pc specs

[darky93]

all i am new here and i just want to know i i am able to play games with dolphin, this are my pc specs :
RAM:2 gb DDR2
Processor:AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual core processor 5600+ 2.90 ghz
GPU:ATI Radeon HD 4650 1gb DDR2. are this good enough?

[NaturalViolence]

Quote:Processor:AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual core processor 5600+ 2.90 ghz

No. Get a better cpu.

[silveruniverse]

(02-14-2011, 05:54 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:

Quote:Processor:AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual core processor 5600+ 2.90 ghz

No. Get a better cpu.

I find that hard to believe, my desktop (Intel E5200, OC from 2.5 to 3.06GHz) runs almost every game I have with no problems (except for F-Zero in Grand Prix, but after I kill a few and get to 1st place theres no problems)

[NaturalViolence]

Performance per clock of an athlon X2 in vector math and applications that do a lot of branching (such as dolphin) is way lower than a core 2 duo. Clock rate is not a unit of performance, you can only use it to compare the same chip. An athlon X2 at 3.0GHz is about equal to a high end core 2 duo at 2.1GHz as far as dolphin is concerned.

[Runo]

My friend have that exact CPU plus a 9800GT and he gets 100% speed on most GC games he have... He doesnt have a wii but I guess it should run fine.
He runs with no antialias in 1080p (he's got a fancy big tv lol).

[NaturalViolence]

He must be running some really lightweight GC games then. Most games will not run well on an athlon X2.

[Runo]

My games run well enough on an athlon X2.. Look, mine is a very low clock CPU and still I get 80% speed on games like Mario Sunshine, Melee, Wind Waker, Wave Race, and 60% speed on Fzero GX and Zelda TP for GC..

It's an old CPU but it's not crap, specially if you get a high clocked one.

All you have to do is turn off antialias and texture filters. I use to run these games in 1024x768, but I get like 5 fps loss if I take it to 1600x900 for example.

[NaturalViolence]

60% speed in not good by my standards.

Quote:80% speed on games like Mario Sunshine, Melee, Wind Waker, Wave Race

These are lightweight games. Yet I'm astounded that your performance is that high considering your cpu

Quote:It's an old CPU but it's not crap, specially if you get a high clocked one.

By modern standards it is crap.

Quote:All you have to do is turn off antialias and texture filters. I use to run these games in 1024x768, but I get like 5 fps loss if I take it to 1600x900 for example.

That's related to gpu performance not cpu.

He needs a better cpu if he wants to play most games at fullspeed, end of story.

[Nolonar]

Not to mention, if he wants to play Wii games, he'll need a more powerful CPU than for GC games, since the Wii CPU is about 50% faster than the GC one.

[Xtreme2damax]

In small indoor environments ZWW will run close to full speed. In outdoor environments it the Athlon X 2 will choke, taking a hit of 52% - 55% and the game will run at around 11 FPS - 13 FPS. When I had my Athlon X 2 3800+ system I was only getting 13 FPS at best on Outset Island and outside Forsaken Fortress.