How well will Dolphin Run on this?

Will this Run Dolphin well?

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It'll run fine at the defaults for sure.
Which GPU do I need?
Compared to processors, choosing a GPU for Dolphin is a fairly simple task. The more powerful the graphics card, the more pixels and enhancements you can throw at it before you’ll see slowdown. However, the biggest thing to watch for is making sure the GPU supports DirectX11.1 and OpenGL 4.4. Dolphin emulates a console that functions very differently from a traditional PC, and uses the latest D3D and OGL features to reduce overhead. If you do not have those extensions, performance will suffer.

  • NVIDIA: Due to the importance of the OpenGL Extension “Buffer Storage” no NVIDIA GPU before the Geforce 4xx series can be recommended. Despite being a bit old, the Geforce GTX 460 will handle almost any game you throw at it in HD resolutions. Older NVIDIA GPUs will still be able to run the games fine, especially within the D3D backend and in OpenGL with older builds still using the “Vertex Streaming Hack.”
it says it should run almost anything in hd so 745 should do better right? i plan to run everything at 720p at the very least
 
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Then why did you need to post to make a post? lol. Dolphin isn't as resource intensive as it used to be, it'll run fine, HD as well.
 

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I think your CPU is okay if you want to don"t change it in some time and don"t matter the cost, but if you want to save some money you can use the equivalent i5 of that CPU there sin"t really much difference that you really will notice.
 
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if you can recommend something better already built and for the same price range id like that lol
http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Intel-Z170-Core-i5-Configurator
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/INTEL_i5_SFF_Configurator

No matter what people say you don't need an i7 processor.... You simply just don't.

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or this if you need amazon https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPOWERPC...597011_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473734789&sr=1-2
 
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i would personally tell you to get a better gpu.
the cpu looks great, but not the gpu, its 3 generation late. try getting a gpu around 9xx or 10xx for even better performance.
i runned dolphin perfectly fine on my gpu 760 but if you want better performance on recent game, i recommend you a better gpu
 

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It'll do great, but really any dedicated graphics card made in the past 4 years can easily run Dolphin on high settings. Your GPU may be holding you back for more intensive games though.
 

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