What is a cheapo GPU that fits in microatx case that will run emulators up to ps1/dolphin?

A N64 emulator has a new beta rendering engine that use the new Vulcan API which they says should give near real time and perfect emulation. PS1 games almost anything could do this well with right CPU. Maybe look at the new ATI 460 based card when it comes. Or even Nvidia's 1050 card. What other purpose does this computer have? Specs?
 
Up to PS1 you can do with say a GT630, which I actually used a couple of days days ago. But for dolphin you'll want at the very least a GTX750 if you want to take advantage of Vulkan.
 
For reference, I have a Pentium G2020 + GTX 960 2GB system that runs great at 4K DSR for Dolphin.

You aren't going to need a lot to push Dolphin.
 
Does anyone know what emulators if any are supporting a Vulkan/DX12 renderer?
 
Stoly said:
Does anyone know what emulators if any are supporting a Vulkan/DX12 renderer?
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Dolphin has a DX12 (beta) renderer.

Anyway, the upcoming 460 will probably be your best bet.

The 1050 might also work, I have no idea if it'll be released soon though.
 
linkgoron said:
Dolphin has a DX12 (beta) renderer.

Anyway, the upcoming 460 will probably be your best bet.

The 1050 might also work, I have no idea if it'll be released soon though.
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I meant besides dolphin. I think it would be great for PS3 emulators, wish MAME would support it
 
Vengance_01 said:
A N64 emulator has a new beta rendering engine that use the new Vulcan API which they says should give near real time and perfect emulation. PS1 games almost anything could do this well with right CPU. Maybe look at the new ATI 460 based card when it comes. Or even Nvidia's 1050 card. What other purpose does this computer have? Specs?
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I am trying to build the cheapest emulation dedicated PC, that also takes the least amount of space and trying to keep it around $300
So far based on you guys recommendations this is the cheapest I can build: (already have a HD and OS)

Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core, GeForce GTX 750 1GB Enthusiast Edition, Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower - System Build - PCPartPicker

another option is to wait for Alienware ASM100-980 Intel to drop to $300 which can usually be had:

DELL Desktop Computer Alienware ASM100-980 Intel Core i3 4170T (3.20 GHz) 4 GB DDR3 500 GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2 GB GDDR5 SteamOS-Newegg.com
 
Stoly said:
Does anyone know what emulators if any are supporting a Vulkan/DX12 renderer?
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There's a WiP N64 emulator that uses Vulkan, called paraLLel. Dunno how well it works personally (The RetroArch front-end crashes on my 7770 in Vulkan mode, don't have my other machine set up), but they seem to be having success.
 
craz0 said:
Would a AMD APU be enough to handle PS1 and dolphin
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PS1 for sure. For Dolphin, it depends on your requirements. Browse the Dolphin wiki and look up some recommended specs for games you want to play. A decent APU should be more than enough for Gamecube titles if that's what you are targeting.
 
Emulation in general is a cpu bound process. Thats where majority of work is done, gpu is mostly just icing on the cake when you push the game beyond what it originally was, higher resolution rendering and so on.
 
alaricljs said:
If you want to go smaller w/ ITX... (PCPartPicker doesn't show the case... hrmm)
Cougar QBX - $50 AR
ASRock H110M-ITX/ac - $70

It's only $6 cheaper, but it is smaller by quite a chunk. The PSU should be no issue since the GPU is so small, for bigger GPUs you'd be stuck with a much more expensive SFX PSU.
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Thanks, what would be a good cheapo video card to fit in it, that is good for emulation?
 
primetime said:
Are you building it right now or in the future?
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Could be in the future, not in any real hurry.
After watching youtube another option I was considering is the raspberry pi3 with retro pie. Anyone have experience with it? Can it run up to ps1/n64/mame?
 
Ladic said:
Could be in the future, not in any real hurry.
After watching youtube another option I was considering is the raspberry pi3 with retro pie. Anyone have experience with it? Can it run up to ps1/n64/mame?
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idk lol i think most cell phones have stronger cpus than raspberry, but who knows. My guess is no
 
Ladic said:
Thanks, what would be a good cheapo video card to fit in it, that is good for emulation?
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I don't know anything at all about game emulation and the GPU is limited primarily by PSU choice. The case can fit a 350mm card, but if you go that high end you really need to consider PSU choice, easiest would be to go with SFX. Harder would be a non-modular 140mm deep or less PSU and a lot of work shoving cabling into what empty space is left.

The biggest GPU (GTX 960) already mentioned is only 255mm, and can be found in a 177mm version as well within $15 difference. So I would expect for your performance needs size won't be a problem you can't work around.

Edit - just checked and Newegg has a special on the Asus Strix GTX960 for $155 AR if you're looking to pull the trigger soon. It's a 215mm card so plenty of clearance in that case.
 
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