(07-28-2009, 02:34 AM)guiferreira Wrote: In the last generation of emulator of Nintendo64 ... Everything works perfect on a Pentium 3 533 with 333MHz memory on a videocard GeForce2 ... But this only after "optimize" the code of the emulator.
So ... No idea what hardware is in the gamecube / wii. I can not evaluate ... But ... I have the impression that consumption of the emulator is high! At least the processor. Only this!
hey, good comparison :
n64 hardware : 93mhz mips/risc
running on 533mhz x86
multiplier : 5.7
now lets say both risc and x86 improved about the same in terms of speed/clock over the years.
wii : 730mhz risc
running todays 4ghz machines
multiplier : 5.4
so in comparison, even today only via overclock reachable hardware is slower then your 533mhz pentium II years ago for emulation of a comparable console.
the multiplier keeps about the same : you need 5-6 times better hardware to play most stuff properly.
in any case, wii is the newest console(apart mobile ones) that will be emulated in the next maybe 10 years.
think of emulating an xbox360 for example : 3,2ghz * 5-6 -> results in 16-19ghz
Unlikely we see this in next 10 years. and no, more cores do not help.
conclusion : we can be happy with the performance we got with dolphin. its very fast compared to other emus.