What's the best graphics plugin

[Sonic riders]

Hi I just wanted to know which graphics plugin to get the best performance I don't care about speed

I want the graphics to looks like the real wii or better

[DefenderX]

Software Renderer -> OpenGL -> Direct3D11 -> Direct3D9

conclusion: Direct3D9 is the fastet and most stable grahpics backend. (btw: it's a backend, not a plugin. )

[Zee530]

Your question is all over the place
D3D9 is the fastest video backend
Change IR to change quality
1x - 480p (Real Wii)
2x - 720p
3x - 1080p
All this depends on the performance of your video card though


EDIT: Damn, edged out

[DefenderX]

with Anti-Aliasing and anisotropic filtering, you can make the quality even better.

But for AA (4xSSAA and 9xSSAA), you need a very powerful GPU.

[Sonic riders]

Ok thank you but can you tell me why OpenGL is faster than direct9
And can you tell me why direct9 is better that 11 I think that 11 is newer that 9

[DefenderX]

OpenGL isn't faster than Direct3D9...It's even slower.

and Direct3D9 is better, beacuse it's more stable than Direct3D11 (and usually faster, but more i dunno. maybe a dolphin dev knows more )

[Sonic riders]

What do you mean a very power full GPU

Ok
I have

Intel core i3 2125 or something like that 3.3ghz
Geforce520gt 1 g
4 g ram

What the best settings that I can take with more than half speed

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Thanks guys for every thing but This is the last thing I'll ask
What should I use to get the best speed and and the best performAnce

3.0 version
2.0

Or just to download the latest r version like r6151

[Zee530]

D3D9 is the fastest backend but D3D11 is actually more stable
OPs GPU is actually pretty weak, probably only handle 1x in most games

[DefenderX]

Your GPU is too weak for AA and i'm think, it's not able to run games even @ 720p (2x IR). But yeah, try it first -> http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=20712. But one thing is clear: AA? Not with this GPU

Next: Just try the newest git version of Dolphin or the official 3.0 release.

[Shonumi]

People used to say that the OGL backend was more accurate than the DirectX ones, but I have no way of verifying if that's true or not. It might have applied to Dolphin when the OGL backend was better than the DirectX, but I dunno about now. DirectX has really come a long way, actually. Still, even if it is slower than the DirectX ones, it's more than fast enough.

Also, about 3.0 vs 2.0, 2.0 will probably run faster because it emulated GC/Wii games less accurately when compared to newer Dolphin revisions. 3.0 will emulate games better, with less glitches and bugs, but it'll require more from your hardware. The latest builds will give you the most up-to-date revisions of Dolphin, but still, most of the time the emulation is more accurate, hence more power needed to get it running at full-speed.