AMD A8-6600K w/ Integrated Graphics

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(02-13-2014, 02:56 PM)SimonStreakio Wrote:

(02-13-2014, 11:15 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:

SimonStreakio Wrote:i prefer amd because intel's way of processing shaders and shadows using IGP sort of suck.

Please explain. Shaders are built using an API and a shader language. As long as the shader properly complies with the rules of that API it will produce exactly the same result on any GPU that implements that API, including AMD and Intel IGPs.

For dolphin you're MUCH better off getting a haswell pentium cpu like the G3220 for the same price as an AMD APU. You won't experience any driver or performance issues.

how come on my very old mobile intel gma laptop glsl shaders looked dark and ugly, but on an amd mobile apu, it looked smooth and what not.

That intel GMA chip is nothing compared to the newer IGPU's when it comes to performance that come with Intel CPU's in the haswell line like Natural Violence Pointed out. Ive used laptops a few years back with GMA, they didnt do well even then. He also confirmed that dolphin no longer has issues with modern Intel iGPUs (thanks NV).

I would still be concerned about actual PC games with that iGPU, but for dolphin that CPU and iGPU would be excellent.