The truth about how bad amd cpus are for Dolphin is somewhere between:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0
and regular single core cpu benchmarks.
Anyways, since people with overclocked intel cpus still have issues with RS2 or RS3(forgot which one is more demanding), i doubt that it worked smooth before you formatted your pc. Are you sure you did not use the cpu overclock feature to clock the emulated cpu down or something?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0
and regular single core cpu benchmarks.
Anyways, since people with overclocked intel cpus still have issues with RS2 or RS3(forgot which one is more demanding), i doubt that it worked smooth before you formatted your pc. Are you sure you did not use the cpu overclock feature to clock the emulated cpu down or something?