Also keep in mind that dolphin is not able to magically increase the amount of polygons displayed in the scene. However, it definitely looks better compared to a Wii.
Quote:As the man before me said, 3d can be output in any resolution and it will not lose its quality ever. However textures and images aka 2d material can only be upscaled from their original resolution.
Be careful how you use the word texture.
I should also point out that at higher resolution although the same geometries and textures are used they are sampled at a higher resolution internally. Coverage, depth, texture, and color samples need to be taken for each and every fragment before fragment shaders.