(08-12-2011, 08:31 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:Quote:But wouldn't downscaling or displaying the image on a higher res monitor affect GPU performance?
As long as you're rendering at the same internal resolution, no, not in any significant way. Plus you usually have lots of extra gpu power since dolphin is usually cpu bound, and the linear scaling that dolphin does uses next to nothing in terms of shader throughput. Using a higher output resolution (ideally matching your monitors physical display resolution) will improve image quality even without raising the internal resolution just by providing better upscaling.
@Yanazake
Use stretch to window border or whatever they call that option now (it's one of the aspect ratio options).
OK that makes sense, however I still wouldn't with the GPU the OP has since it's weak.
Main Laptop:
Dell XPS 17
i7 2720QM @ 2.2GHz
8GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GeForce GT 555M
Windows 7 64-bit
Dell XPS 17
i7 2720QM @ 2.2GHz
8GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GeForce GT 555M
Windows 7 64-bit