Dolphin CPU hierarchy [UNOFFICIAL]

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 09-24-2013, 02:07 PM by NaturalViolence.)

Scootaloo Wrote:Oddly enough on SpongeBob: TOS I'm getting better performance with 4.0 (stable) than I was with 3.5 (and older revisions).

This is normal for many games considering all of the optimizations that have been made between 3.5 and 4.0

Scootaloo Wrote:Wouldn't that make the audio go faster as well, and make it sound, well bad?

Not if you patch the game or add a hack to the emulator.

Alajarvi84 Wrote:What exactly are "heavy" games, so that i can try them ?

If you're asking for examples. SMG, SMG2, MP2, MP3, the last story, and many many more.

Alajarvi84 Wrote:Btw, is there something wrong with my settings, or what do you mean by "inaccurate" ?

Settings that produce less accurate behavior. They improve performance at the cost of creating issues in some games. Sometimes they are called "speed hacks".

Alajarvi84 · 09-24-2013, 02:15 PM **#412**

Ok, so you meant that these "hacks" make the emulation process less precise. Like when i play with bSNES or these days (higan) the result is the opposite because it is made to run the emulation exactly like it is supposed to (accurate).

**NaturalViolence** · 09-25-2013, 09:04 AM **#413**

Higan is an emulator, not a setting/option. But yes in a nutshell that's right.

10-07-2013, 01:48 AM **#414**

I think I misunderstand the hierarchy. I have an Intel Core i5-460M, which is listed as Extremely Fast, but I can't really run any game at full speed, even with DSP HLE. What are the other bottlenecks? RAM? GPU? I think with the GPU I have (nVidia GeForce 310m) I should be able to get decent speed, but perhaps I'm wrong.

**LordVador** · 10-07-2013, 02:12 AM **#415**

i5 processors are listed in category 1 but that doesn't mean all i5 CPUs are extremely fast. Yours is too weak for a lot of games (your GPU isn't excellent either btw). Moreover it's a laptop

Nintendo Maniac 64 · 10-07-2013, 02:38 AM **#416**

It's because the topic creator doesn't want to break the CPUs down into product generations. Tongue

**NaturalViolence** · 10-07-2013, 06:53 AM **#417**

Note to self: Delay new thread one additional year

Razzi · (This post was last modified: 11-06-2013, 08:59 AM by Razzi.)

(10-07-2013, 02:12 AM)LordVador Wrote: i5 processors are listed in category 1 but that doesn't mean all i5 CPUs are extremely fast. Yours is too weak for a lot of games (your GPU isn't excellent either btw). Moreover it's a laptop

What exactly does being a laptop have to do with it?

The same set-up in a desktop computer wouldn't be any faster.

Anyway, the OP should probably mention that some CPUs listed as "fast" won't be super-fast in some generations since I thought my future laptop would be since it had a i5-mobile, but it apparently not powerful enough still.

**Link_to_the_past** · 11-06-2013, 09:06 AM **#419**

(11-06-2013, 08:57 AM)Razzi Wrote:
(10-07-2013, 02:12 AM)LordVador Wrote: i5 processors are listed in category 1 but that doesn't mean all i5 CPUs are extremely fast. Yours is too weak for a lot of games (your GPU isn't excellent either btw). Moreover it's a laptop
What exactly does being a laptop have to do with it?

The same set-up in a desktop computer wouldn't be any faster.

Anyway, the OP should probably mention that some CPUs listed as "fast" won't be super-fast in some generations since I thought my future laptop would be since it had a i5-mobile, but it apparently not powerful enough still.

Chips for laptops are always weaker than their desktop counterparts since they use less electric power. That is a well known fact, so it can be easily omitted most of the time.

Razzi · 11-06-2013, 09:09 AM **#420**

(11-06-2013, 09:06 AM)Link_to_the_past Wrote: Chips for laptops are always weaker than their desktop counterparts since they use less electric power. That is a well known fact, so it can be easily omitted most of the time.

Really? Always?

You mean just plain weaker or that they're underclocked?