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Are intel's next- gen cpu going to be powerfull enough fo a gc emulator?

Discussion in 'Nintendo Gamecube - General discussion' started by wheelstb, Apr 21, 2008.

  1. wheelstb

    wheelstb Regular member

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    Are intels new cpus like the nehalem going to be powerful enough to run gamecube emulators like the dolphin?

    i have
    e6600 @2.4
    2gb of ram
    and a 8800gts 320mb

    when i tried to fun it i got just a few frames per second


    i dont know much about emulators, just curious.
     
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    Not too sure about emulators and all but in the PC gaming world, games are more demanding on the GPU than the CPU.
     
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    With emulators, the cpu is a lot more important, as it is the one emulating a gamecube/w.e environment.
     
  4. Amaras

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    I know Dolphin can run some commercial games, but not perfectly. There are still some speed issues, which is why they say to use the best you can get. A low-end card may be able to handle it just fine. The problem is that Gamecube emulation as a whole is not entirely perfect yet. So I'm sure there are ways for GCN emus to run faster by fixing simple programming issues.
     
  5. wheelstb

    wheelstb Regular member

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    I have a 2.4ghz dualcore and Ionly got like 2 or 3 fps.
    Thats why I ask. I was hopeing quad cores will make the dolphin usable.
     
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    ps2 emulation is far from perfect, so it's not suprising the GC isn't emulated well, yet.

    as for dolphin, the website says you need to be running xp 64bit or vista 64bit for the latest build. you're probably getting single digit fps because you're most likely running a 32bit OS. it's not worth upgrading the OS to get a emulator running, unless you dual boot.
     
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    wheelstb Regular member

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    I can dual boot but I dont think I will. Just out of curriuosity what different between 32 and 64 bit?
    Thanks
     

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