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Required video card for gamecube - Guigui4731 - 09-07-2016
Hello all,
I have Dolphin 5.0 on my computer, I mainly play to GC games like Mario Kart.
With my actual config, I can play single player without Any issue. But when playing 2 players, The game slows and it is very uncomfortable.
My config is the following one:
Win7 home premium 64bits
Intel i5 4570 3,2GHz 6Mo cache
Intel hd graphic 4600
8Go RAM DDR3 1600 MHz
I think I need a video card but I don't know which one I have to choose.
Is a card like ASUS GeForce GT710 1Go is enough to run most of GC games? Else, what should I choose?
Many thanks
Guigui4731
RE: Required video card for gamecube - KHg8m3r - 09-08-2016
The GT 710 is worse than your Hd4600
RE: Required video card for gamecube - ExtremeDude2 - 09-08-2016
(09-08-2016, 12:51 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: The GT 710 is worse than your Hd4600
Debatably, but even so definitely not worth it.
RE: Required video card for gamecube - admin89 - 09-08-2016
You can get a used HD 7750 for 15->$30 on ebay and it will be like 10 times faster than that GT 710 .
If you don't like used stuff then the GTX 750ti ($100) should be fine for 1080p
RE: Required video card for gamecube - mstreurman - 09-08-2016
(09-07-2016, 10:18 PM)Guigui4731 Wrote: Hello all,
I have Dolphin 5.0 on my computer, I mainly play to GC games like Mario Kart.
With my actual config, I can play single player without Any issue. But when playing 2 players, The game slows and it is very uncomfortable.
My config is the following one:
Win7 home premium 64bits
Intel i5 4570 3,2GHz 6Mo cache
Intel hd graphic 4600
8Go RAM DDR3 1600 MHz
I think I need a video card but I don't know which one I have to choose.
Is a card like ASUS GeForce GT710 1Go is enough to run most of GC games? Else, what should I choose?
Many thanks
Guigui4731
That videocard is rubbish... even your Intel HD Graphic 4600 is faster: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2910&cmp[]=2451
RE: Required video card for gamecube - Guigui4731 - 09-08-2016
Thanks for your answers,
By the way, I probably only play to Mario Kart DD. Is the HD 4600 enough to play at 720p ?
I expected to spend not much money in a video card just for one game.
If you think it is only settings issue, I'll try to make it run better, if not I'll look for a used card.
Do you have some review on the skylabe intel hd 530 ? For the same objective but on a new config.
Thanks
RE: Required video card for gamecube - admin89 - 09-08-2016
You can use Intel XTU - > Advanced Tuning -> Set both Multiplier of all cores and Processor Cache Ratio = max value (should be 38 or sth) . By doing this , you can unlock 2 pins and make your CPU run at 3.8GHz