Before I go out and buy the GC version of Twilight Princess could my PC handle it?

[Thundas]

I have a Dell XPS 420
8800GT 512 MB
3 Gigs of DDR 2 Ram
and a Q6600 2.4 gigs

Everything else to me sounds find but I dont know if my PC will be holding me back or not. Does everything sound good though to run the GC version of Twilight princess? Thanks!

[Klotzek]

Your PC seems ok and according to the zelda tp thread, it runs better but there is no guarantee it will run enjoyable. I would recommend to buy a Gamecube from ebay with the game together. They are really cheap today and if you really want to play that game (considering your 3 threads about it you do) then thats the best way to go. Dolphin is still not really a alternative but that might change in time.

[Thundas]

Thanks a bunch

[cmccmc]

actually you should be able to get around 50fps. That's pretty good considering full speed is 60

[jasong]

Full speed is 25-30fps, and you'll get variable speeds depending what part of the game you're at. Some places will be gloriously +fullspeed, overclock to 3.0 for best results. Other places, esp Hyrule Field, will slow down to a crawl but just bite through it, they don't last too long generally. Dungeons are full speed.

[cmccmc]

The noob with 26 posts is saying that fullspeed is 25-30 fps acting like i'm noob fullspeed is 50-60fps normally but there are a few small occasions when fullspeed is 25-30 fps

[Iulius]

zelda TP with 2,4ghz ?
no way that can be fun.

it's not even anything near playable with 3ghz core 2 duo (quad is worthless for dolphin), so with 2,4ghz i dont see any chance.

if you really want to play that, i recommend AT LEAST 4ghz core 2 or i7.


problems are not only hyrule(10fps or lower) but also every larger place will drop to 12-15fps, like the first village.

dont know if it gets better later, i gave up messing around with the low speed.


Better get WindWaker, that runs pretty good in most places.



@ cmccmc :

zelda TP is fullspeed with 25fps on pal and 30 on ntsc. Some other games may need 50/60, but zelda definatly not.

WW also needs only 25 on Pal.

[Nerve]

What about the biggest flaw that is constant, instead of something unstable like the FPS? The missing game audio due to Dolphin's inability to fully emulate the Wii's/Gamecube's DSP chip?? I haven't tried it myself but I know that Dolphin can't emulate audio for Nintendo games like super mario and zelda...

[nosound97]

@ cmccmc :

zelda TP is fullspeed with 25fps on pal and 30 on ntsc. Some other games may need 50/60, but zelda definatly not.

WW also needs only 25 on Pal.

Same thing happens with Sonic & the Secret Rings, full speed is 25 FPS here.

[Thundas]

Problem is I have a dell, and you cant overclock them :/