. You need a dual core if you want speed.

An actual GameCube or a Wii will make you a lot happier though.

 

[MasterPhW]

An actual GameCube or a Wii will make you a lot happier though.

Yeah... it's still a problem, if anyone really wants to play a game of a current console on his or her PC. It's emulation, nothing more, nothing less.
But I think emulation isn't the thing I used to know years before... -.-

 

[ZackV93]

Ah I thought that since mine was a little faster I could maybe pull it off with a bit of overclocking or something. Any recommendations on what new cpu I should get(cheapest is best)? Also I can use gamecube controllers on my pc so that's the main reason why it would be good for me. Is there any game I could currently run?

 

[omegadox]

Yeah... it's still a problem, if anyone really wants to play a game of a current console on his or her PC. It's emulation, nothing more, nothing less.
But I think emulation isn't the thing I used to know years before... -.-

Indeed, people misuse emulation these days.

 

[Agozer]

Is there any game I could currently run?

Bust-A-Move 3000.

 

[ZackV93]

Bust-A-Move 3000.

Ah sweet, bust a move is awesome. Well I'm thinking about getting a 3.2ghz dual core amd chip, that should run mostly everything right?(things that ARE runnable in the first place anyway.)

 

[Agozer]

Yes, that should run things faster, but don't expect games to become magically more compatible (i.e. only a handful of games are playable - compare that to the the amount of games in the GameCube library)