(02-22-2014, 07:30 AM)Zee530 Wrote: I don't know where you saw this but it's very wrong, maybe you're viewing emulators as PC games. PC games rely more on your graphics card, and you have a great one by the way, but emulators rely on processing power, and yours won't cut it. The recommended CPU is the Intel i5-4670k.
I saw it, for one, in the stickied threads at the top, namely the "Dolphin CPU Hierarchy" thread.
Quote:Category 1: Extremely Fast(emphasis mine)
When overclocked these cpus can run nearly any game at fullspeed even with LLE audio. Without overclocking most games will still run well with LLE audio.
-Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
-Intel Core i7
-Intel Core i5
I think I've seen similar things elsewhere, but I'd have to search for them.
With this in mind, does that mean I'd have to Overclock to get much more? I don't think I've got the cooling capability for that.
EDIT: In regards to Idle Skipping, I turned it off and it had no noticeable effect on speed.