(09-02-2013, 06:45 PM)Garteal Wrote:That's understandable. I threw my power consumption considerations out there so people wouldn't recommend something like a 7970 or a GTX 690.(09-02-2013, 02:43 PM)0118999 Wrote: That said, I didn't start this thread to talk about the PSU choices. Where I'm lacking knowledge is with Dolphin and GPU performance.Well, we didn't know what your specs were in the first place and how you use it, but you seem to have done your research.
I asked what your PSU was to help you, people generally underestimate the need for a quality PSU and purchase cheap PSU's that output too little Watts sometimes. They usually buy too much though.
The 650Ti Boost would be a better choice and should be able to handle that 2xIR + 4SSAA in most games except the graphical intensive ones.
So if I want to run 2xIR + 4SSAA, I need at least a 650ti Boost (or a 7850, I guess). Earlier in this thread, admin89 said that 4xIR is the same as 2xIR + 4SSAA. If that's true and 4xIR requires less GPU power, wouldn't that be a more optimal performance goal? I'm not set on 2xIR + 4SSAA as my minimum performance goal because I don't know enough about Dolphin to do so. I'm still trying to figure out what I should be shooting for.