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Nebetsu

11-03-2009, 06:03 AM
Just curious. Tongue

James333

11-03-2009, 06:17 AM
no, It would be the hell for the devs

Dolphin uses one core for the CPU , another for the GPU and there is not anything left so...

Nebetsu

11-03-2009, 06:49 AM
This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU? Tongue

nosound97

11-03-2009, 06:50 AM
There was planned third core for LLE sound, but since everything works with HLE plugin... Tongue

Spreading Dolphin to 4 cores will only slow things down and it's a pain in the ass to code everything again for quad core
(11-03-2009, 06:49 AM)Nebetsu Wrote: [ -> ]This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU? Tongue

It uses GPU, but just not much as CPU

Nebetsu

11-03-2009, 07:05 AM
(11-03-2009, 06:50 AM)nosound97 Wrote: [ -> ]There was planned third core for LLE sound, but since everything works with HLE plugin... Tongue

Spreading Dolphin to 4 cores will only slow things down and it's a pain in the ass to code everything again for quad core
(11-03-2009, 06:49 AM)Nebetsu Wrote: [ -> ]This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU? Tongue

It uses GPU, but just not much as CPU

I still have sound problems from time to time. If a VS match goes too long in Brawl, some of the sounds don't work. Tongue

ector

11-04-2009, 12:50 AM
(11-03-2009, 06:49 AM)Nebetsu Wrote: [ -> ]This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU? Tongue

we do but we need a lot of CPU power to translate the gamecube GPU commands to PC API calls.

Nebetsu

11-04-2009, 03:46 AM
(11-04-2009, 12:50 AM)ector Wrote: [ -> ]
(11-03-2009, 06:49 AM)Nebetsu Wrote: [ -> ]This may be way above my head, but I'll ask anyways: Why don't they use the GPU as a GPU? Tongue

we do but we need a lot of CPU power to translate the gamecube GPU commands to PC API calls.

Is that because the GPU on the Wii has a completely different architecture?

ector

11-04-2009, 08:19 PM
yes.

blackrack

11-04-2009, 08:59 PM
(11-04-2009, 08:19 PM)ector Wrote: [ -> ]yes.

yeeeeesss

Nebetsu

11-05-2009, 06:10 AM
(11-04-2009, 08:59 PM)blackrack Wrote: [ -> ]
(11-04-2009, 08:19 PM)ector Wrote: [ -> ]yes.

yeeeeesss

I think he was saying yes to me asking: "Is that because the GPU on the Wii has a completely different architecture?"
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