Hello. I am planning on getting a imac and would like to use dolphin to play gamecube and wii games. Want to know if any one knows which imac would run better. The new 2011 21.5 imac which has a i5 2.5 ghz processor or the year old i3 3.06 ghz model.
I know the 2.5 has a better video card but hear it does not matter much. The older model has a higher clock speed which I hear is more important but the 2.5 ghz model has turbo boost which apparently overclocks up to 3.8 ghz.
However, I do not quite understand how turbo boost 2.0 works. Will it consistently stay at a 3 or more ghz to keep good speeds? or is it only temporary and will eventually go back to 2.5 ghz which I believe is way to slow. The other processor cannot go up to 3.8 ghz but at least will consistently stay at 3 ghz. also for the i5. It is a quad core. So will it boost both cores to over 3 ghz or only one core? Wonder if anyone can help? Thanks in advance.
I know the 2.5 has a better video card but hear it does not matter much. The older model has a higher clock speed which I hear is more important but the 2.5 ghz model has turbo boost which apparently overclocks up to 3.8 ghz.
However, I do not quite understand how turbo boost 2.0 works. Will it consistently stay at a 3 or more ghz to keep good speeds? or is it only temporary and will eventually go back to 2.5 ghz which I believe is way to slow. The other processor cannot go up to 3.8 ghz but at least will consistently stay at 3 ghz. also for the i5. It is a quad core. So will it boost both cores to over 3 ghz or only one core? Wonder if anyone can help? Thanks in advance.