How demanding are these games?

Oemenia · (This post was last modified: 12-20-2013, 09:25 AM by Oemenia.)

On a scale of 1-10.

Gamecube

Eternal Darkness
Killer 7
Metroid Prime 1 and 2
Paper Mario TTYD
Resident Evil
Twilight Princess
Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2

Wii

Metroid Prime 3
Metroid Other M
Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
Super Paper Mario
Xenoblade Chronicles

How can I expect to run these games? Specs in sig.

**DJBarry004** · 12-20-2013, 10:36 AM #2

Mario Galaxies, Xenoblade: super demanding.

Overclock that CPU up to (uh, 3/3.5 GHz) and you should be good to go.

Don´t know about the others.

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 12-20-2013, 12:08 PM by admin89.)

You can't overclock a locked multiplier CPU . Anyway make sure you read the performance guide
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-laptop-performance-guide

***Shonumi*** · 12-20-2013, 12:49 PM #4

(12-20-2013, 10:36 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: Mario Galaxies, Xenoblade: super demanding.

Yeah, no. Xenoblade Chronicles hasn't been super demanding since LLE audio was required for reasonably enjoyable gameplay. Any CPU equivalent to a 3.3~3.4GHz will run it just fine now with HLE audio. Even at that, it's nowhere near as demanding as SMG1 or 2 with LLE audio or The Last Story.

@Oceania - If you want more info, check out the Dolphin wiki to see if any of the Testing Entries have results from similarly configured hardware. I can tell you that the Metroid Prime games (all of them) are very demanding. Your hardware won't run them 100%, and might not reach enjoyable speeds. Metroid: Other M should fare better though. The Paper Mario games are fairly average in terms of being demanding.

Oemenia · 12-22-2013, 01:39 AM #5

Thanks for the info guys, Metroid games are the games Im most interested in but the others I would really like to play as well. Metroid 1 GC version ran smoothly on the first area but does drop frames occasionally, is OpenGL still faster for Nvidia GPUs than DX11?

Also can I expect the rest of the games to run smoothly (besides SMG 1 and 2 and Xenoblade)?

**DJBarry004** · 12-22-2013, 02:21 AM #6

Quote:... is OpenGL still faster for Nvidia GPUs than DX11?

Yes, if you enable Vertex Streaming Hack.

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 12-31-2013, 06:45 AM by NaturalViolence.)

Depends on the game and settings. Even with VSH openGL isn't always faster.

Oemenia Wrote:Also can I expect the rest of the games to run smoothly (besides SMG 1 and 2 and Xenoblade)?

You listed a lot of games. I would be willing to wager that nobody here (in this thread) has all of them. I can tell you that MP3, MP2, MP1, SMG2, SMG1, and xenoblade are all extremely demand. TP is moderately demanding and likely won't run well either. Viewtiful joe 1/2 are very lightweight and will run well. As for the rest I cannot say as I do not have them.

**DJBarry004** · 12-31-2013, 07:29 AM #8

(12-31-2013, 06:44 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Depends on the game and settings. Even with VSH openGL isn't always faster.

Oemenia Wrote:Also can I expect the rest of the games to run smoothly (besides SMG 1 and 2 and Xenoblade)?

You listed a lot of games. I would be willing to wager that nobody here (in this thread) has all of them. I can tell you that MP3, MP2, MP1, SMG2, SMG1, and xenoblade are all extremely demand. TP is moderately demanding and likely won't run well either. Viewtiful joe 1/2 are very lightweight and will run well. As for the rest I cannot say as I do not have them.

Seconded the part of the Mario Galaxies and the Metroids. Tongue