About Dolphin Dual-Core

[matheusstaffa]

I have a intel i7-3770 processor. But Dolphin actually uses dual-core (based on my researches). Is there any way to Dolphin utilize the extra cores/threads for extra performance on high CPU demanding like Sonic Colors. Also using a new processor like intel i7-7700K 4.2GHz will give better performance? BTW i use always the latest version of Dolphin.

[ExtremeDude2]

Using the 7700k will give you better performance (due to higher clock and IPC), but really any more than a 3 core CPU (which can use the 3 core for backround stuff, etc) won't do any better.

[admin89]

About 77% performance boost
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/551?vs=1826
i7 7700k vs i7 3770k though (Anandtech don't have i7 3770)
Please ignore other results and look for "Dolphin Emulation Benchmark"

[JMC47]

Dolphin can only utilize 2 threads effectively with its current design; simply adding more threads would actually make emulation slower.

[matheusstaffa]

Thanks for the answer guys!
Also, my scpecs are:
Operating System: Windows 10 x64
Processor/CPU: intel I7 3770 3.4 Ghz
Video Card/GPU: Nvidia GeForce 1060 6GB
Memory/RAM: 16 GB
Dolphin Revision Currently Using: 5.0-1935 X64

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