(12-10-2013, 07:03 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: Xenoblade Chronicles is one of the most demanding games for dolphin.
Not really. It's actually one of the most exaggerated games. It used to be that you needed a 4.4GHz Sandy Bridge or better (but even that number is overblown) for LLE audio. HLE audio is perfect in this game now when running at fullspeed. It's above average in my opinion, but nowhere as monstrous as The Last Story, SMG games on LLE, or the Metroid Prime games. It stresses the GPU more than other games, but not more than MK Wii or SMG. At the very least, it doesn't require anywhere near the crazy clocks as some of the other truly demanding games.
@OP - At any rate, XBC won't run fullspeed, even with the Turbo Boost. I'd say the threshold for Ivy Bridge is around 3.3-3.4 GHz to enjoy this game fullspeed most of the time. You should get decent speeds, but the audio will be an issue at that point, since it will stutter.