mac system

[lobsterclaw42]

hello im a new user to this forum i am running dolphin 3.0 but my fps is very slow when i play games like legend of zelda wind waker for gc these are my specs

macbook
Processor: 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo
Memory: 2 gb 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics: Intel GMA X3100 144 MB
Software: Mac osx lion 10.7.5
Storage: 160 gb hardrive
L2 cache: 3 MB
BUS Speed: 800 MHZ

[admin89]

Quote:Processor: 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo

Slow but it's still acceptable

Quote:Graphics: Intel GMA X3100 144 MB

It's terrible , not recommend for gaming . It bottleneck your CPU
Nothing you can do about it

[lobsterclaw42]

(10-20-2012, 12:05 PM)admin89 Wrote:

Quote:Processor: 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo

Slow but it's still acceptable

Quote:Graphics: Intel GMA X3100 144 MB

It's terrible , not recommend for gaming . It bottleneck your CPU
Nothing you can do about it

what do you mean bottle neck? and can i replace the graphic card on a mac and if so do you know any cheap ones that would run fine ?thankyou

[admin89]

Quote:bottleneck?

Weak GPU + Strong CPU -> Slowdown the CPU -> GPU bottleneck CPU
Strong GPU + Weak CPU -> Slowdown the GPU -> CPU bottleneck GPU

Quote:can i replace the graphic card on a mac and if so do you know any cheap ones that would run fine ?

Is that a desktop or a laptop ?

[lobsterclaw42]

(10-20-2012, 12:17 PM)admin89 Wrote:

Quote:bottleneck?

Weak GPU + Strong CPU -> Slowdown the CPU -> GPU bottleneck CPU
Strong GPU + Weak CPU -> Slowdown the GPU -> CPU bottleneck GPU

Quote:can i replace the graphic card on a mac and if so do you know any cheap ones that would run fine ?

Is that a desktop or a laptop ?

laptop

[admin89]

You can't replace it . Laptop GPU is soldered on the motherboard and it's not even a "graphic card"
Only heavy gaming laptop / workstation laptop have real "graphic card" which can be replaced

[lobsterclaw42]

(10-20-2012, 12:27 PM)admin89 Wrote: You can't replace it . Laptop GPU is soldered on the motherboard and it's not even a "graphic card"
Only heavy gaming laptop / workstation laptop have real "graphic card" which can be replaced

ok thank you very much for the info

[DefenderX]

If you want to play with Dolphin, you should get a whole new notebook (or better, a powerful desktop with Core i5-3570k, Z77MoBo and a decent GPU)