More RAM or Better CPU?

peronmls · 12-23-2011, 07:58 AM #1

I have 2GB of RAM and an AMD AthlonX2 3.0 (Win7X64)

Should I get more RAM or better CPU?

silveruniverse · 12-23-2011, 08:11 AM #2

you dont need more RAM for Dolphin (but for a 64bit computer it's recommended to have 4GB of RAM)
as for the CPU, I don't know how good that AMD chip is
what games do you plan on playing?

peronmls · 12-23-2011, 08:46 AM #3

(12-23-2011, 08:11 AM)silveruniverse Wrote: you dont need more RAM for Dolphin (but for a 64bit computer it's recommended to have 4GB of RAM)
as for the CPU, I don't know how good that AMD chip is
what games do you plan on playing?

All Zeldas. All StarFox. All Metroid. ETC. All the good known games

silveruniverse · 12-23-2011, 12:22 PM #4

then I'd suggest overclocking that CPU to at least 3.5GHz otherwise a fair amount of games will not reach 100% speed
Zelda: TP, StarFox Adventures and Metroid Prime 1-3 are somewhat demanding in power if I remember correctly

peronmls · 12-23-2011, 02:50 PM #5

(12-23-2011, 12:22 PM)silveruniverse Wrote: then I'd suggest overclocking that CPU to at least 3.5GHz otherwise a fair amount of games will not reach 100% speed
Zelda: TP, StarFox Adventures and Metroid Prime 1-3 are somewhat demanding in power if I remember correctly

Well i did have it OC at 3.6 st one point but it didn't make a bit of difference

**dannzen** · (This post was last modified: 12-23-2011, 07:12 PM by dannzen.)

AMD Athlon X2 6000 ???
CineBench R10 Single Thread
2848 Points

SandyBrige 2500k
5860 Points

sry no way to get speed above 80%

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/97?vs=28

peronmls · 12-24-2011, 03:53 AM #7

IDK it doesnt say anywhere on the box. Only AMD Athlon X2 250

**NaturalViolence** · 12-24-2011, 02:35 PM #8

Athlon II 250, not Athlon X2. Still sort of weak as far as dolphin is concerned. Either overclock or upgrade to a sandy bridge system (which will require replacing the cpu, motherboard, and probably ram as well).

peronmls · 12-30-2011, 02:21 PM #9

(12-24-2011, 02:35 PM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Athlon II 250, not Athlon X2. Still sort of weak as far as dolphin is concerned. Either overclock or upgrade to a sandy bridge system (which will require replacing the cpu, motherboard, and probably ram as well).

nooo all of this is brand new. (Custom built) my mobo has a am3 socket, can hold up to 16GB of RAM and has an overclock switch. im goin to get 16GB of ram and maybe replace the processor.

**NaturalViolence** · 01-01-2012, 12:48 PM **#10**

Getting extra ram won't help at all. And upgrading the cpu to a phenom II (the fastest cpu you can get on that socket for dolphin) will only provide a small improvement.