Quad core?

07-19-2011, 12:30 AM #1

I've seen a few other posts about this but I just wanna make sure. If I buy a Quar-core processor 3.5GHz (or higher), Dolphin will only use TWO of them at 3.5GHz, right?

**ExtremeDude2** · 07-19-2011, 12:47 AM #2

Yes

Rakanishu · (This post was last modified: 07-19-2011, 11:25 AM by Rakanishu.)

Yes, but don't buy anything with less than 3 cores, in native gaming you will fell the difference, specially in games that uses physics intensely, also PhysX (high settings) can be handled entirely by the processors, so you can use all the video power for the graphics.

Also buy a nice heatsink. frostytech.com is a site that specializes in reviews/testing of cooling related equipment for computers, so you can look what of them do you like.

silveruniverse · 07-19-2011, 08:29 PM #4

Didn't DSP LLE use a third core or am I thinking of something else?

(07-19-2011, 11:21 AM)Rakanishu Wrote: Yes, but don't buy anything with less than 3 cores, in native gaming you will fell the difference, specially in games that uses physics intensely, also PhysX (high settings) can be handled entirely by the processors, so you can use all the video power for the graphics.

I like the part where PhysX is being discussed on a thread about Dolphin