Is my computer good enough for the Dolphin Emulator?

[kris749b]

Some of my friends with cpu's that are worse than mine run it all fine. But for some reason when I run it it lags like hell. around 5 - 15 fps. (the game is legend of zelda wind waker)

CPU: i7-3610QM
GPU: gtx 660M

if you want more info, this is the computer that I have:
http://www.cnet.com/products/asus-g55vw-s1020v-15-6-core-i7-3610qm-windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-8-gb-ram-750-gb-hdd/

 

[renz496]

you got decent hardware but remember emulator can be very demanding even on good hardware.

 

[nicholaslovell]

I'm currently experiencing the same problem. The first game I tried was windwaker as well and it is very laggy. Try a different game. That's what I'm going to try.

 

[kris749b]

I'm currently experiencing the same problem. The first game I tried was windwaker as well and it is very laggy. Try a different game. That's what I'm going to try.

I've tried twilight princess as well.

 

[nicholaslovell]

I just noticed that you i7 is only 2.3Ghz. This is very low. From what I've read elsewhere, emulation is cpu-intensive. Even the $65 intel g3258 has a clockspeed of 3.2Ghz and can be overclocked to 4.2Ghz with the right motherboard. The i7 has more cores yes, but the dolphin emulator only uses two cores. The graphics card you have should be plenty powerful.

 

[nicholaslovell]

I just followed these directions exactly and now it works perfect!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aULOW2JQKbo