Dolphin PC buying guide

Travixyz · 06-11-2010, 04:36 PM **#381**

(06-06-2010, 08:29 PM)Gwitz Wrote: So, I have a E7400 C2D @2.8 Ghz (stock) a Radeon HD4670 1GB and 4GB of RAM i am currently using Windows 7 Ultimate and I would like to know if i can use Dolphin and play mostly Gamecube games at reasonable speeds. Im kinda new in Dolphin emulation so any kind of help would be much apreciated.

Greetz ! ^^

I think u can cuz my computer(mine is almost same as urs) can run almost all gc and wii games with 80%-100% speed

Arpit · 06-12-2010, 02:22 PM **#382**

You can EASILY emulate all games that Dolphin can... Even my rig can run them fine... You can get optimum quality..(atleast better than mine..:p)

eddiewattz · (This post was last modified: 06-12-2010, 09:12 PM by eddiewattz.)

I think I'm going to upgrade my comp soon as I don't run the games as fast as I'd like them to run. Right now I get about 40-50 avg in SMG 2, 35-50 in SSBB and obviously a full 60 in New Super Mario Bros. Any recommendations? I don't wanna go too crazy, I just figure with my current gear running the games this fast, then a minor upgrade should put me at 60 fps in all games. I'll probably ebay my current stuff, then toss in the few extra bucks to get whatever.

Question: Is Dolphin more about Raw CPU speed? similiar to PS2 emulation?
Any recommendations will be appreciated!

PercentSevenC · (This post was last modified: 06-13-2010, 03:04 AM by PercentSevenC.)

I'm putting together a new budget gaming PC and was wondering how you guys think it'll do with Dolphin.

AMD Phenom II X3 720 (planning to OC to 3.5+ GHz and hopefully unlock the fourth core)
4 GB G.SKILL DDR3 1600 RAM (7-8-7-24-2N)
ASUS Radeon HD 4870

Specifically, how do you think it'll handle the more demanding games like Twilight Princess?

06-13-2010, 08:22 AM **#385**

sorry to bother, but will this be able to handle dolphin with twilight princess gc?

Intel Pentium Dual Core T4400 2.20GHz
Intel GMA 4500M
3GB DDR2

it's this laptop i'm looking to get. http://www.walmart.com/ip/eMachines-eME7...ifications

if it's not compatible, could somebody assist me in finding a budget laptop that can run it fairly well, i don't want to waste my time getting it to run half assed.

thanks a bunch. =)

06-14-2010, 12:35 AM **#386**

!! bump !!

sorry for the impatience but i sort of need to know soon.

edgartheface · 06-14-2010, 02:59 AM **#387**

Do you have the option to take one with an nvidia or ati/amd videocard? The integrated graphics from Intel are crap!

06-14-2010, 08:30 AM **#388**

actually, what about these from my desktop.

processor - intel celeron D processor 360 3.46GHz 512 KB L2 cache
video card - intel graphics media accelerator 950

any good? when i'm using dolphin i'll most likely have everything else closed.

edgartheface · 06-14-2010, 08:56 AM **#389**

(06-14-2010, 08:30 AM)Justincredible Wrote: any good?

No! The GMA950 is an old integrated graphics from Intel without hardware T&L (DX7!), shader model 3 (in Software!) and shared memory (SLOW!). I don't want to play anything with this. Wink

PercentSevenC · (This post was last modified: 06-15-2010, 10:38 AM by PercentSevenC.)

I'm on a fairly strict budget, but do you think it's worth a ~$30-40 price premium to get a Radeon 5770 rather than a 4870? Benchmarks put the two cards close, with the 4870 winning by a bit, but the 5770 supports DX11. I don't know how big of a deal that is or will be. I won't be doing Crossfire with this box, and I don't care about Eyefinity.