Hello guys. This is my first message on these forums!
Right now I am running Metroid: Other M at 60 FPS with drops to 40 fps during fights.
I would like to know: What CPU would be recommended to run the game at a constant 60?
Right now I am using an AMD Phenom 2 x6 1090t, but using only 4 cores (disabled through BIOS) to achieve an overclock of 3.9GHz on lower volts (I don't like high voltage or temperatures. Not like extra cores matters to Dolphin anyway.)
I appear to have reached this CPU's clock ceiling at 3.9GHz (unfortunate, but it doesn't seem to be related to temperatures as per rigurous testing). So it's either a new CPU or make-do with what I have.
For the sake of discussion, let's say I'd be willing to buy a new motherboard and change platforms to Intel if strictly necessary. What speed-ups can I expect?
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090t OC@ 3.9GHz
GPU: ASUS EAH6970 DirectCU2 OC@ 920MHz (core) // 1500MHz (mem)
RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3 1600MHz cl9
Dolphin revision: 3.0 Release (doesn't seem to run any faster in other revisions, especially audio is very choppy on 3.5-1311)
Dolphin settings:
DirectX9 Renderer (DX11 makes it the same or slower)
Auto framerate cap
1920x1080 + 4xSSAA (removing this makes no difference in FPS)
Scaled EFB Copy
Skip EFB Access
EFB to Texture
Disable XFB
Cache Display Lists
Hacked Buffer Upload
OMP Texture Decoder
VBeam Speed Hack (accurate vs fast doesn't seem to make a difference in this game)
Speedup Disc Transfer
DSP HLE Audio
XAudio2 backend
48KHz sample rate
Thanks in advance for any help!
(Running Windows 8 x64, very recent format so system is 100% clean, no extra background processes)
Right now I am running Metroid: Other M at 60 FPS with drops to 40 fps during fights.
I would like to know: What CPU would be recommended to run the game at a constant 60?
Right now I am using an AMD Phenom 2 x6 1090t, but using only 4 cores (disabled through BIOS) to achieve an overclock of 3.9GHz on lower volts (I don't like high voltage or temperatures. Not like extra cores matters to Dolphin anyway.)
I appear to have reached this CPU's clock ceiling at 3.9GHz (unfortunate, but it doesn't seem to be related to temperatures as per rigurous testing). So it's either a new CPU or make-do with what I have.
For the sake of discussion, let's say I'd be willing to buy a new motherboard and change platforms to Intel if strictly necessary. What speed-ups can I expect?
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090t OC@ 3.9GHz
GPU: ASUS EAH6970 DirectCU2 OC@ 920MHz (core) // 1500MHz (mem)
RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3 1600MHz cl9
Dolphin revision: 3.0 Release (doesn't seem to run any faster in other revisions, especially audio is very choppy on 3.5-1311)
Dolphin settings:
DirectX9 Renderer (DX11 makes it the same or slower)
Auto framerate cap
1920x1080 + 4xSSAA (removing this makes no difference in FPS)
Scaled EFB Copy
Skip EFB Access
EFB to Texture
Disable XFB
Cache Display Lists
Hacked Buffer Upload
OMP Texture Decoder
VBeam Speed Hack (accurate vs fast doesn't seem to make a difference in this game)
Speedup Disc Transfer
DSP HLE Audio
XAudio2 backend
48KHz sample rate
Thanks in advance for any help!
(Running Windows 8 x64, very recent format so system is 100% clean, no extra background processes)