(05-29-2019, 10:39 AM)mariodude9 Wrote: Is there any preferred specs for Dolphin? Intel vs. AMD? Or does it not matter?
Any reasonably clocked NON-ULV Haswell or newer for Intel, Ryzen or newer for AMD. Beyond that, pick a CPU to match your other requirements and budget.
Quote:What processor is best for Dolphin?
See above.
Quote:What GPU is best for Dolphin?
Any modern GPU as fast as a reasonably modern (haswell) Intel iGPU will play Dolphin at 1x resolution without issues for the most part.
HD and higher resolutions require a GPU around as fast as a 750ti or faster. As long as it supports Direct3D 11.1 and/or OpenGL 4.4 you should be fine.
Quote:How does RAM work with Dolphin?
irrelevant unless you're using an AMD APU (integrated GPU, iGPU), then RAM speed helps the GPU go a bit faster, but even then, Dolphin isn't heavy enough to stress a modern APU much.
Beyond that, RAM helps you run cache texture packs. Not particularly important now that Dolphin supports DDS packs are decompressed on the GPU (?) anyways.