Recommended hardware to run Wii games on PC?

03-21-2015, 12:24 AM #1

Whats the recommended hardware for wii games? Is a good CPU with good single threading recommended such as a Intel-4790k or does it rely more on the multiple cores such as a AMD-8350? How much ram is recommended to run a game at a playable speed? Is it very dependent on your GPU? Thanks in advance, I know I asked some pretty specific questions. Thanks again.
-Ben Tongue

**Anti-Ultimate** · 03-21-2015, 12:31 AM #2

(03-21-2015, 12:24 AM)TheWatuszak Wrote: Whats the recommended hardware for wii games? Is a good CPU with good single threading recommended such as a Intel-4790k or does it rely more on the multiple cores such as a AMD-8350? How much ram is recommended to run a game at a playable speed? Is it very dependent on your GPU? Thanks in advance, I know I asked some pretty specific questions. Thanks again.
-Ben

1. i7
2. You can run Dolphin fine with 4GB of RAM.
3. If you use high resolutions, it is...

03-21-2015, 01:23 AM #3

(03-21-2015, 12:31 AM)Anti-Ultimate Wrote:
(03-21-2015, 12:24 AM)TheWatuszak Wrote: Whats the recommended hardware for wii games? Is a good CPU with good single threading recommended such as a Intel-4790k or does it rely more on the multiple cores such as a AMD-8350? How much ram is recommended to run a game at a playable speed? Is it very dependent on your GPU? Thanks in advance, I know I asked some pretty specific questions. Thanks again.
-Ben
1. i7
2. You can run Dolphin fine with 4GB of RAM.
3. If you use high resolutions, it is...

Alright thanks man! Appreciate the quick reply

**NKF98** · 03-21-2015, 06:35 AM #4

i7 or later generation i5 CPU's are what you need to run Dolphin. Avoid AMD processors, Dolphin utilizes 2 cores (possibly 3 w/ certain settings), no more. Intel has superior single-thread performance and therefore runs Dolphin better. 4-6GB is fine, 8GB if you want to run anything in the background. GPU isn't a huge issue unless you run high res.

tuanming · (This post was last modified: 03-21-2015, 09:52 AM by tuanming.)

You can't go wrong with the 4790K, trust me. I won't be upgrading my system any time soon unless the next generation CPUs are at least 50% to 100% faster IPC. That means I will be skipping Skylake unless it's super amazing.

However, I may upgrade to a bigger SSD drive and next-gen GPU.