Getting to know dolphin

12-04-2011, 07:30 PM #1

So I am just starting to use dolphin and I think its awesome...but a few key games run really slowly like Donkey Kong Returns xenosaga and Mario Galaxy 2. I have a 2.80 quad core mac pro with 10 gigs of ram and a nvidia 8800 GT...It is a Mac Pro but I run dolphin in windows because it does not work for me in OSX... Do you have to have a MUCH more powerful comp to really take advantage of dolphin or am I just not doing something right in the settings?

By a rule of thumb if u have a wii that will always be the less buggy, smoothest experience despite the horrible resolution?

silveruniverse · 12-04-2011, 08:38 PM #2

more cpu power. no need for that much ram.
nobody needs that much ram.

**Anti-Ultimate** · 12-04-2011, 11:20 PM #3

Even 900 Euro PCs can do better than your mac pro

Silentsurvivor · 12-04-2011, 11:23 PM #4

Xenosaga? I didn't knew Dolphin works with PS2 games. Jokes aside, Dolphin needs as much power as you can get with your money, simple as that.

**Anti-Ultimate** · 12-04-2011, 11:24 PM #5

He owns a Mac, so he has tons of Money...

Cheapest Mac Pro is over 1000 Euro

**ExtremeDude2** · 12-05-2011, 12:14 AM #6

(12-04-2011, 11:24 PM)Anti-Ultimate Wrote: He owns a Mac, so he has tons of Money...

Cheapest Mac Pro is over 1000 Euro

Lul ^^ lets not judge XD

~~Duke Nukem~~ · (This post was last modified: 12-05-2011, 12:48 AM by Duke Nukem.)

Why anyone would waste 1000 euros buying a Mac to play games is beyond me.
And the fact that you have to install Windows is even more WHY.

Why not spend those euros either buying a decent computer or the parts and build one on your own.
You can get a really good setup in the range of 1000 euros and then enjoy Dolphin as it should be enjoyed, under Windows from the start.

**Anti-Ultimate** · 12-05-2011, 03:35 AM #8

Actually it's € 2.399,00

High-end rig with four GPUs Big Grin

**LordVador** · 12-05-2011, 03:54 AM #9

(12-05-2011, 12:41 AM)Gabriel Belmont Wrote: Why anyone would waste 1000 euros buying a Mac to play games is beyond me.
And the fact that you have to install Windows is even more WHY.

Why not spend those euros either buying a decent computer or the parts and build one on your own.
You can get a really good setup in the range of 1000 euros and then enjoy Dolphin as it should be enjoyed, under Windows from the start.

I guess 95% of Mac users usually buy a Mac for other reasons (I mean not to play). But we can't blame them from wanting to play and above all when it's a great emulator such as Dolphin Wink

~~Duke Nukem~~ · 12-05-2011, 04:54 AM **#10**

Yeah well there's always Hackintosh in case they miss the bloat.