How much VRAM does Dolphin need?

[DatKid20]

(05-18-2014, 10:30 AM)TheLastCat Wrote: Is this a good choice?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487025

Nah. AMD has that gpu beaten at the same price point.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127790

R7-265 beats it in everything except efficency.

[TheLastCat]

Seems the R7 265 has double the bandwith than the 750 Ti. I'm not a GPU expert but Is is the factor that determines performance or the gpu clock rate? I just want to know the difference.

[AnyOldName3]

In dolphin, it's mostly the bandwidth.

[AwhsumSauce]

Don't forget that the 750 Ti's shadowplay is awesome for recording without affecting performance too much. I didn't notice a drop at all. Shadowplay is why I chose a 750 over a 260X or something.

But if you're not going to record, go for a 265 over a 750 Ti. With the recent sales you might even be aboe to get a 270 or 270X for a similar price. There's this one guy that got a new 270 4GB for only $140 or so.

[AnyOldName3]

I didn't think I'd record anything until it suddenly became really easy. I've tried FRAPS as well as Shadowplay, and can say Shadowplay has had better results with less effort. However, I've yet to use it in a game, so performance was never going to be a concern. I've just recorded some general computer use which I've needed to show to other people.

[TheLastCat]

I don't really plan on recording gameplay at the moment. The R7 265 seems like a good choice and I'm considering it but what I'm worried about is the possible driver issues since I use Linux a lot.

[Test876]

I don't think Shadowplay is supported on the 200 series, just FYI.

[frozenwings]

I saw Xenoblade mentioned here and just thought I'd drop a line in case it's a concern.

As someone who has put hundreds of hours into Xenoblade, playing, dumping, and retexturing and loading tons of custom textures at a time (80,000+ atm), I would seriously recommend over 1GB of vRAM, but anything over 2GB would be overkill if emulation is your only concern.

I monitor my hardware constantly (I'm paranoid) including vRAM usage, and I see it go over 1GB quite often, but never even close to 2GB. You'd probably be safe with 1.5 even, if that's even a thing. I'd shoot for 2GB to avoid any issues, however.

[TheLastCat]

(05-20-2014, 02:12 PM)frozenwings Wrote: I saw Xenoblade mentioned here and just thought I'd drop a line in case it's a concern.

As someone who has put hundreds of hours into Xenoblade, playing, dumping, and retexturing and loading tons of custom textures at a time (80,000+ atm), I would seriously recommend over 1GB of vRAM, but anything over 2GB would be overkill if emulation is your only concern.

I monitor my hardware constantly (I'm paranoid) including vRAM usage, and I see it go over 1GB quite often, but never even close to 2GB. You'd probably be safe with 1.5 even, if that's even a thing. I'd shoot for 2GB to avoid any issues, however.

Should this be enough for my needs?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125510

It has 2GB VRAM, slightly less expensive and doesn't heat up as much as the R7 265 does.

[frozenwings]

I really can't recommend a non-TI GTX750 at this point.

Your only real choices in that price range is the Nvidia 750TI or the AMD R7 265.

The 265 is the superior hardware at that price point for the performance, but as others have noted it's not very efficient.