Running games at max is a perfect way to recommend hardware to me, I'm very picky with graphics. I think I'll go with an i5 and a GTX 1080 tbh
CPU and GPU for 4K Dolphin
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01-12-2018, 05:09 AM
Hi, don't expect everything maxed and 60fps at 4k.
Even with 1080ti I feel the limits, sonI expect it to be much worse just with 1080
specs:
Windows 10 Intel i7-9900K @ 4.9Ghz 32 GB RAM Nvidia 1080ti 01-13-2018, 02:52 AM
I see. I was looking at a laptop actually for the sake of portability. I don't mind bumping it down to 1440p if I need to...
But what do you guys think about this laptop? https://www.ibuypower.com/Store/MSI-GF62...Laptop-KBL i7 7700HQ Quad Core 2.8 GHz 3.80 GHz turbo 16 GB 2400MHz RAM 6 GB GTX 1060 And an SSD 01-13-2018, 03:14 AM
Go to http://www.xoticpc.com/ and look at their laptops. They allow you to customize everything in a gaming laptop.
01-13-2018, 03:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2018, 04:09 AM by metalmaniac253.)
I'll take a look at that one. Thanks!
Update: They actually look really good and the prices are good with the configurations possible. I'll be doing my upgrade within 2-3 months, but I'd say my questions are answered. Thank you all! 01-13-2018, 07:25 AM
My current desktop build is an AMD FX 6200 with 8 GB of RAM and I'm thinking of just upgrading the GPU. I realize intel is better for dolphin, but anyone got any idea how that would run in 1440P with a GTX 1070?
I realize I may get a bottleneck from that, but I could just put the card in my new build when I have more cash to throw at it. 01-13-2018, 07:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2018, 07:33 AM by Nintendo Maniac 64.)
A GTX 1070 is actually overkill for 1440p in Dolphin.
A bigger issue is that the street price for a GTX 1070 has gotten stupidly expensive in the last week with a single exception of the founder's edition (basically sold directly by Nvidia but only comes with the reference cooler): https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-...ice&page=1
Dolphin 5.0 CPU benchmark
CPU: Xeon E3-1246 v3 (4c/8t Haswell/Intel 4th gen) — core & cache @ 3.9GHz via multicore enhancement GPU: Intel integrated HD Graphics P4600 RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengence @ DDR3-1600 OS: Linux Mint 20.3 Xfce + [VM] Win7 SP1 x64 01-13-2018, 07:33 AM
Overkill is fine by me. Do you think that my current CPU would be okay for the time being? I know it's a few years old, but it runs everything I throw at it in 1080P for PC games.
01-13-2018, 07:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2018, 07:45 AM by Nintendo Maniac 64.)
(01-13-2018, 07:33 AM)metalmaniac253 Wrote: Overkill is fine by me. Do you think that my current CPU would be okay for the time being? Honestly? For Dolphin specifically, not really. You'd get better bang-per-buck by saving ~$200 on the GPU by dropping to a 1050 Ti and then spending that ~$200 on a G4560 + 8GB DDR4 + LGA1151 motherboard. Thing is, modern PC games take good advantage of 6 CPU threads (see: i5-7600k vs i5-8600k) which is likely why your FX-6300 is still doing alright, but Dolphin really only cares about two fast CPU threads.
Dolphin 5.0 CPU benchmark
CPU: Xeon E3-1246 v3 (4c/8t Haswell/Intel 4th gen) — core & cache @ 3.9GHz via multicore enhancement GPU: Intel integrated HD Graphics P4600 RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengence @ DDR3-1600 OS: Linux Mint 20.3 Xfce + [VM] Win7 SP1 x64 |
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