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+--- Thread: Linux or Windows? (/Thread-linux-or-windows)
Linux or Windows? - pie6nin - 05-03-2010
I've been experementing with your emulator for quite some time after whacking my Wii with a wrench constantly to get it to run the bloody disc dumper software. I've been experimenting with the SVN revisions and whatnot, and, well, here's my question.
Speed-wise, should I use Ubuntu 10 or Windows Vista? Here's my specs:
Nvidia 8600 GT, factory OCed,
AMD Athlon X2 @ 2.4 ghz,
and I don't think it matters but a tiny little 100gb HD.
Also, my graphics card handles OpenGL better then DirectX.
RE: Linux or Windows? - NaturalViolence - 05-03-2010
Dolphin on windows is far better than dolphin on linux.
RE: Linux or Windows? - skid - 05-03-2010
The fastest platform for dolphin is Windows x64 currently. Linux x64 and Mac OSX have been hampered by the paired instructions JIT not working correctly. Windows XP is missing a memory exception handler which slows down the emulator in certain situations too.
RE: Linux or Windows? - pie6nin - 05-04-2010
Gotcha, thanks. I'm currently running on Vista x86 but sooner or later I'm going to get a bigger HD and Win7 x64