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How much does the GPU affect Dolphins Performance?
01-26-2011, 05:07 AM
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I was thinking about getting a new GPU, and one thing that I wanted to know is how much does it affect the speed of Dolphin? I am upgrading from a GeForce 9500 GT to a GeForce 460GTX.

I have a Quad Core AMD Phenom II 925 (2.8Ghtz, still at stock speed), 4GB of Ram and the 64 bit version of Windows 7 also.
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01-26-2011, 05:10 AM
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There are several threads that explain this, but generally all of the graphic detail options need a decent video card to be used at high resolutions. You'll be fine with the 460GTX.
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01-26-2011, 12:44 PM
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From 9500 gt to gtx 460? Big difference! But you might need to overclock your AMD cpu...to see the full potential of the 460.
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01-26-2011, 01:01 PM
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It depends on your resolution, efb scale, pixel lighting on/off, SSAA/MSAA level, pixel depth on/off, which game, what OS, which graphics plugin, which revision, and exactly how bad your current gpu and cpu are. If you are/were playing at 640 x 480 you would not notice any difference. However with higher resolutions and efb scale their will be a significant difference in most games.
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01-27-2011, 12:03 AM
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still the gtx460 is not enough for max settings, 3x and 4xaa,

in zelda WW i could enable fractional + 4xaa 99% of time
now i am playing zelda tp, i had to disable AA

btw i am using gigabyte gtx460 768 oc
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01-27-2011, 06:14 AM
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You need a 5870/GTX 570 or higher to guarantee that all games can be run with 3x efb scale + 4xSSAA without any gpu bottlenecking.
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