Amd FX 8350 / 2x AMD Radeon HD 6970

[Kansasboy001]

(08-21-2013, 08:13 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: With both at stock the i7 rig is still slightly faster for dolphin despite being much older.

With both overclocked by 25% (about the maximum overclock for both) the i7 rig is still slightly faster.

Stock i7 860 against an overclocked fx 8350 is the only way that the fx will beat it.

As others have said if you want to build a new rig that runs dolphin well an i5 4670K is strongly recommended. It will be 40% faster than the fx 8350 in dolphin and only 10% slower at the most in heavily multithreaded applications (in most heavily multithreaded applications is can actually tie with the fx 8350).

(08-21-2013, 08:13 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: I actually use some programs that use all 8 cores.

[NaturalViolence]

You asked how these rigs would run dolphin and I answered your question honestly. The rest is up to you.