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RE: Thought Experiment: The Best Possible Specs for Dolphin - DatKid20 - 06-14-2014
I wonder if being at 6x ir will make a big difference in Vram usage. We need someone with a GTX 780(ti) or someone with a R9-290(x) to figure this out.
RE: Thought Experiment: The Best Possible Specs for Dolphin - kinkinkijkin - 06-15-2014
I can test that with my 5770 once I have Afterburner set up. I've never seen it reach 1GB on my card with my really intense Wind Waker settings (5xIR 4xAF 2xAA + hi-res textures), so it probably doesn't go far enough to need more than 1GB.
RE: Thought Experiment: The Best Possible Specs for Dolphin - DatKid20 - 06-15-2014
Hnn. How does Dolphin not use a lot of Vram when games like Skyrim would easily use over 2gb of vram with High res textures at 4k and Anti Aliasing? I think we may need a Dolphin Developer to help us with this Experiment.
RE: Thought Experiment: The Best Possible Specs for Dolphin - kinkinkijkin - 06-15-2014
Dolphin does not store very much in VRAM. A lot of stuff that would be stored on VRAM for a PC game either doesn't exist, or is stored on system RAM. Of course, some games use more VRAM than others, but it doesn't get too much farther than 1GB.
RE: Thought Experiment: The Best Possible Specs for Dolphin - AnyOldName3 - 06-15-2014
The main reason is basically that the Wii uses unified memory, so the CPU can change things that would normally be in VRAM on a PC. This means that things often need to be streamed to the GPU as and when needed in case they've been changed.
RE: Thought Experiment: The Best Possible Specs for Dolphin - DragonFireXY - 06-15-2014
(06-14-2014, 05:39 PM)DatKid20 Wrote: I wonder if being at 6x ir will make a big difference in Vram usage. We need someone with a GTX 780(ti) or someone with a R9-290(x) to figure this out.I know a guy on youtube who has a 4770k and a GTX 780 who uses dolphin at 4k!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XsG-2RojCY
RE: Thought Experiment: The Best Possible Specs for Dolphin - DatKid20 - 06-15-2014
(06-15-2014, 10:03 AM)DragonFireXY Wrote:(06-14-2014, 05:39 PM)DatKid20 Wrote: I wonder if being at 6x ir will make a big difference in Vram usage. We need someone with a GTX 780(ti) or someone with a R9-290(x) to figure this out.I know a guy on youtube who has a 4770k and a GTX 780 who uses dolphin at 4k!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XsG-2RojCY
Already seen his videos. I could probably just ask him on one of his videos.
RE: Thought Experiment: The Best Possible Specs for Dolphin - mforan - 07-03-2014
(06-10-2014, 07:54 AM)DatKid20 Wrote: 780ti? That overpriced POS? I would honestly rather have a r9-290. It has a waaaaay better price to performance ratio and has more video memory bandwith. (If you thought i meant R9-290x just no. That is also a overprice POS.)
I can attest to this. I just built a new computer last month with the R9-290 and it runs like a beast. Liquid cooling and two fans anyone?