Alright so I setup this awesome emulator on the HTPC (after a fresh Win7 install)
The specs are:
Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2ghz (stock speeds)
MSI 785GTM-e45
4gb DDR2 1066
Radeon 4850
Connected via HDMI
My question is, how much of an improvement will say a Athlon II X4 make? Will the more cores help. I ask because, at the moment, the Athlon X2 6400+ gets thrown to 100% load on both cores, and earlier today, Wii sports was running kinda jerky and it hadnt done that before. I looked and the only thing going on in the back ground was windows update d/ling updates.
So, could I get by with an AThlon II X4, or should I up to say a Phenom II x2 or X4?
The motherboard supports up to X6 Phenom IIs, but Im not sure the power plan in this board can actually handle one.
My other option, is a dualcore 1155 Sandybridge cpu, something like a G620. I have a board and memory for it.
Anyway, great Emulator here, its saved me from the kids while the actual Wii is off getting repaired.
The specs are:
Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2ghz (stock speeds)
MSI 785GTM-e45
4gb DDR2 1066
Radeon 4850
Connected via HDMI
My question is, how much of an improvement will say a Athlon II X4 make? Will the more cores help. I ask because, at the moment, the Athlon X2 6400+ gets thrown to 100% load on both cores, and earlier today, Wii sports was running kinda jerky and it hadnt done that before. I looked and the only thing going on in the back ground was windows update d/ling updates.
So, could I get by with an AThlon II X4, or should I up to say a Phenom II x2 or X4?
The motherboard supports up to X6 Phenom IIs, but Im not sure the power plan in this board can actually handle one.
My other option, is a dualcore 1155 Sandybridge cpu, something like a G620. I have a board and memory for it.
Anyway, great Emulator here, its saved me from the kids while the actual Wii is off getting repaired.