(07-01-2014, 04:57 PM)artantaaa Wrote: The CPU is more important than the GPU. Your 610 will suffice unless you want to increase the resolution quite a bit. If I was going to buy a budget system that could run Dolphin right now, I would get a G3220 and a cheap 1150 motherboard. You would have no trouble running lightweight games at full speed with this. Of course, a 4690K will give you much better performance, and allow you to run almost any game at full speed, but it would be much more expensive.
Hmm, unfortunately the games I do want to run (Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Metroid Prime, Mario Galaxy 2) I think are classified as beyond lightweight, and I do want to increase the resolution to 1080p. Funny thing is, I actually own a Wii and copies of all the games I want to play, the problem is that I have no TV, and while my monitor does have component inputs the upscaling is so atrocious that text is illegible and games almost unplayable. I thought hardware improvements would be cheaper than buying a new TV set (and come with fringe benefits, but this is the main reason).
I'm surprised to see the recommendation for the Pentium G3220. Is a dual-core $60 Pentium really ahead of a Core 2 Quad now? I assumed the realistic options were the i5 and i7 ranges.