Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin?

[PaRaDoX_94]

In some threads I read that core speed is much more important than numer of cores, because Dolphin only supports two at the moment, but I just bought an Athlon cpu by a very cheap prize (Equivalent to 80 Dollars) and onther motherboard of course, but that is not the piont... I want to know if there will be a notable difference in FPS or it will be the same, or if the new cpu will be slower at dolphin, because I heard that Dolphin runs better in Intel than in Amd, well here are my specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU
ECS M7-G41T V1.0 Motherboard
4GB Dual Channel RAM @ 1600 Mhz (2x2GB)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 550TI
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

This will be my specs after changing my cpu
AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz Triple Core CPU
Asrock N68-VS3 UCC Motherboard
4GB Dual Chanel RAM @ 1600 Mhz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 550TI
Windows 7 Ultimate


OHhh and almost forgot... Does Dolphin Runs in Intel GMA x4500 with the Intel e7400 cpu? (maybe I will build another pc with this)

[admin89]

Core 2 duo is on par with Phenom II , not Athlon
Core 2 duo win because it can overclock higher than Athlon or even Phenom
But the outdated 45nm CPU is just ....weak for Dolphin . Get 32nm Pentium G860 instead

Does Dolphin Runs in Intel GMA x4500

For what reason ? Even if it run , i couldn't handle 240p

[PaRaDoX_94]

Core 2 duo is on par with Phenom II , not Athlon
Core 2 duo win because it can overclock higher than Athlon or even Phenom
But the outdated 45nm CPU is just ....weak for Dolphin . Get 32nm Pentium G860 instead

Does Dolphin Runs in Intel GMA x4500

For what reason ? Even if it run , i couldn't handle 240p

what if I unlock the hidden core to make it a phenom? (in case that the core is not damaged)

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Core 2 duo is on par with Phenom II , not Athlon
Core 2 duo win because it can overclock higher than Athlon or even Phenom
But the outdated 45nm CPU is just ....weak for Dolphin . Get 32nm Pentium G860 instead

Does Dolphin Runs in Intel GMA x4500

For what reason ? Even if it run , i couldn't handle 240p

what if I unlock the hidden core to make it a phenom? (in case that the core is not damaged)

and my current motherboard can't overclock the cpu

[admin89]

what if I unlock the hidden core to make it a phenom? (in case that the core is not damaged)
and my current motherboard can't overclock the cpu

Doesn't make any difference , dolphin only need 2 cores . The Athlon has terrible low-L2 caches : 1.5MB which is no good for dolphin
You're downgrading not upgrading
IMO buy a motherboard then overclock the hell out of E7400 . I bought Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT for only 44$
Or just get Z68 mobo + Pentium Sandy Bridge G860 which is equivalent to the heavy overclocked E8600 , you'll be able to upgrade to Ivy Bridge later

[PaRaDoX_94]

what if I unlock the hidden core to make it a phenom? (in case that the core is not damaged)
and my current motherboard can't overclock the cpu

Doesn't make any difference , dolphin only need 2 cores . The Athlon has terrible low-L2 caches : 1.5MB which is no good for dolphin
You're downgrading not upgrading
IMO buy a motherboard then overclock the hell out of E7400 . I bought Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT for only 44$
Or just get Z68 mobo + Pentium Sandy Bridge G860 which is equivalent to the heavy overclocked E8600 , you'll be able to upgrade to Ivy Bridge later

So even if I unlock the fouth core (making the cpu a phenom) would not see any diference? If I unlock the fourth core does the L3 cache will be unlocked? I just play three games: TLOZ WW and TP and SSBB actually I run at 50-40 fps SBBB and 30FPS both zeldas at 720p with anti-aliasing at 4x and the anisotropic filtering at 16x, if I changue the CPU will de FPS drop down? or will be the same? (sry for my bad english)

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and about the GMA x4500 is because this is the integrated GPU in the ECS motherboard and I don't have any money for another graphics card

[NaturalViolence]

Core 2 duo is on par with Phenom II , not Athlon

Core 2 > phenom II, not on par. Core 2 @ 3.2GHz is roughly equal to phenom II @ 3.6GHz.

If I unlock the fourth core does the L3 cache will be unlocked?

No.

So even if I unlock the fouth core (making the cpu a phenom) would not see any diference?

No.

and about the GMA x4500 is because this is the integrated GPU in the ECS motherboard and I don't have any money for another graphics card

Well sorry but a GMA x4500 isn't going to be anywhere near enough. You need a graphics card as well as a good cpu.

Your new cpu would run dolphin slower than your current cpu.

[PaRaDoX_94]

hmm too bad, well what if I overclock the athlon to 3.5 or 3.7, sry to be so persistent on this but i sold out the core 2 duo and im saving for a phenom II x6 (amd is much more cheaper than intel), i tought that with triple core windows would not share a core with dolphin and should run better, I didn't think that the cache were that important on dolphin, but I just watched videos about this cpu running thos games at full speed (30 FPS) and ssbb at 60FPS so i think this could be enough untill i bought a phenom II or a FX processor...

and about the GMA x4500 i just asked this because a friend has this in his laptop and run dolphin decently (with a 2.2Ghz core 2 duo) running wind waker @ 24fps in 640x480 resolution without any filter and disabling fog with frameskip on 1

[ExtremeDude2]

So even if I unlock the fouth core (making the cpu a phenom)

I lol'd

[PaRaDoX_94]

So even if I unlock the fouth core (making the cpu a phenom)

I lol'd

um... it looks like I need to learn more about the core unlocking and all that stuff

[admin89]

but I just watched videos about this cpu running thos games at full speed (30 FPS) and ssbb at 60FPS so i think this could be enough untill i bought a phenom II or a FX processor...

I say this again : Dolphin only use 2 cores (another 1 core for LLE )
And no no no , Bulldozer is the nightmare for dolphin . Get Phenom II 965 instead (Google "Faildozer")

and about the GMA x4500 i just asked this because a friend has this in his laptop and run dolphin decently (with a 2.2Ghz core 2 duo) running wind waker @ 24fps in 640x480 resolution without any filter and disabling fog with frameskip on 1

His GMA x4500 will bottle neck (slowdown) his CPU . Anything below Intel HD 3000 isn't capable of running the lowest res 1x(480p)
Wind waker and ssbb need very low sys-requirement ....
And what's the point of Dolphin if you can't run game at 720p/1080p or even more than 1080p