My GF laptop...

[crhylove]

... Still won't play any wii games at full speed. It's a pretty decent laptop, too, and I installed MicroXP to get the most performance out of it (and yes, also installed the latest directx dlls).

Specs:
hp pavillion dv5z-1100
AMD Turion(TM) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-80 (2.1 GHz)
4GB DDR2
160GB SATA HD
ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3200 Graphics
(1280 x 800)

I would think with those specs something would play at full speed. It seems like everything is slow. Is it the gfx chip?

Thanks in advance.

[makotech222]

nope. the entire system is pretty slow...
my pc barely plays most wii games at full speed, though i mostly play GC ones.

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[Nintendo Maniac]

Actually, the GPU should be fine as long as you're not running at uber resolutions with tons of AA.

The CPU definitly isn't fine though. It'd been determined that you'd need a ~3GHz dual-core for recommended performance. Yes I know GHz isn't a good measure of speed, but it's usually a pretty stable measurement on the same product line and related products (like Athlon and Phenom)

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CPU: Athlon XP 2100+ OC'd @ 2GHz (lacks support for SSE2)
GPU: Radeon 9600 256MB AGP OC'd @ 420 core : 200 mem
RAM: 512MB DDR + 256MB DDR
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3

[bram64]

That, and you're using a 32-bit OS.

[Nintendo Maniac]

At least he does have a 64-bit CPU so he could upgrade to a 64-bit OS without a change in hardware.

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CPU: Athlon XP 2100+ OC'd @ 2GHz (lacks support for SSE2)
GPU: Radeon 9600 256MB AGP OC'd @ 420 core : 200 mem
RAM: 512MB DDR + 256MB DDR
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3

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Last edited by Nintendo Maniac; June 13th, 2009 at 23:18.

[crhylove]

On every benchmark I've tried MicroXP handily beats any x64 OS. Windows XP x64 is pretty fast though. It's comparable. Does x64 really help Dolphin performance that much? If so I may nlite myself a new x64 distro.

[makotech222]

dont bother doing it for just dolphin. you still wont be able to run anything with that slow cpu

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Lenovo X200Tablet: [Windows 7 build 7600 x86][L9400 @1.86ghz][Intel GMA 4500MHD][2gb Ram][160GB 7200rpm][LED-lit Touchscreen/pen-abled]

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[Squall-Leonhart]

Originally Posted by crhylove

... Still won't play any wii games at full speed. It's a pretty decent laptop, too, and I installed MicroXP to get the most performance out of it (and yes, also installed the latest directx dlls).

Specs:
hp pavillion dv5z-1100
AMD Turion(TM) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-80 (2.1 GHz)
4GB DDR2
160GB SATA HD
ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3200 Graphics
(1280 x 800)

I would think with those specs something would play at full speed. It seems like everything is slow. Is it the gfx chip?

Thanks in advance.

dude, its a Turion. if it was an Athlon Mobile, then maybe, but its a frickin turion.

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[crhylove]

Sorry! I don't/didn't know much about Turion processors. I didn't spec any of it at Tom's or anything.

[makotech222]

dont worry. current gen emulation is often best left to the high end desktop>$1000 and laptops >$2000

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Lenovo X200Tablet: [Windows 7 build 7600 x86][L9400 @1.86ghz][Intel GMA 4500MHD][2gb Ram][160GB 7200rpm][LED-lit Touchscreen/pen-abled]

There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order.