(02-05-2011, 09:01 AM)IAmBill Wrote:(02-05-2011, 06:31 AM)jpm Wrote: Thank you all for you explanations. I have another question if you do not mind. I have a laptop Toshiba qosmio x505. is it possible for me to upgrade to a higher ghz of core i7 and also upgrade my graphics ?
On a manufactured laptop, usually the CPU is soldered in there... it can be removed, but not without getting your hands dirty... it's not quite like changing a processor on a whitebook.
The graphics, by the way are fine.
I'm running the latest Dolphin build on a Core i3 530 @ 3.6Ghz with a crappy 8800GT on my home theater computer. I run all games at 1080 with full FPS at all time with few exceptions. Occasionally Wind Waker will drop to around 45FPS when they're doing a lot of fog. Beyond that, everything runs smooth as silk... and the mobile GPU you're running there should perform equal to if not better than my 8800GT. It's all about the processor.
The GPU and CPU must work together in order to achieve decent speeds. As you can see I have overclocked my cpu but it only makes a marginal difference as compared to the original 2.8Ghz clock speed of my cpu. This is because my GPU cannot keep up with the speed of the cpu and slight bottlenecks are created. In your case, I would say what you are emulating doesn't require as much GPU power and therefore you are not getting bottlenecks. Even if you underclocked your cpu you would still not notice any decrease in fps.
PC Specs
MOBO: ASUS M4A88TD-M
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T [1.356V @ 3.5GHz]
GPU: MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr II [1.1V @ 900core/2150mem]
RAM: 8GB Dual Channel DDR3
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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MOBO: ASUS M4A88TD-M
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T [1.356V @ 3.5GHz]
GPU: MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr II [1.1V @ 900core/2150mem]
RAM: 8GB Dual Channel DDR3
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
YouTube Channel