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Is my PC good enough ? - siizee - 03-19-2012
My PC:
Win7 64 bit
intel E8200 - DualCore 2,66GHz
nVidia GTS250
3,5 DDR2 RAM
I guess my GPU and CPU is too weak for a decent FPS. But im not sure.
fyi, I wanted to play Monster Hunter Tri on Dolphin, but I cant see anywhere that this is compatible. Still, there are a lot of Videos on youtube about MH tri with a really nice FPS and graphic on Dolphin.
Thanks for your answers
RE: Is my PC good enough ? - admin89 - 03-20-2012
PC gaming and emulation are different
PC gaming is GPU (video card) intensive while emulation is CPU intensive
Buy aftermarket cooler then overclock it to 3.4Ghz
Edit : Get aftermarket thermal compound as well
RE: Is my PC good enough ? - siizee - 03-20-2012
Yea stupid from me, I updated my post
Do you think this will change a lot to overclock the CPU ?
I already thought of buying a new cpu....i5 or i7
RE: Is my PC good enough ? - admin89 - 03-20-2012
25~30 FPS
Pal : 25 or 50FPS max
NTSC : 30 or 60FPS max
Some games are locked at 25/30 FPS
If you want to buy new CPU :
Low budget : Pentium Sandy Bridge G860 @ 3.0Ghz + Z68 motherboard (It's equivalent to heavy overclocked Core 2 duo @ 3.8Ghz,you can upgrade to Ivy Bridge i5 i7 later)
Mid : i3 2120 @3.3Ghz + Z68 mobo
High : i5 2500k + Z68 mobo , overclock that beast to 4.5Ghz for The Last Story , Mario Galaxy + LLE backend ....
i7 is pretty much the same performance btw