Thanks for the replies!
Subliminal Aura Wrote:Never heard of these emulators until you mentioned them but am interested... Do they run fine on your e6600 ?
I actually haven't tried either yet as I still have my Wii/PS2 hooked up in my entertainment unit so I just play my collection on those so I'm a bit on the fence about those emulators. Mostly because emulators aren't perfect by default so why play on an emulator when I have the real hardware hooked up already?
But going by the threads you posted and other sources I read, I should easily be able to run PCSX2 with my hardware and it should be able to adequately play Dolphin also. Maybe I'll give them both a whirl soon to make sure.
Basically I'd love to be able to play some of my old collections on my TV as my NES, Genesis, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, etc... are all currently sitting boxed in my closet. My PC will easily play NullDC, as I have tried it, the biggest pain associated with it being ripping my games to the proper format.
poofyhairguy Wrote:My main HTPC is basically your old rig and it works fine. but if you want an i3 you will find emulators easier to handle. I say price what the upgrade will cost and if you can afford it do it otherwise rebuild the old tech.
I figure if I used my old rig I'd need a case, SSD and mATX mobo and probably a new cooler too. That's not too bad really but it wouldn't be upgradeable, use more of power and it's running on hardware that's ~4 years old. As for my budget, it should remain reasonable (ie- under $500). Nothing wrong with wanting to make this as cheap as possible still though!
The 4890 I know is still a powerful card and would be overkill for XBMC alone, but is great for my emulators. Downside being that it is power hungry, big and a bit louder than newer cards. I don't believe it does bitstream audio either, but I don't know if that's a feature I really need.