current:
2core amd 2.3ghz
boring old mobo
ati radeon hd 4550
2 gb 555mhz ram
250w psu
2x 320 gb hd's
New(1-3 months till completion):
4core amd 3.4ghz
gigabyte mobo am3,usb 3.0,and ddr3,extra 128 mb for acellerated 3d performance(built in radeon hd 42XX gpu)
ati radeon HD 4550(will be combined with mobo gpu for more speed)
2x 2gb ddr3 1333mhz
550-700w psu
2x 320 hd raid 1= 320gb backup(system)
2x 250 hd raid 0= 500gb double speed(gaming, faster loading times)
---New system just needs the psu and 2x 250 gb hds till completion---
Ok so right now on my current system i get 50% speed on r6477 with the dolphin video merge [broken] plugin on 640x480 resolution
Will i be able to play games full speed on 720p on my new computer?
Will this be acheiveable on 2 player aswell?
Games i play
mario kart double dash
mario kart wii
super mario galaxy 1+2
mario party 4
new super mario bros
I have looked around (quite a bit) and found mixed reviews about what performance you can get. I think it would be helpfull to have a chart the could show your basic performance for a certain game on a certain speed and core amount so everyone can get the idea. Also just checking, does dolphin support 4 cores or just two(been getting mixed reveiws on that aswell).
I think its amazing how far this emulator has come, 5 years nonstop pretty good. 3-D play is also amazing.
Thankyou for your help.
Quote:I think it would be helpfull to have a chart the could show your basic performance for a certain game on a certain speed and core amount so everyone can get the idea.
Such a chart would be impossible to make since their are dozens of hardware factors that affect dolphins performance. Memory bandwidth, vdram bandwidth, gpu shader throughput, etc. Performance per clock is also very different between different cpu architectures and nearly all settings affect performance as well. Which revision you are using also affects performance a lot. You see their are simply to many factors to take into account to do something like that.
Quote:Also just checking, does dolphin support 4 cores or just two(been getting mixed reveiws on that aswell).
Only 2.
Quote:ati radeon HD 4550(will be combined with mobo gpu for more speed)
You can't do that. You can use one or the other.
Also for future reference when you are listing your specs you should list the specific cpu instead of just the core count and clock rate so we know what artchitecture it is. Different architectures have massively different ipc (instructions per clock). I'm guessing from what you listed that your old cpu is an athlon X2 and your new cpu is a phenom II.
As for your questions about performance. Your new cpu should do fine but you will need a better video card. I recommend you pick up a 5750 or higher if you want to with ati or a 450 or higher if you want to go with nvidia.
Quote:I think its amazing how far this emulator has come, 5 years nonstop pretty good.
This emulator is only 3 years old.....
really on google code it said it has been around for 5 years running?, maybe wii has been supported for 3 years idk?
yea its a phenom ii 965 black edition
so i can only use half of my power on dolphin since it only uses 2 cores, or will two cores combine so i can use all for?
so the grafics card will hold my speed back the most?
oh and the mobo and addon grafics card are both ati radeon so they can use x/crossfire technology, not sure if u meant it wont work for dolphin
Quote:so i can only use half of my power on dolphin since it only uses 2 cores, or will two cores combine so i can use all for?
yes, dolphin will just utilize 2 cores if you enable dual core. 4, 6, 12 or whatever higher amount of cores wont help, it's the processor architecture that matters
Quote:oh and the mobo and addon grafics card are both ati radeon so they can use x/crossfire technology, not sure if u meant it wont work for dolphin
no nv's right. You can only crossfire two discrete graphics cards using a physical crossfire bridge. A motherboard just has a chip integrated into the mobo
p.s.
dolphin is a gamecube emulator, and ector started it 6-7 years ago, but it later got support for wii & triforce and went open source
It's better than mine lol, it should be able to run most things (with low settings =) )
Quote:dolphin is a gamecube emulator, and ector started it 6-7 years ago, but it later got support for wii & triforce and went open source
I know ector started it that long ago but when did he actually release the first version publicly? I also know that it went opensource 2.5 years ago which is when the googlecode page for the project was made.
Quote:so the grafics card will hold my speed back the most?
Unless you plan to run it at 640 x 480 resolution with ssaa, per-pixel lighting, and efb scale all off then yes.
Quote:really on google code it said it has been around for 5 years running?, maybe wii has been supported for 3 years idk?
You're looking at the 5 year activity chart. If you look again you'll notice that only the second half of the chart is shaded.
ok thanks
would a msi radeon hd 5450 512mb be good
i have a 100 dollar limit for my grafics card sine i already must buy a 60 dollar psu
do you have any good ideas?
Quote:would a msi radeon hd 5450 512mb be good
No. That is equivelent to what you have now.
Quote:i have a 100 dollar limit for my grafics card sine i already must buy a 60 dollar psu
Either get a 5670 or get a used video card on ebay like a GTS250, 9800GTX, 9800GTX+, 8800GTS (G92 edition), 8800GT, 9800GT, 3870, 4770, 4830, 4850 hell you might even be able to snag a GTX 260 or 4870 if you're lucky.
Even a dirt cheap HD5570 1GB is good for up to 1440p (without anti-aliasing)
Depends on the game, resolution, and graphics plugin settings. For a lot of games running proper settings it is not sufficient for fullspeed.