I'm looking to upgrade my HTPC. I originally built it to just run XBMC under Linux, but now I want to add some juice to run Dolphin as well.
Specs:
M4A785TD-M EVO
AMD Athlon X2 250
Ati Sapphire HD6450 1GB DDR3
4GB RAM
Intel SSD
I think the CPU is bottlenecking the system pretty hard when it comes to emulation, right? The motherboard seems fine, it supports up to 140W CPU's. So I think I should look for a faster AM3 socket CPU. I'm thinking Phenom X2? Does Dolphin benefit from quadcores?
And ... the graphics card, what can I expect from it? Does it need an upgrade as well?
It would be cool to run 2x native, that's the goal I guess. Would love your input on this.
Specs:
M4A785TD-M EVO
AMD Athlon X2 250
Ati Sapphire HD6450 1GB DDR3
4GB RAM
Intel SSD
I think the CPU is bottlenecking the system pretty hard when it comes to emulation, right? The motherboard seems fine, it supports up to 140W CPU's. So I think I should look for a faster AM3 socket CPU. I'm thinking Phenom X2? Does Dolphin benefit from quadcores?
And ... the graphics card, what can I expect from it? Does it need an upgrade as well?
It would be cool to run 2x native, that's the goal I guess. Would love your input on this.
