what do i need to change??

[dowsey9027]

basically what do i need to change/improve to be able to actually play on the dolphin 3.5 emulator if you look on my profile you will see my specification of my computer, everytime i try n run d3d9 it blackens the screen and openGL isnt really fast enough for me to play it on without getting annoyed

thanks in advance for your help

[DJBarry004]

1- Old builds are not supported. You´d better update.

2- OGL´s no longer the slowest backend.

3- Don´t expect full speed with that CPU in recent development builds (recent at time of writing: 4.0-804).

4- It also seems that you´ll have to buy a new GPU. That thing´s too old. Not to even mention the Shader Model version it supports.

[TheLastCat]

Just as DJBarry wrote, you need a powerful cpu to play dolphin at decent speeds. If you still wish to try, you may use the recent builds (4.0) with either the OpenGL or DirectX11 backends.

[NaturalViolence]

You need an entirely new PC. Every single component in that system is likely grossly outdated.

[TheLastCat]

NV is right, your hardware is going to have a bad time running Dolphin. If you have some money to spare, consider purchasing a new computer with an Intel Core i5 K series processor and a decent card like the Nvidia GTX 650 Ti. Oh and a motherboard capable of overclocking the CPU.

[admin89]

New budget PC for Dolphin :
Gigabyte H81M(68$)
Intel Core i3 4330 @ 3.5GHz with Intel HD 4600 (140$)
Corsair Carbide Series 200R case , USB 3.0 (60$)
EVGA 430W Power Supply (35$)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600MHz (45$)
I'm pretty sure a Pentium 4 PC always come with IDE hard drive which will not work with modern mobo . You definitely need a SATA HDD :
WD OEM drive 1TB (67$)

Total cost : 415$

P.S : Intel HD 4600 has been confirmed that it's good enough for 2.5x Internal Resolution (1600x1320) , no AA , 16x AF . i3 4130 @ 3.4GHz is on par with i5 3570k @ 4.4GHz (See Dolphin Benchmark here) , i3 4330 is faster than i3 4130 in both CPU and GPU performance (Intel HD 4600 vs Intel HD 4400) . There is no doubt that this CPU will run most games full speed

[kinkinkijkin]

(02-07-2014, 03:46 PM)admin89 Wrote: I'm pretty sure a Pentium 4 PC always come with IDE hard drive which will not work with modern mobo . You definitely need a SATA HDD :
WD OEM drive 1TB (67$)

This isn't correct; pretty much every motherboard I had in consideration for my re-mobo-ing had two IDE ports on them, and I doubt that would be much different on the intel side of things.

Then again, the intel side of things has socket covers.

EDIT: HOT DARN ONLY TWO?

EDIT AGAIN: You also forgot to link a power supply. It is not ever recommended to run on an old or cheap power supply; both are dangerous. A mixture of the two and you're pretty much asking for death.

[NaturalViolence]

I find that strange. I haven't seen a motherboard with ANY IDE ports in years. I mean obviously they still exist because there are people who need them and therefore motherboard manufacturers will capitlize off this by offering specialized models but it's certainly not common anymore. Besides even if you could find one why go through the hassle to use an interface that delivers poor performance and is not supported by modern HDD/SSD?

Admin did link a power supply and it is both new and from a good brand.

[kinkinkijkin]

(02-10-2014, 10:34 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: I find that strange. I haven't seen a motherboard with ANY IDE ports in years. I mean obviously they still exist because there are people who need them and therefore motherboard manufacturers will capitlize off this by offering specialized models but it's certainly not common anymore. Besides even if you could find one why go through the hassle to use an interface that delivers poor performance and is not supported by modern HDD/SSD?

Admin did link a power supply and it is both new and from a good brand.

Sorry to say it, but brand doesn't mean shit with power supplies. EVGA doesn't have a factory for their PSUs; they get it from another company, and slap "EVGA" on it. AND, hardly any company stays to one OEM, EVGA is not one of them.

Judging by the fact that I asked some actual PSU experts about that very same PSU, no, it is NOT a good power supply, by any means.

[NaturalViolence]

That maybe true but you can't deny the fact that PSUs from certain brands are almost always consistently good or consistently bad depending on the brand with few exceptions. Some companies care more about how much their PSUs cost and some care more about quality. Regardless of where the actual unit comes from.

Please tell us what these "PSU experts" have said about this PSU (don't forget to quote a source). I for one am curious to know.