Hello everybody!
I'm quite new to Dolphin emulation. When I'm running Dolphin build 7440 for Mac OS X it works but the CPU is going nuts. In Activity Monitor (the OS X utility) I can see Dolphin uses more than 100% of the CPU - sometime around 140% (how is that even possible?) and the fans speeds up. The graphics in Dolphin works smooth but could this overheat my computer (or be harmful in any other way)? Is my computer just too old and slow?
I have a MacBook Pro from early 2008:
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (256 MB)
Mac OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard
In my example I've tried Resident Evil (remake)
What kind of Mac will I need then? I guess a brand new Mac Mini will not be enough as they still make use of Intel Core 2 Duo? A MacBook with Core i5? A MacBook Pro with Core i7?
Any input is greatly appreciated.
I'm quite new to Dolphin emulation. When I'm running Dolphin build 7440 for Mac OS X it works but the CPU is going nuts. In Activity Monitor (the OS X utility) I can see Dolphin uses more than 100% of the CPU - sometime around 140% (how is that even possible?) and the fans speeds up. The graphics in Dolphin works smooth but could this overheat my computer (or be harmful in any other way)? Is my computer just too old and slow?
I have a MacBook Pro from early 2008:
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (256 MB)
Mac OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard
In my example I've tried Resident Evil (remake)
What kind of Mac will I need then? I guess a brand new Mac Mini will not be enough as they still make use of Intel Core 2 Duo? A MacBook with Core i5? A MacBook Pro with Core i7?
Any input is greatly appreciated.