[Excalibur]

I bought a new video card a few days ago.I upgraded from GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB to Radeon 9550GE 128 MB and I have ePSXe .6 with all plugins somwhere on a CD.Now I ask myself, is it worth searching for ePSXe now and installing it again ? Am I going to see an improvement with the new card ?

 

[Excalibur]

Sorry but the 128MB version wich he bought only comes with 64Bit bus too and someone who purchases such cheap card is MOST probably not into overclocking. -.-

Anyway it doesnt really matter. Both cards are on the same (low end) level from my point of view. Still he should see some improvement from the GF2mx.

It's a 128-bit card, since it is the GE edition [Gamer Edition] and that comes with a 128-bit bus - not a 64-bit bus as the standard 9550 edition.

The card is very overclockable.I overclocked it from the standard 250 MHz GPU speed to 450 MHz with stock cooling and I overclocked the memory from 400 MHz to 500 MHz and I have no problems at all.It runs perfectly.So, I knew what I was buying and what I can get out of my card.

@ hushypushy

I have all the latest plugins and ePSXe 1.6.0 on that CD ... everything is up-to-date ... don't worry.

EDIT: I just noticed that Pete released some new plugins.I'll have to get them. Thanks for the link hushy

 

[Excalibur]

Where'd you hear that crock of ****?

http://www.asus.com/products/vga/a9550ge-td/overview.htm#

Asus is the only MFG of the 9550 with the GE name, and there's no 64-bit version.

That's the video card I have.

SMARTSHADER™ 2.0

SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1

HyperZ III﹢

VIDEOSHADER™ and FULLSTREAM™

Microsoft® DirectX 9 and OpenGL 1.5 support

128-bit Memory Interface

Thanks for the link cooliscool.

It's 128-bit Hatman

 

[Excalibur]

what difference does it make wether or not the 9550 sucks? Its certainly atleast 10x faster than the best intel can offer and is a very good budget card as it is...
The only thing I have to criticize is the number 9550? Should be 9250...

Actualy NO.It shouldn't be 9250.It's a cut-down version of the 9600Pro.But you can clock it to 9600 Pro speed with no problem.Only the memory is a bit slower, but if you get heatsinks for the ram you can clock it to original 9600Pro speeds.

 

[Excalibur]

Nope, it has a full DX9 feature set, while the 92xx is only DX8 compliant. Totally different cores.

Exactly.The 9550 is based on the same GPU core [RV350] as the 9600.