video card upgrade

[Skaarj]

I want to upgrade my video card and want to know if anyone can suggest me a card that is suitable for PJ64 and jabo's d3d plugin (or N64 emulation in general).

I would like to have a card that allows me to play consistently at full speed on 1280X1024 and a high level of anisotropic filtering.

I personally thought about upgrading to nVidia GeForce FX 5600. Does this card has the required features to fulfill my wishes (and does it also work properly with other plugins like Rice's video plugin or gln64)?
Or is this card already "too good" and is it enough to bye an older one like the GeForce 2?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[gandalf]

in my opinion,Ati Radeon 9600 it´s better than GeForce FX 5600.

 

[loleoc]

With my Geforce 3 and Barton 2500 I can run any game in pj64 at full 60 vi/s with anisotropic 8x, aa 4x, quality mode in 1280 * 1024 res. Pj 64 requires a fast processor more than a video card.

 

[Skaarj]

With my Geforce 3 and Barton 2500 I can run any game in pj64 at full 60 vi/s with anisotropic 8x, aa 4x, quality mode in 1280 * 1024 res. Pj 64 requires a fast processor more than a video card.

Thanks, I think I'll go for GeForce 3 then.

 

[revl8er]

Before you go and buy a geforce3, you might wanna make sure you have a fast enough processor and enough ram. You could always go with a geforce 4 which you can get for under $100 online. You can check out videocards on these websites: www.tigerdirect.com and www.newegg.com

 

[Skaarj]

Before you go and buy a geforce3, you might wanna make sure you have a fast enough processor and enough ram. You could always go with a geforce 4 which you can get for under $100 online. You can check out videocards on these websites: www.tigerdirect.com and www.newegg.com

Well, I think my Athlon XP 2000+ is fast enough and 224 MB RAM are sufficient.
Besides I don't have any speed related problems. The thing is that I can't get normal video with my S3 graphics ProSavage DDR. Although most of my games run well I nevertheless get lots of glitches and graphics errors that normally shouldn't occur.
I just want to have a card which can display everything the plugin is capable of.

 

[Stezo2k]

Well, I think my Athlon XP 2000+ is fast enough and 224 MB RAM are sufficient.
Besides I don't have any speed related problems. The thing is that I can't get normal video with my S3 graphics ProSavage DDR. Although most of my games run well I nevertheless get lots of glitches and graphics errors that normally shouldn't occur.
I just want to have a card which can display everything the plugin is capable of.

well my geforce 3 is very handy and fast in all the games/emus i have, even the newer ones, but before you splash out on one, if you are planning on playing games that will come out in the next few months, it might not suit you as much.

I'm waiting for PCI eXpress before i get another graphics card

 

[scotty]

most graphics cards 64MB+ can emulate N64 stuff. I recommend NVidia, just because most emulator video plugins were developed using it, yes I have a radeon, but it still does the job good enough

 

[Skaarj]

well my geforce 3 is very handy and fast in all the games/emus i have, even the newer ones, but before you splash out on one, if you are planning on playing games that will come out in the next few months, it might not suit you as much.

I use my computer (nearly) only for emulation especially for N64 emulation. The only modern game I own is Unreal II, so it won't bother me if the newest games won't work properly on my computer.

 

[zAlbee]

most geforces/radeons will be fine... speed will depend on the model. the MX of any geforce is slow and shitty, but will cost you next to nothing. ditto fx 5200.

 

[Tagrineth]

I use my computer (nearly) only for emulation especially for N64 emulation. The only modern game I own is Unreal II, so it won't bother me if the newest games won't work properly on my computer.

Unreal Engine runs a whole lot better on Radeons, plus you actually get correct texture filtering while doing Anisotropic on them. :flowers:

 

[Clements]

My (overclocked) GeForceFX 5600 fully supports OpenGL 2.0 (using Dets 56.56 + Reg tweak) so I can use the full shaders in Pete's OpenGL2 plugin and very high internal X,Y resolutions (one or both of which Radeon cards don't support) and I'm able to run Goldeneye 007 with PJ64 (default plugins) at 1280x1024 with 4xAA + 8xAF in excess of 70fps (but it was my new 3200+ Barton that took care of that for me).

The card also works fully with Rice's latest plugin using the Pixel Shader combiner (and with S/W T&L and/or software clipper enabled) and works extremely well with glN64() with the hardware framebuffer fully compatible with nVidia's latest detonators (Newer Catalysts mess it up).

PC games run really fast on my system as well. I've been playing UT2004 with max settings at 1152x864, 4xAA, 8xAF with silky smooth framerates. I'd say that a GeForceFX 5600 is sufficient. A DX9 Radeon would give you compatibility problems with Pete's OpenGL2 (Very high internal X or Y doesn't work) and glN64() (Newer Catalysts break the framebuffer). A GeForce 3 only supports DX8 functions remember, so you won't be able to get good quality in Dolphin.