Would an ATI5870 upgrade do much to boost Dolphin performance?

Ashok · October 13th, 2009

I'm currently running an Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz with 6GB of DDR2 with a GeForce 8800GTS 320mb. I'm averaging pretty steady playable frame rates of 17-20fps in "Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition".

I was wondering if upgrading my GPU would do much to boost performance, or is "Dolphin" bottlenecked more by the CPU or the software implementation of the emulator itself?

masta.g.86 · October 13th, 2009

No. A CPU upgrade would make a difference though. Dolphin, for the most part, is often CPU limited unless the GPU used is really crappy.

You could try OCing your CPU.

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lestar · October 14th, 2009

dolphin is most CPU dependent, a good GPU will have a slightly speed boost

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1inuyasha · October 14th, 2009

i'am on a e8400@3 and i get like 45 and with other audio throttle off,i get about 70-85,,and 110-140 when opening doors...lol at opening doors boost..i have not played in a few days but it was something like that from what i remember..with good monitor lighter and color settings from the graphics card,u wouldn't need graphics settings on high within dolphin and also put some space between u and the monitor,a your good 2 go....i'am no expert,just giving a speed boost idea....

sorry,,Wrong Resident EviL...don't call the COPSSSssss

Last edited by 1inuyasha; October 14th, 2009 at 08:07..

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Ashok Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 85	Would an ATI5870 upgrade do much to boost Dolphin performance? I'm currently running an Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz with 6GB of DDR2 with a GeForce 8800GTS 320mb. I'm averaging pretty steady playable frame rates of 17-20fps in "Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition". I was wondering if upgrading my GPU would do much to boost performance, or is "Dolphin" bottlenecked more by the CPU or the software implementation of the emulator itself?

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October 14th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
lestar Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: everywhere Posts: 193	dolphin is most CPU dependent, a good GPU will have a slightly speed boost __________________ my specs: CPU: AMD Athlon x2 64 3800+ OC@ 2.4GHz Memory: 2GB RAM DDR2 Video: ATI Radeon HD 2400+ pro SO: Windows 7 Ultimate 64

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1inuyasha Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In Ya Face-If U Say SomeTHING Posts: 21	i'am on a e8400@3 and i get like 45 and with other audio throttle off,i get about 70-85,,and 110-140 when opening doors...lol at opening doors boost..i have not played in a few days but it was something like that from what i remember..with good monitor lighter and color settings from the graphics card,u wouldn't need graphics settings on high within dolphin and also put some space between u and the monitor,a your good 2 go....i'am no expert,just giving a speed boost idea.... sorry,,Wrong Resident EviL...don't call the COPSSSssss Last edited by 1inuyasha; October 14th, 2009 at 08:07..