CPU or VIDEO upgrade

[petepete]

My computer has
pentium III 500 mhz
512 mb ram
Flash sound card
no sound card (proprietry computer HP)
10 gig HDD
What upgrades if any do I need to emulate most N64, PS1, gameboy advance at an acceptable speed ?
should I invest in CPU or VID.CARD or do I need to upgrade both

[montpics]

Perhaps both, if you have enough budget.

[petepete]

I have been told my motherboard wont support more than 800mhz CPU. can anyone suggest a cheap video card that will allow me to play N64 with 500mhz CPU ???

[Jale]

I must say you need a very fast computer to emulate N64's hardware and it goes like this:

# The system requirements of Project64 are high. Don't expect games to run well or at all if your PC doesn't meet these requirements: Pentium III 600 Mhz or better
# 128 Mb. RAM or more
# Fast video card with 16 Mb. Video RAM or more
# Windows 95/98/Me
# DirectX 6.0 (latest version of DirectX recommended)
Project64 works best with these video cards:
# TNT, TNT 2, GeForce, GeForce 2, ATI Radeon
Project64 does not work well with these video cards:
# Matrox G200 and G400 (blending errors)
# ATI Rage Pro (misses some 3D functionality)
# 3DFX Voodoo Banshee (has bad DirectX drivers)
# 3DFX Voodoo 1 or 2 (secondary 3D cards are not supported)

For a smooth emulation I'd recommend:

- Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or above.
- 256 of RAM.
- ATI or GeForce brand video cards with at least 64 MB.

[petepete]

I have "Matrox Graphics MGA-G2" , is this the cause of all my emulation problems

[onewecallgod]

matrox cards were once good but are now considering todays standards crap.

you might as well just buy a whole new computer. any videocard upgrade you do will help, but will also be bottlenecked by your slow cpu. the max amount of performance you can get is fairly low

[acidreighn]

My computer has
pentium III 500 mhz
512 mb ram
Flash sound card
no sound card (proprietry computer HP)
10 gig HDD
What upgrades if any do I need to emulate most N64, PS1, gameboy advance at an acceptable speed ?
should I invest in CPU or VID.CARD or do I need to upgrade both

500 mhz??

get a new comp, seriously.
there is no upgrading that.
youd be lucky to get $50 out of your machine.

also, there really is no video card that would help you any. The cheapest cards retail for around $50 or so and they are faster than your entire machine,also i doubt you would be able to use any of todays vid cards in your pc.

you can prolly find a dell for around $300-400 its low end by todays standards but MUCH faster than what you have now.