Is my PC good enough? What configs are the "best"?

[Maxunit]

Dear Dolphin Community,

I recently got into using the Dolphin Emulator, after a mate of mine sold his Gamecube and Wii to switch either to the Xbox 360 and PS3 in the near future. I really missed playing Metroid Prime Trilogy, so I bought it myself and "dumped" it on my HDD.

Anyway, to the actual topic:

I'm still experimenting around with the Dolphin Configs and I'm a Greenhorn/Newblood on this.

You can see my Hardware Info in my profile since I entered it during registration, but here it is as well:

CPU: Intel Quad Core Q8300 2.5 GHz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 OC
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 667 from Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

Now my Question is, what the "best"/"perfect" settings would be to get the best performance out of Dolphin for Metroid Prime Trilogy, but still have a good looking game. Example: Internal Resolution 1x Native really looks "Ewww" on my 24" TFT. Right now I use 2x Native. No AA and only 1xAF.

For the DSP I use DSP HLE Emulation (fast) and XAudio2.

Other Settings (Graphics etc):

Renderer is DirectX11
Resolution is 1920x1080 Fullscreen
Scaled EFB Copy
Ignore Format Changes
EFB Copies: Fast
External Frame Buffer: Disabled
Fast MipMaps
Disable Per-Pixel Depth
EFB Copies: Texture

So, I bet there can still be improvements made.

Oh, and I use the newest Dolphin Build 590.

Greetings,

Maxunit

[admin89]

Nvidia GTX 460 can use 4x IR,no AA,16x AF just fine . Your CPU bottleneck that GPU and dolphin only use 2 cores
Overclocking will help (3Ghz+) ! ...However you need to buy aftermarket cooling , aftermarket thermal compound

[Maxunit]

Thank you for the information

I dunno, if I can actually overclock and I never really did that, since I do not want to fry my CPU

Then I might have to upgrade my CPU to a Quad Core 3Ghz+ (i7 anyone?).

On another note....Metroid Prime runs with 25 - 35 FPS so far (acceptable in my opinion), but it feels like...really slow sometimes. Is that normal? I mean, PC games with the same FPS do not feel soooooo slow.

[AnyOldName3]

If buying a new CPU of a new generation you'll need a new motherboard. Your best choice will most likely be an i5 2500k or more expensive, but with a boost in certain applications, not including dolphin an i7 2600k paired with a z68 or p67 motherboard, unless you want to wait till the end of the month for the ivy bridge equivalent.

[admin89]

i7 is good or not depend on its model . i5 2500k beats all i7 first gen except the extreme edition . i7 2600k and i7 2700k is faster but it's not best bang per buck
+Budget Build : New Z68 or Z77 mobo + Pentium Sandy Bridge G860 (as fast as i3 2100 but it doesn't have Hyper Threading) or i3 2120

_3Ghz i3/i5/i7 2nd gen (Sandy Bridge) is much faster than 3Ghz i3/i5/i7 1st gen (about 20%)
_3Ghz i3/i5/i7 is faster than 3Ghz Core 2 Duo /Core 2 Quad

+Enthusiast Build : New Z68 or Z77 mobo + i5 2500k @ 4.4 , it should be enough for Mario Galaxy,The Last Story ....

Pentium Sandy Bridge , i5 2320 , i5 2500 , i7 2600, i7 2700 (non K ) can not be overclocked

[ExtremeDude2]

Pentium Sandy Bridge , i5 2320 , i5 2500 , i7 2600, i7 2700 (non K ) can not be overclocked

They can, but not in the same way or as well.

[AnyOldName3]

By about 5% (with a lot of luck), and it ruins the stability with no way to fix it, no matter what you set the voltage to or how you cool it.

[Brenda maryan]

My compouter is
Notebook Acer
operational sistem
Windows® 7 Starter Edition 3-bit
processor
AMD E-Series dual-core processor E-300
(1 MB L2 cache, 1.30 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 18 W) The processor i'll change if necessary
Mother board
AMD A50M
Memory
2GB DDR3
Grafic card
AMD Radeon™ HD 6250 Graphics com 256 MB of memory dedicated

This configuration is good? please answer

[DefenderX]

Err... well, before you post, pls provide more information. Check this thread out -> http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=22118


btw: This notebook is crap. Too weak for Dolphin

[Brenda maryan]

this is the full information.

Screen Size, 15.6 "
Screen Resolution, 1366 x 768
Weight, 2.6
Operating System Windows ® 7 Starter Edition 3-bit
AMD Dual Core E-Series E-300 processor
2GB DDR3 Memory
Size 320 GB HD
Built-in Web Cam Yes
L2 Cache 1 MB L2
How many 5400 RPM
Built-in Microphone Yes
Yes CD-Rom
CD Recorder Yes
DVD Yes
DVD Recorder Yes
Motherboard AMD A50M
Video Card AMD Radeon ™ HD 6250 Graphics with 256 MB of dedicated system memory.
Sound Card High-definition audio support
No Fax Modem Card
Network Card 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
No PCMCIA slot
Wireless Yes
Bluetooth not
Multi-gesture Touchpad Mouse
Speakers Stereo speakers
source Bivolt
Voltage Bivolt

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ohh, the game than i want play is the New super mario bros.