Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

I did some browsing of the forum and I have so far been unable to find a clear answer to this question. I'm interested in building an emulator box (building it into an old NES). I want to be able to play Gamecube games (any one theoretically) but no interest in emulating Wii games. I assume I don't need as powerful of a processor/GPU for this, correct?

One of the mobos I was looking at had a built in Atom N330. Would this be enough to handle gamecube games? If not, can you recommend something that would handle it (given very tight space requirements).

If anyone has done something similar your recommendations would be very much appreciated!

Thanks!

The necessary components don't really have much to do with the console, but mostly with the games. Twilight Princess on the GameCube, for example, requires a powerful CPU (preferably an i3/i5 third gen dual core @ 3.6 GHz or so at turbo).

Some games may be more intense than that. The only real way to get full speed in almost every game out there is to get an i5 3570K and an aftermarket cooler so you can overclock to 4.2GHz. That should work for any GameCube game I could think of and is probably overkill, but some of the more demanding GC games might need it.

Any i3/i5/i7 @ 2.5GHz or higher will be fine for most GC games (if you pair it with a decent GPU)
If you don't have money for GPU , you could wait for AMD APU trinity (A10 5800k) or buy APU Llano A8 3870k
F Zero GX and some other GC games are demanding , those games require an overclocked i5 2500k or i5 3570k

(10-01-2012, 11:37 AM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Any i3/i5/i7 @ 2.5GHz or higher will be fine for most GC games (if you pair it with a decent GPU)
If you don't have money for GPU , you could wait for AMD APU trinity (A10 5800k) or buy APU Llano A8 3870k
F Zero GX and some other GC games are demanding , those games require an overclocked i5 2500k or i5 3570k

Most, yes, but some popular ones have speed issues.

---

http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread...ject+Build

This thread might help you out some.

That thread won't help him . NES case is small , a mini-itx mobo might fit it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157310
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819116775
Edit : Changed H77 -> B75

(10-01-2012, 11:51 AM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]That thread won't help him . NES case is small , a mini-itx mobo might fit it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157311
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819116775

Those look like good choices.

Personally I would ditch the NES case idea. Doesn't seem quite as nice as what SN3S set up.

Thanks guys!

Unfortunately the NES box is kind of a sticking point (the inspiration for the project). I've built plenty of gaming, office and HTPCs and I really want to tackle a custom emulator box like this. This means that a GPU is probably unlikely and a mITX board definitely necessary.

The A8-3870k and 3850 look awesome! I was also reading about the A10 and since they appear to be coming out in the next week or so I can definitely wait on that.

Do you think the A10 5800k could handle most gamecube games? (it says it is a Radeon HD 7660D)

I'm not familiar with most AMD IGPs, but a dedicated GPU is a must if you want to run GameCube games full speed even at native resolution. Which one, idk. AMD GPUs are foreign to me; NVIDIA is more familiar.

(10-01-2012, 03:03 PM)Crowtservo Wrote: [ -> ]Do you think the A10 5800k could handle most gamecube games? (it says it is a Radeon HD 7660D)

Most games will be playable with 1x Internal Resolution (480p)

(10-01-2012, 11:58 AM)Axxer Wrote: [ -> ]Personally I would ditch the NES case idea. Doesn't seem quite as nice as what SN3S set up.

I disagree. The NES case is really nice. Very old-school but nice. Looks like old 70's-80's systems. SNES case has a modern style not very different from actual systems.
Just a few pictures I found by googgling :

The original system


Some crazy ideas but excellent