Minimum specs - video card [UNOFFICIAL]

[Dimitri]

(01-13-2012, 06:08 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: "Why is dolphin so demanding on my video card?" is the correct question to ask. It is the equivalent of asking why the video card requirements are so high.

Oh, is that so? You seem to have gotten me confused somehow. Now that I think about it...

IIRC, ever since I had your FAQ for the first time (including this question), I thought you meant "being so demanding" in terms of "GPU processing power used" (Isn't Dolphin *usually* CPU-heavy because of the time it first takes to decode/emulate FIFO commands or such? Don't PC games have the *tendency* of being GPU-heavy because they can run a lot of graphics-processing code without suffering the cost of CPU emulation?), rather than in terms of minimal GPU requirements for Dolphin (such as Shader Model 2.0 or 2.0a or 3.0?)... Thus, especially after reading the answer, I assumed that you meant to say "CPU" instead of "GPU" or "graphics card" or "video card". Looking at the thread title again, I thought the question could be rephrased as something like "Why is Dolphin not as demanding on the GPU as it is for PC games?" (another variant, but STILL with the assumption that "being demanding" is in terms of processing power used). Talk about a meaning ambiguity or something else bothering me a bit... :/

So is it just me, or could there be a meaning ambiguity (or misunderstanding) in that question? Just curious.
(In case you get me wrong again, with some "luck" I may have to read some technical explanation from you... You have a lot more solid knowledge on subjects like this than I do )