Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

I'm getting a new PC soon. I'm looking at this one. Could that machine run Dolphin? I intend to play Metroid Prime & Metroid Prime 2 on it.

AMD FX with MP? nope.avi

Why is that?

http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=24206
Q: Could that machine run Dolphin?
A :Yes
Q : Decent speed ?
A : Nope , slow . Some games will be playable on that pc , not demanding games (Metroid Prime,Zelda SS,SMG,The Last Story ....)

Got it; I'l look for something with a Core i7.

EDIT: I'm probably going to find myself checking potential purchases here often.

If you plan on doing tasks that can use multiple cores, then go with an i7 (which are almost all quad-core) with a high turbo boost (3.3-3.5 I would say) if you want to run most games full speed with HLE audio. However, if you don't intend on doing a ton of multitasking, video decoding, etc., or plan on using the machine for Dolphin, I would get an i5 or i3 dual core, which will actually run Dolphin slightly better than a quad core i7 or i5.

Quote: I'l look for something with a Core i7.

Don't waste your money . Either :
+Speed Demon : i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz + Z77 mobo + Nvidia GTX 550 Ti or AMD 6850/6870
+Extremely Fast : i5 3450 @ 3.9GHz + same as above
+Very Fast : i3 2120 @ 3.3GHz + h61 mobo + AMD 6670 GDRR5
+Fast : Pentium Sandy Bridge G860 @ 3.0GHz + same as above

Will this one work?

Yep .

Yes. Although it would be better if you build one yourself and overclocked.