From my experience you will be in about the same boat i am now. Most games will run at about 90-100% but the heavy hitters Eg: SMG 1&2 zelda TP And xenoblade will run at about 50-60%
I have an AMD dual core desktop clocked at 3.2 that i OCed to 3.6 w/9800gt and thats about what i get with that too..
The reason you keep seeing the i5 2500k pop up is because if you want 100% playability on those games then that pretty much the CPU you gotta go with, again new to all this so i'm just guessing. Just trying to be helpful on the forums for once instead of just asking questions.
Where as your CPU will be better in the future for new games, were not at the point in tech right now where you can get a quad core that can rock out dolphin unless your looking to pay 600$ on a cpu so i think the big decision here is whats more important to you future PC gaming or the dolphin running smooth now? That and price....
Oh and graphically (again from what i understand about the dolphin) depends on your GPU not so much your CPU like i have a bottle neck at my CPU but i can still run games in HD no problem. and when i kick that down to non HD i get a little boost in speed emulation but not much.
It all about the CPU....
Revisions i think the best thing to do is plug and chug with the different types. Once you get into the swing of it it actually becomes 2nd nature.
I have an AMD dual core desktop clocked at 3.2 that i OCed to 3.6 w/9800gt and thats about what i get with that too..
The reason you keep seeing the i5 2500k pop up is because if you want 100% playability on those games then that pretty much the CPU you gotta go with, again new to all this so i'm just guessing. Just trying to be helpful on the forums for once instead of just asking questions.
Where as your CPU will be better in the future for new games, were not at the point in tech right now where you can get a quad core that can rock out dolphin unless your looking to pay 600$ on a cpu so i think the big decision here is whats more important to you future PC gaming or the dolphin running smooth now? That and price....
Oh and graphically (again from what i understand about the dolphin) depends on your GPU not so much your CPU like i have a bottle neck at my CPU but i can still run games in HD no problem. and when i kick that down to non HD i get a little boost in speed emulation but not much.
It all about the CPU....
Revisions i think the best thing to do is plug and chug with the different types. Once you get into the swing of it it actually becomes 2nd nature.