Is there ever going to be quad core support?

Nebetsu · 11-03-2009, 06:03 AM #1

Just curious. Tongue

**James333** · 11-03-2009, 06:17 AM #2

no, It would be the hell for the devs

Dolphin uses one core for the CPU , another for the GPU and there is not anything left so...

Nebetsu · 11-03-2009, 06:49 AM #3

This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU? Tongue

**nosound97** · (This post was last modified: 11-03-2009, 06:51 AM by nosound97.)

There was planned third core for LLE sound, but since everything works with HLE plugin... Tongue

Spreading Dolphin to 4 cores will only slow things down and it's a pain in the ass to code everything again for quad core

(11-03-2009, 06:49 AM)Nebetsu Wrote: This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU?

It uses GPU, but just not much as CPU

Nebetsu · 11-03-2009, 07:05 AM #5

(11-03-2009, 06:50 AM)nosound97 Wrote: There was planned third core for LLE sound, but since everything works with HLE plugin...

Spreading Dolphin to 4 cores will only slow things down and it's a pain in the ass to code everything again for quad core

(11-03-2009, 06:49 AM)Nebetsu Wrote: This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU?

It uses GPU, but just not much as CPU

I still have sound problems from time to time. If a VS match goes too long in Brawl, some of the sounds don't work. Tongue

***ector*** · 11-04-2009, 12:50 AM #6

(11-03-2009, 06:49 AM)Nebetsu Wrote: This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU?

we do but we need a lot of CPU power to translate the gamecube GPU commands to PC API calls.

Nebetsu · 11-04-2009, 03:46 AM #7

(11-04-2009, 12:50 AM)ector Wrote:
(11-03-2009, 06:49 AM)Nebetsu Wrote: This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU?

we do but we need a lot of CPU power to translate the gamecube GPU commands to PC API calls.

Is that because the GPU on the Wii has a completely different architecture?

***ector*** · 11-04-2009, 08:19 PM #8

yes.

blackrack · 11-04-2009, 08:59 PM #9

(11-04-2009, 08:19 PM)ector Wrote: yes.

yeeeeesss

Nebetsu · 11-05-2009, 06:10 AM **#10**

(11-04-2009, 08:59 PM)blackrack Wrote:
(11-04-2009, 08:19 PM)ector Wrote: yes.

yeeeeesss

I think he was saying yes to me asking: "Is that because the GPU on the Wii has a completely different architecture?"