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=== Bounding Box Slowdown on NVIDIA Cards ===
=== Bounding Box Slowdown on NVIDIA Cards ===
NVIDIA cards are abnormally slow during bounding box effects even at very low internal resolutions when using D3D11. They get dramatically slower as the internal resolutions increase, even though comparable AMD graphics cards suffer no slowdown at all.  This is due to Dolphin hitting a slow path on those graphics cards. It is recommended that supported NVIDIA users use OpenGL backends when playing games that require Bounding Box emulation to avoid that.
NVIDIA cards are abnormally slow during bounding box effects even at very low internal resolutions when using D3D11. They get dramatically slower as the internal resolutions increase, even though comparable AMD graphics cards suffer no slowdown at all.  This is due to Dolphin hitting a slow path on those graphics cards. It is recommended that supported NVIDIA users use OpenGL backends when playing games that require Bounding Box emulation to avoid that.
=== When Using Older Graphics Cards ===
NVIDIA GeForce 400 series and newer, AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5000 series and newer, and Broadwell integrated GPUs (Intel HD Graphics 5300+) have the full suite of OpenGL and D3D features Dolphin needs for Bounding Box - a feature this game uses for many of its effects. Older GPUs (as well as all GPUs on MacOS) lack these features, however in {{revision|5.0-2964}} a workaround was added to the OpenGL backend. If you are using an older GPU on non-macOS computers, use OpenGL to avoid glitches and broken effects.


== Problems ==
== Problems ==
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=== Wii Remote Volume ===
=== Wii Remote Volume ===
A weird thing happens when turning down the speaker volume by the use of the HOME Menu in relation to Tippi/Tiptron's pointing ability. When the volume is at 0, the volume of Tippi/Tiptron's pointing sound effects are amplified instead of muted. When the volume is maxed out, the audio is barely audible. See {{issue|9061}}.
A weird thing happens when turning down the speaker volume by the use of the HOME Menu in relation to Tippi/Tiptron's pointing ability. When the volume is at 0, the volume of Tippi/Tiptron's pointing sound effects are amplified instead of muted. When the volume is maxed out, the audio is barely audible. See {{issue|9061}}.
=== <s>Problems When Using Older Graphics Cards</s> ===
Bounding Box emulation requires GPU-specific features that are not present on older GPUs (older than 3rd quarter 2012). As such, graphics cards without Direct3D 11 or OpenGL 4.3 support are no longer supported. In essence, only computers with GPUs: NVIDIA GeForce 400 series and newer, AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5000 series and newer, and Broadwell integrated GPUs (Intel HD Graphics 5300+) are supported by Dolphin for games requiring certain bounding box implementations. Additionally, OS X cannot be used, because no GPU drivers for OS X support the required features as of July 2016.
Using newer revisions with unsupported GPUs or drivers will lead to graphical glitches and softlocks. If game-breaking bugs are experienced, use revision {{revision|4.0-5124}} or lower as a workaround. For more information, refer to {{Issue|8405}}, {{Issue|8505}}, {{Issue|8270}}.
Fixed in {{revision|5.0-2964}} for the OpenGL backend.
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