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Can I run it? (iMac 2011 MC309LL/A)
07-21-2019, 06:43 PM
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Veikkojuhani
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Hi!
I have a iMac mid-2011 with a i5 2400s, Radeon HD 6750M with 512MB of vram and 8 gb of ram. My iMac haves a 1080p screen. Can I run Twilight Princess (WII) and windwaker (GC) smoothly?

Thanks!

P.S. More specs about my iMac at: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-i5-2.5-21-inch-aluminum-mid-2011-thunderbolt-specs.html (I have upgraded the ram from 4gb to 8gb)
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07-21-2019, 09:23 PM (This post was last modified: 07-21-2019, 09:27 PM by Helios.)
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Not on MacOS due to GPU driver limitations. MoltenVK is fairly broken on Dolphin too last I checked.

You'll have reasonable performance if you dual boot either Windows or Linux to have access to better GPU drivers. If you don't want to do that, don't expect reliable performance.

EDIT: Not even sure if we support anything older than the latest MacOS. Relevant because you can't run 10.14 Mojave.
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07-21-2019, 09:34 PM
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(07-21-2019, 09:23 PM)Helios Wrote: EDIT: Not even sure if we support anything older than the latest MacOS. Relevant because you can't run 10.14 Mojave.

High Sierra should work, except when it comes to MoltenVK.
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07-22-2019, 05:14 PM
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(07-21-2019, 09:23 PM)Helios Wrote: EDIT: Not even sure if we support anything older than the latest MacOS. Relevant because you can't run 10.14 Mojave.

On my older iMac (2008) I installed dolphin on el capitan but twilight princess (WII) was 2-12 fps.
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07-22-2019, 05:18 PM
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(07-21-2019, 09:23 PM)Helios Wrote: You'll have reasonable performance if you dual boot either Windows or Linux to have access to better GPU drivers. If you don't want to do that, don't expect reliable performance.

I have a windows 7 pro x64 disk. Can I install windows with it on a usb stick (16gb).
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07-22-2019, 07:00 PM
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No. You need to install it on the hard drive of your mac.
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07-23-2019, 04:04 AM
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16 GB is not enough for Windows 7 X64, anyway... so add another "no" there.

https://support.microsoft.com/sw-ke/help/10737/windows-7-system-requirements
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07-23-2019, 04:47 AM (This post was last modified: 07-23-2019, 04:48 AM by bomblord.)
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(07-23-2019, 04:04 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: 16 GB is not enough for Windows 7 X64, anyway... so add another "no" there.

https://support.microsoft.com/sw-ke/help/10737/windows-7-system-requirements

It only takes 4GB to put the *installer* on a flash drive or am I misunderstanding something?
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07-23-2019, 04:50 AM
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(07-23-2019, 04:47 AM)bomblord Wrote: It only takes 4GB to put the *installer* on a flash drive or am I misunderstanding something?

You can put the installer on the flash drive, but you can't install Windows to the flash drive.
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07-23-2019, 08:12 AM
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A Radeon HD 6750M doesn't support metal anyway, so MoltenVK (broken or not) isn't an option.
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