I think this should be enough to max most if not all games?

[Promised_Pain]

I recently 'upgraded' from 4670k that barely could do 4.3 GHz at crazy volts (1.27v) to 4770k. I got pretty lucky with this new chip, since it can do 4.5GHz at 1.175v and 4.6GHz is stable at 1.205v, beyond that even my noctua NH D14 gets kinda warm. I think I could do even 4.7GHz.

[mathieulh]

You shouldn't have any problems running Dolphin at full speed with most demanding games on this processor.
Hell, the 4670K was enough to begin with...

[Promised_Pain]

I was just scared of requirements for the newer games like watch dogs and shadow of mordor.. So I ended up with i7. But this overclocks like crazy compared to my last chip.

[TheLastCat]

Did you overclock your processor normaly or did you delid the processor to fix the TIM issues?

[admin89]

i5 4670k could do the same if you're lucky ...
Some chips (i7 4770k , i5 4670k) can overclock well , some chips can't
If you got the bad i7 chip then it wouldn't be called "an upgrade" , just saying...

[hedgesmfg]

Mine seems to be stuck in the 4.2-4.3 range to be stable, unfortunately. Though I have only loosely played around with the OC settings.

Having said that, everything but Zelda:TP runs full speed so far. Hyrule Field's still one of the most demanding areas in Dolphin, though I'd be curious to know how it runs at your speeds.

[LordVador]

(05-22-2014, 01:57 PM)hedgesmfg Wrote: Mine seems to be stuck in the 4.2-4.3 range to be stable, unfortunately

It will be enough for most games.

My 3570K to 4.2 is already enough for most games :p

[Promised_Pain]

(05-21-2014, 12:02 AM)mathieulh Wrote: You shouldn't have any problems running Dolphin at full speed with most demanding games on this processor.
Hell, the 4670K was enough to begin with...

(05-21-2014, 11:52 AM)TheLastCat Wrote: Did you overclock your processor normaly or did you delid the processor to fix the TIM issues?

I'm too scared to delid, hahaha. If I did I could go way higher than 4.5 GHz. I have been running this for days now and It's has been pretty much confirmed to be stable at 4.5GHz 1.175v

[tuanming]

4.5Ghz @1.75v is very good. Put a high-end air heatsink on it and you should have no problem with 4.8GHz+