(03-09-2012, 01:34 PM)admin89 Wrote:(03-09-2012, 12:28 PM)PaRaDoX_94 Wrote: 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)
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