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How demanding are these games? - Oemenia - 12-20-2013
On a scale of 1-10.
Gamecube
Eternal Darkness
Killer 7
Metroid Prime 1 and 2
Paper Mario TTYD
Resident Evil
Twilight Princess
Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2
Wii
Metroid Prime 3
Metroid Other M
Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
Super Paper Mario
Xenoblade Chronicles
How can I expect to run these games? Specs in sig.
RE: How demanding are these games? - DJBarry004 - 12-20-2013
Mario Galaxies, Xenoblade: super demanding.
Overclock that CPU up to (uh, 3/3.5 GHz) and you should be good to go.
Don´t know about the others.
RE: How demanding are these games? - admin89 - 12-20-2013
You can't overclock a locked multiplier CPU . Anyway make sure you read the performance guide
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-laptop-performance-guide
RE: How demanding are these games? - Shonumi - 12-20-2013
(12-20-2013, 10:36 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: Mario Galaxies, Xenoblade: super demanding.
Yeah, no. Xenoblade Chronicles hasn't been super demanding since LLE audio was required for reasonably enjoyable gameplay. Any CPU equivalent to a 3.3~3.4GHz will run it just fine now with HLE audio. Even at that, it's nowhere near as demanding as SMG1 or 2 with LLE audio or The Last Story.
@Oceania - If you want more info, check out the Dolphin wiki to see if any of the Testing Entries have results from similarly configured hardware. I can tell you that the Metroid Prime games (all of them) are very demanding. Your hardware won't run them 100%, and might not reach enjoyable speeds. Metroid: Other M should fare better though. The Paper Mario games are fairly average in terms of being demanding.
RE: How demanding are these games? - Oemenia - 12-22-2013
Thanks for the info guys, Metroid games are the games Im most interested in but the others I would really like to play as well. Metroid 1 GC version ran smoothly on the first area but does drop frames occasionally, is OpenGL still faster for Nvidia GPUs than DX11?
Also can I expect the rest of the games to run smoothly (besides SMG 1 and 2 and Xenoblade)?
RE: How demanding are these games? - DJBarry004 - 12-22-2013
Quote:... is OpenGL still faster for Nvidia GPUs than DX11?Yes, if you enable Vertex Streaming Hack.
RE: How demanding are these games? - NaturalViolence - 12-31-2013
Depends on the game and settings. Even with VSH openGL isn't always faster.
Oemenia Wrote:Also can I expect the rest of the games to run smoothly (besides SMG 1 and 2 and Xenoblade)?
You listed a lot of games. I would be willing to wager that nobody here (in this thread) has all of them. I can tell you that MP3, MP2, MP1, SMG2, SMG1, and xenoblade are all extremely demand. TP is moderately demanding and likely won't run well either. Viewtiful joe 1/2 are very lightweight and will run well. As for the rest I cannot say as I do not have them.
RE: How demanding are these games? - DJBarry004 - 12-31-2013
(12-31-2013, 06:44 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Depends on the game and settings. Even with VSH openGL isn't always faster.Seconded the part of the Mario Galaxies and the Metroids.
Oemenia Wrote:Also can I expect the rest of the games to run smoothly (besides SMG 1 and 2 and Xenoblade)?
You listed a lot of games. I would be willing to wager that nobody here (in this thread) has all of them. I can tell you that MP3, MP2, MP1, SMG2, SMG1, and xenoblade are all extremely demand. TP is moderately demanding and likely won't run well either. Viewtiful joe 1/2 are very lightweight and will run well. As for the rest I cannot say as I do not have them.
