I made a post about six months ago regarding my specs at the time and whether they could adequately play Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, and Xenoblade Chronicles at at least 2-2.5x native res. Following that post, I was able to successfully play the entirety of Xenoblade Chronicles with more than 95% reliability at about 3x native res. I tried playing Twilight Princess, but it slowed down to about 20fps when I reached the first Twilight realm in Faron Woods. I have yet to play Skyward Sword on my rig.
Since that post, I have upgraded my CPU from an i7 4700mq 2.4ghz to an i7 4910mq 2.9ghz. Also, there have been numerous core improvements in the emulator itself. I tested the beginning of Skyward Sword, and it plays fine at 2x native res (30fps), Xenoblade still plays the same, and Twilight Princess is barely improved.
Next year, I am planning on upgrading my GPU from a GeForce GTX 770m to either a 780m, 880m, or 980m, depending on how my research determines their compatibility with my hardware setup. I do know that the 770m is considerably more underpowered than the 780m and that the 780m is the most likely to be compatible with my system.
I am wondering, depending on which one I choose, would any of them have any impact on performance in Twilight Princess or Skyward Sword? Would I be able to play Skyward Sword normally at 2.5x instead of just 2x? Would Twilight Princess speed up at all?
Either way, I am still planning on upgrading so I can get better performance with my Steam games, but I do want to know if a GPU upgrade would have any significant impact on Dolphin performance.
Since that post, I have upgraded my CPU from an i7 4700mq 2.4ghz to an i7 4910mq 2.9ghz. Also, there have been numerous core improvements in the emulator itself. I tested the beginning of Skyward Sword, and it plays fine at 2x native res (30fps), Xenoblade still plays the same, and Twilight Princess is barely improved.
Next year, I am planning on upgrading my GPU from a GeForce GTX 770m to either a 780m, 880m, or 980m, depending on how my research determines their compatibility with my hardware setup. I do know that the 770m is considerably more underpowered than the 780m and that the 780m is the most likely to be compatible with my system.
I am wondering, depending on which one I choose, would any of them have any impact on performance in Twilight Princess or Skyward Sword? Would I be able to play Skyward Sword normally at 2.5x instead of just 2x? Would Twilight Princess speed up at all?
Either way, I am still planning on upgrading so I can get better performance with my Steam games, but I do want to know if a GPU upgrade would have any significant impact on Dolphin performance.
My rig:
ASUS ROG G752VY-DH78K
Windows 10 x64 (Build 1511)
Intel Core i7 6820HK 2.7GHz (8MB cache, up to 3.60GHz)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980m 8GB GDDR5
64GB DDR4 RAM
ASUS ROG G752VY-DH78K
Windows 10 x64 (Build 1511)
Intel Core i7 6820HK 2.7GHz (8MB cache, up to 3.60GHz)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980m 8GB GDDR5
64GB DDR4 RAM