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More RAM or Better CPU?
12-23-2011, 07:58 AM
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I have 2GB of RAM and an AMD AthlonX2 3.0 (Win7X64)

Should I get more RAM or better CPU?
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12-23-2011, 08:11 AM
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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?
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12-23-2011, 08:46 AM
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(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
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12-23-2011, 12:22 PM
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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
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12-23-2011, 02:50 PM
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(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

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12-23-2011, 07:08 PM (This post was last modified: 12-23-2011, 07:12 PM by dannzen.)
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sry no way to get speed above 80%

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12-24-2011, 03:53 AM
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IDK it doesnt say anywhere on the box. Only AMD Athlon X2 250
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12-24-2011, 02:35 PM
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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).
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12-30-2011, 02:21 PM
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(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.
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01-01-2012, 12:48 PM
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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.
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