Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Im in the market to get a laptop soon and have been quite impressed with Dolphin and was wondering if a laptop with £500 budget can handle games at 1080p (HD mods or textures would be a bonus)

For a PC it would have to be something easy to carry between rooms and for £300 as I prefer a laptop over a PC for daily usage.

Or is worth getting the Nvidia Shield Pro, the video did look impressive and Im assuming it will improve over time? And can the Shield run Wii games that dont require a WiiMote?

Links to laptops and PC's will be really appreciated. Thanks

A mid-range gaming laptop that can handle 1080p in Dolphin will cost £800
Nvidia Shield Pro ? It's weak , most games it can run are all light-weight gamecube games and not so many games can run on it
A BTO Laptop (customizable gaming laptop) is cheaper than most OEM gaming laptop but it's superior
The cheapest BTO laptop that can run Dolphin at 1080p will cost £705
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/optimusVI-13/
CPU : must select i7 4710MQ , 4Gb of RAM for 64bit version of Dolphin which is the only version right now , Thermal Paste must be Arctic MX-4 to prevent overheating

Do you think that the shield will get further optimised? What is a intensive game on GC?

That build you recommend, can that handle HD textures also?

The thing we're talking about is an arm processor . Super poweful Tegra X blah blah blah , it's may be the best processor for your smartphone / tablet / Android TV or whatsover right now but in real world performance , it's not more powerful than a lowly i3 . You're comparing an egg to a solid rock .
Dolphin Android version is still in development , not so may games can run on it . Most game can run on it is all light-weight GC games , wii games don't work atm
Metroid Series , starfox adventures .... are all intensive games (Of cource , there are many more intensive GC games )

Quote:That build you recommend, can that handle HD textures also?

It can handle anything you throw at it

Thanks, can you suggest a of build I'm the smallest case as possible (htpc?)as it will be moved from room to room on a strict budget

This system will be as small as your NES
Silverstone Sugo Mini ITX - £27.66
German wellknown brand "be quiet"300W 80 plus SFX form factor　- £43.56
Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 OC - £90.43
i7 4790k in disguise "Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition " - £50.78
Thermal Paste Arctic MX-4 - £5.28
Asrock Z97E with Japanese Platinum "Nichicon" Caps and top of the line onboard audio - £115.16
Corsair Memory Vengeance Blue 2x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz - £40.56
WD Red 1TB 2.5" NAS drive 7200rpm - £56.75
Total Cost : £430
All you have to do is to push that G3258 to 4.5GHz . Remember , if you want 100% safe OC , do not set Vcore higher than 1.35V
If you think OC is too hard for you , Asrock has Xboost option , just turn the PC on and press "X" immediately

Thank you very much for this build but I have a few questions.
Firstly I haven't built a PC for over 15 years, would it be difficult especially with the thermal paste?
Wouldn't it be better to have an ssd although smaller capacity
Isn't a quad core CPU better? Must this CPU be over clocked or can it run fine on default speed?
How will the power consumption be compared to a ps3?

Edit: what about coolers?
Edit2: what about a dedicated gfx card?

Sorry for all the questions

Thermal paste ? I tend to place a pea sized dab and then place the heat sink on top with a little jiggle

Quote:Wouldn't it be better to have an ssd although smaller capacity

If you already have an external drive for storing data then just buy a SSD instead

Quote:Isn't a quad core CPU better? Must this CPU be over clocked or can it run fine on default speed?

For Dolphin , you have to overclock
Dolphin is a dual core application . A quad core CPu will not be better for your pocket
See the benchmark yourself :
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-un...un-30-2015
Scoring:
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"A" - Total time of 4:30 or less. Your CPU is fast enough to run the most demanding titles at full speed *, including double-speed mods with WS AR patches and virtual CPU overclock.
"B" - Total time of 6:00 or less. Your CPU should be enough for full speed * in the more demanding titles, with a few exceptions.
"C" - Total time of 8:30 or less. Your CPU is good for (full speed * in) all the "medium" titles.
"D" - Total time of 11:00 or less. Your CPU is good only for the "light" stuff.

* "Full Speed" in this benchmark means full speed all the time (without dips, even in the most demanding parts), not "full speed most of the time" or "full speed half of the time".

Results:
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"A"
Core i7-4790K @ 5.0 GHz = 3:47
Core i7-4790K @ 4.9 GHz = 3:54
Core i7-4790K @ 4.7 GHz = 4:03
Core i5-4670K @ 4.4 GHz = 4:16
Pentium G3258 @ 4.6 GHz = 4:25

"B"
Pentium G3258 @ 4.5 GHz = 4:35
Core i7-4790K @ 4.4 GHz = 4:49
Pentium G3258 @ 4.2 GHz = 5:02
Core i5-4690K @ 3.5 GHz??? = 5:21
Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.4 GHz = 5:33
Core i5-4670K @ 3.8 GHz = 5:36

"C"
Pentium G3258 @ 3.2 GHz = 6:13
Core i5-4440 @ 3.1 GHz = 6:25
Pentium G3220 @ 3.0 GHz = 6:38
Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz = 7:02
Core i5-2500 @ 3.3 GHz = 7:17
Core i7-960 @ 4.0 GHz = 7:18
Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.4 GHz = 7:32
Core i3-4330T @ 3.0 GHz = 7:34
Core i5-750 @ 3.7 GHz = 7:45
Athlon II X2 280 @ 4.1 GHz = 8:25

"D"
Core i7-960 @ 3.2 GHz = 9:09
Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.5 GHz = 9:27
Xeon E5440 @ 3.6 GHz = 9:43
Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.8 GHz = 10:23

Quote:Edit: what about coolers?

As long as you don't go mad and push it over 4.6GHz , aftermarket cooler isn't necessary . Testers confirmed that G3258 @ 4.6GHz is ok with stock cooler

Quote:How will the power consumption be compared to a ps3?

Less power consumption for sure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStatio...onsumption
So basically , a PS3 consume around 250-380W
Edit : misread it , 120-200W . So PS3 is better
G3258 @ 4.5GHz + R7 360 + RAM + mobo + HDD + 2 fans = 253W
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine ( R7 360 = 100W , GTX 750 = 55W)
If you care about power consumption , just grab GTX 750 instead of R7 360 , you will save 45W

Quote:what about a dedicated gfx card?

what are you talking about ? If R7 360 wasn't a dedicated GPU , what would it be?

Thats the smallest case that can fit the components you listed?
Same cpuu? http://www.ebuyer.com/645548-intel-penti...tAodo7wHaw
Sorry my bad read on the motherboard about onboard gfx and missed the Radeon R7 you listed. Why did you recommend this over nvidia which seems to be better or is it because of my budget? The alternative GTX 750 you mentioned, is this better in performance? (Its better in power consumption right?)
The ssd will boot the machine faster than the other drive you listed?

Thank you for your time
Since its a gaming pc, im assuming it can play 1080p mkv videos with ease? no overclocking?
And is there a way to get an infrared port for using a remote?

R7 360 is 7% faster than GTX 750

Quote:The ssd will boot the machine faster than the other drive you listed?

There is no HDD can beat SSD .

Quote: Since its a gaming pc, im assuming it can play 1080p mkv videos with ease? no overclocking?

Some games require overclocking to run at full speed . Playing video at 1080p ? What's that ? Even my weak tablet can do that

Quote:And is there a way to get an infrared port for using a remote

You will have to choose another case , Case like that is ussually bigger than Silver Stone Sugo