AMD are cheap, Yes they are always outperformed by Intel, this i know but.... they browse the internet and will play stupid kid games and I was going budget friendly for the wife.
I made PC's for Christmas for my kids and one for my living room as an entertainment center (movies and then game emulation).
I had used Dolphin Emu on my machine with no issues (its an i5 4460), and like a dope I never reviewed specs only to find out going cheap and getting AMD processors was bad for my emulation desires.
I am trying to Run GC Super Smash Bro Melee, mario cart double dash, Pikmin, Mario Party Pokemon think 6 and 8 year old kids, and 27 yo dad nostalgia, on a 70inch TV , with something akin to normal game play i am hitting like 20fps if I am lucky, and its like playing through molasses that's been frozen. i have tried Dolphin 3.0 to see if the older version added speed benefits, i was able to get 30fps, but you could tell it was still slow and responses were delayed, Mario Cart was like playing in Slo Mo
Current setup
GIGABYTE GA-F2A78M-D3H FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD A4-6300 Richland Dual-Core 3.7GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 65W Desktop Processor AMD Radeon HD 8370D AD6300OKA23HL Like New
Patriot Signature Line 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PSD38G1600KH
with a EVGA GeForce 8400 GS DirectX 10 01G-P3-1302-RX 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
So I am looking at redoing my living room PC, well just swapping my Mobo and CPU, if I can.
GIGABYTE GA-H61M-S2PV(R2.0) LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i5-2400 3.1GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 Desktop Processor Like New
with a EVGA GeForce 8400 GS DirectX 10 01G-P3-1302-RX 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
will this set up give me better results? any budget friendly suggestions or alternatives?
Can i get better results on my current machine with some setting changes?
thanks!
I made PC's for Christmas for my kids and one for my living room as an entertainment center (movies and then game emulation).
I had used Dolphin Emu on my machine with no issues (its an i5 4460), and like a dope I never reviewed specs only to find out going cheap and getting AMD processors was bad for my emulation desires.
I am trying to Run GC Super Smash Bro Melee, mario cart double dash, Pikmin, Mario Party Pokemon think 6 and 8 year old kids, and 27 yo dad nostalgia, on a 70inch TV , with something akin to normal game play i am hitting like 20fps if I am lucky, and its like playing through molasses that's been frozen. i have tried Dolphin 3.0 to see if the older version added speed benefits, i was able to get 30fps, but you could tell it was still slow and responses were delayed, Mario Cart was like playing in Slo Mo
Current setup
GIGABYTE GA-F2A78M-D3H FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD A4-6300 Richland Dual-Core 3.7GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 65W Desktop Processor AMD Radeon HD 8370D AD6300OKA23HL Like New
Patriot Signature Line 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PSD38G1600KH
with a EVGA GeForce 8400 GS DirectX 10 01G-P3-1302-RX 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
So I am looking at redoing my living room PC, well just swapping my Mobo and CPU, if I can.
GIGABYTE GA-H61M-S2PV(R2.0) LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i5-2400 3.1GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 Desktop Processor Like New
with a EVGA GeForce 8400 GS DirectX 10 01G-P3-1302-RX 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
will this set up give me better results? any budget friendly suggestions or alternatives?
Can i get better results on my current machine with some setting changes?
thanks!