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Anybody know much about Dolphin?
I have a basic gaming PC which I use to play legal game dumps of my own games at 3 x internal resolution with a mayflash dolphin bar. The spec is as follows:
I3 7100 CPU (3.9ghz)
1050 TI GPU
8GB RAM
To get even better performance from Dolphin & maybe use some of the HD Textures I think I need to upgrade the CPU. I was considering an I5 7600 (3.5 ghz) but have 2 questions:
1) Will the lower base clock give me worse performance as I understand that Dolphin just uses 2 cores/
2) The I5 can turbo boost up to 4.1ghz, can Dolphin utilise this boost?
Last edited by paulus; 04-10-2018, 14:08.
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Originally posted by paulus View PostAnybody know much about Dolphin?
I have a basic gaming PC which I use to play legal game dumps of my own games at 3 x internal resolution with a mayflash dolphin bar. The spec is as follows:
I3 7100 CPU (3.9ghz)
1050 TI GPU
8GB RAM
To get even better performance from Dolphin & maybe use some of the HD Textures I think I need to upgrade the CPU. I was considering an I5 7600 (3.5 ghz) but have 2 questions:
1) Will the lower base clock give me worse performance as I understand that Dolphin just uses 2 cores/
2) The I5 can turbo boost up to 4.1ghz, can Dolphin utilise this boost?
3DS FC (updated 2015): 0447-8108-3129
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I'm getting some minor "pre gameplay sound stutter" but it sorts itself out when the action starts? Graphically there's very smooth gameplay with even the harder to emulate games e.g SMG 1+2 @ 3x internal resolution. However I'd like to jump up from 720P Res to 1080P and turn on lots of the CPU intensive enhancements. Not tried any texture packs yet.
It seems Dolphin quite likes my high clockspeed dual core CPU and Im worried that upgrading to a more expensive i5 or i7 could actually make Dolphin less effective?
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Originally posted by Brad View PostQuestion to all:
Do you think about whether you can justify playing a game you haven't paid for? Or do you not even think about it? If you do think about it what criteria do you use to justify your decisions?
Her concern is more about my going to prison(Japan is pretty darn strict about piracy) but it still means I can't simply download something and play it
We got a Wii a few years ago and I bought a couple of cheap games but downloaded others. I also bought a Wii-U recently and have bought three games on it(SM3D and W101, and DS Brain Training for hacking!), but I downloaded MK8, Nintendoland and a few others. I do think it's wrong and I can't really justify it at all.
If it's a retro game, my conscience is a bit clearer. I feel more guilty about playing a retro ROM that's available to buy in some form, even if it's at a silly price. I don't go on about how I'm not losing the company any money etc etc, but I'm still playing a game I don't have the legal right to play.
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Originally posted by paulus View PostI'm getting some minor "pre gameplay sound stutter" but it sorts itself out when the action starts? Graphically there's very smooth gameplay with even the harder to emulate games e.g SMG 1+2 @ 3x internal resolution. However I'd like to jump up from 720P Res to 1080P and turn on lots of the CPU intensive enhancements. Not tried any texture packs yet.
It seems Dolphin quite likes my high clockspeed dual core CPU and Im worried that upgrading to a more expensive i5 or i7 could actually make Dolphin less effective?3DS FC (updated 2015): 0447-8108-3129
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Originally posted by wakka View PostAmazing that we have people in this thread actually trying to justify nicking new, current games. Mad.
And to think, the mods used to get their knickers in a right twist if anyone posted scans of Famitsu or whatever.Last edited by endo; 07-10-2018, 23:02.
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Originally posted by paulus View PostI'm getting some minor "pre gameplay sound stutter" but it sorts itself out when the action starts?
Your PC is more than enough to run Dolphin
It wouldn't surprise me if you are still using the OpenGL backend as that is the default (or at least it used to be) You could try changing it to Vulkan for better performance. Or DX11 if you are on windows, but it's not as well optimized as Vulkan.
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Here’s a thing. So I’m going to put an accelerator into my Amiga 2000. I could put a 68030 in there, or I could put a vampire card in. The vampire is an FPGA implementation of a 68000 based processor and is massively quicker than and real 68060 even. But, at that point I’m basically running an emulator aren’t I? I mean they’re talking about putting AGA support in there, emulating custom chips. I may as well get a mist FPGA box. Am I overthinking this?
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