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Hi there, I can run PS2 @ 2xnative res (1024x1024) with full 60fps on all games i've tried, same with dolphin gamecube. Only tried 2 games on the Wii side - Monster Hunter Tri which yoyo's between 45-60fps and Mario Kart which is always constant 60fps SPECS: 2nd gen i3 @ 3.4ghz 4gig DDR3 @ 1333 Radeon HD5750 1gig GDDR5 EDIT - XP SP3. I'm running Dolphin smoothly - all the Gamecube games work fine (gotta love Super Mario Sunshine). The only Wii game I've tried is Super Mario Kart which works fine mostly and is certainly playable but might be a couple fps short. I run dolphin at 1280x720 currently. My htpc is: AMD Phenom Triple Core 8750 2.41Ghz 4Gb RAM ASUS M3A78-PRO motherboard w/on-board ATI Radeon 3200 HD w/HDMI Win 7 64bit My PCSX2 PS2 games barely are playable at Native res- but things like GTA San Andreas look awesome at 4X res even without AA turned on - but like 5fps when set like that.

So I just bought a very cheap AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 Ghz CPU chip off amazon and hope that helps when it arrives. If not I might buy a MSI Geforce 660 Ti card to giveit some 3D grunt and let me play all the games at 1920x1080. Think that'll work? It's really just the PS2 games that need a boost. Dreamcast & PS1 work fine w my current setup. Can't wait to play We Love Katamari in ultra high-res. On my i7 2600k with GTX 560 pretty much every Wii/Gamecube games works fine though there are few games that no current system will play at a decent speed.

I recently built a small media HTPC and used an i5 760 and GTX 460 this handles most games fine but there are quite a few that it struggles with: Mario Galaxy 1 Mario Galaxy 2 Donkey Kong Country Returns I'm just shy of full speed on those 3 usually about 55fps instead of 60fps but does dip to 50 so not ideal. I think if I overclocked the CPU I could hit full speed but I have it in such a small box that there's just not enough room for a decent cooler. I have an old Core2Duo E8500 with a ArcadeVGA and it handles Mario Kart Wii perfectly fine so there really is quite a mix of hardware supported. My htpc is: AMD Phenom Triple Core 8750 2.41Ghz 4Gb RAM ASUS M3A78-PRO motherboard w/on-board ATI Radeon 3200 HD w/HDMI Win 7 64bit. I just bought a very cheap AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 Ghz CPU chip Don't mean to hijack, but do you guys think an AMD quad core 3.4Ghz cpu will be noticeably faster for emus like Dolphin & PCSX2? Or does it all boil down to GPU? And if so a Geforce 660 Ti will kill that onboard ATI 3200 HD - right?

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Just trying not to buy the gfx card unless have to- still waiting on the cpu to arrive. Ethics And The Conduct Of Business 7th Edition Pptv. Don't mean to hijack, but do you guys think an AMD quad core 3.4Ghz cpu will be noticeably faster for emus like Dolphin & PCSX2? Or does it all boil down to GPU? And if so a Geforce 660 Ti will kill that onboard ATI 3200 HD - right?

Just trying not to buy the gfx card unless have to- still waiting on the cpu to arrive. From my experience I've found PCSX2 to be a bit more power hungry than Dolphin.

If I had to choose between spending a bit more on CPU or GPU, it's going to be CPU every time for the purposes of these emulators. That's not to say that the GPU isn't important, but great looking graphics aren't going too mean much if they're running at 30 FPS. Having said that, Draco is absolutely right that using onboard graphics will likely cause a bottle neck with these demanding emulators. Here are some guides that might be helpful.

I tend to use PCSX2 system requirements as the benchmark since as I mentioned it seems to require a bit more horsepower than Dolphin. Both emulators have similar recommendations in terms of supported CPU instruction sets, so beyond that it becomes a question of how much power you're pushing through the CPU (The number of cores is a secondary concern since PCSX2 is only going to use three cores at max and even then only when you're using a specific speed hack. Most of the time it will only use two cores). Maybe this is your opportunity to get into some overclocking. (I couldn't find more current requirements than this as the Dolphin web site seems to be a bit flaky ATM). If I had to choose between spending a bit more on CPU or GPU, it's going to be CPU every time for the purposes of these emulators.

Can't agree more. Always spend as much as you can afford getting the best CPU for you money, GPUs come and go, you can easily pop one out and stick in a better one later as new models come out and force the price down on old models. The CPU on the other hand, you're pretty much stuck with the CPU as replacing it will generally mean a new motherboard and even new ram as well. You definitely want to avoid on board graphics though but a 660 way more than you need for emulation. I was running my 460 on my i7 2600k gaming rig before upgrading to the 560 but I don't notice any difference at all in Dolphin, Battlefield 3 on the other hand is silky smooth with the 560. Remember your GPU can only work as fast as the CPU can send data to it.