Video Card Upgrade -> Full speed?

[recoder]

Ratchet & Clank 2 tends to be slow. Try software mode. it corrects graphics problems.

[XcaliburXI]

@innocent sam are u kidding me...the 6870 is ahigh end card....very gud pick dude.....
@miseru even though he got a new card there were some nvidia mobos with gpu boost or something like that which combined the onboard gpu's power with the external card....i read it like 2 years back....

[Shadow Lady]

As mentioned before the game tends to be pretty slow due to CPU, you can try enabling the MTVU or "VU cycle stealing" speedhacks set to 1, should help a bit. The graphic issues will only show correctly with software mode in GSdx (F9 while playing) but will be even slower.

the 6870 is ahigh end card

It's a mid end card, high end are the 6950/6970

[sholum]

None of the Ratchet and Clank games worked for me in terms of speed. So I just stick to cursing at my ps2 until it decides to read properly when I want to play.

I am thinking of upgrading from the built-in graphics of the i3 processor to a separate graphics card. Should I go with a GeForce 430 or 520 (Unless y'all have a better suggestion for a card. Something around $100 or less.) I really have no idea what the difference between the memory clock and the shader clock is. Originally, I was just going to upgrade my cpu, but I learned that the i5 and i7 both use the 1155 socket. Thankfully, it was before I actually bought it. Anyway, the point is, I can't really upgrade anything else until I have an extra $1000 laying around, which is not likely since it is almost November.

Off Topic:
Do y'all think future emulation projects will become easier/more compatible (hardware wise) as Windows 8 will supposedly support ARM processors?

[XcaliburXI]

@shadow lady my bad :b

[InnocentSam]

My processor acted up so I replaced it with a (oddly better) dual-core AMD Phenom II 555. I can run Dark Cloud better and I can run Kingdom Hearts with maximum graphics capability with no drawbacks.

However, I still can't play Battlefield 3, so later this year, I'll upgrade to 6 core BE

And yeah, I see now that R&C is extremely optimized for PS2 and as such would need either exact perfect emulation or a monster of a machine.

And my graphics card could be any end, it plays every game I want on the highest graphics without lag.

Thanks for the replies though, guys.

[tuanming]

The 6950/6970 GPUs used to be high-end but not anymore. Also, those 6950/6970 were much slower than the GTX 570 or even the GTX 560 Ti when used in PCSX2.

[StriFe]

6770 is actually a 5770, but with some added features. Especially towards the tesselation engine and an upgraded version of HDMI port but furthermore it's exactly the same GPU.