(06-08-2009, 07:05 AM)Xtreme2damax Wrote: Also you do not add the ghz of the cores together, you only have four separate cores running at 3.0 ghz each. Programs that take advantage of multi-core can split the task up onto separate cores to improve performance.10-20 fps and a dual core processor will work better then a quad? How bout this?
Since Dolphin does not and will not be coded to take advantage of quad cores, only two cores will be used. Also any AMD processor is still a bit slower than a Core2Duo/Quad, what is the FPS you are getting by the way?
As mentioned the mhz displayed on the Dolphin window is the mhz of the emulated Power PC CPU, not your CPU.
Also ATI cards are known to offload to the CPU hindering performance in CPU intensive emulation, this issue is not as predominant in the newest catalyst versions though.
Keep in mind not all games are going to run at full speed or with decent performance, games with more complex 3d geometry are going to run quite slow. Also due to incomplete graphics emulation, there is a bit of overhead in graphics emulation that causes overall slowdown and lag on even the most beastly of rigs.
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?op...mitstart=0
(06-08-2009, 08:30 AM)ddkshah Wrote:(06-08-2009, 07:05 AM)Xtreme2damax Wrote: Also you do not add the ghz of the cores together, you only have four separate cores running at 3.0 ghz each. Programs that take advantage of multi-core can split the task up onto separate cores to improve performance.10-20 fps and a dual core processor will work better then a quad? How bout this?
Since Dolphin does not and will not be coded to take advantage of quad cores, only two cores will be used. Also any AMD processor is still a bit slower than a Core2Duo/Quad, what is the FPS you are getting by the way?
As mentioned the mhz displayed on the Dolphin window is the mhz of the emulated Power PC CPU, not your CPU.
Also ATI cards are known to offload to the CPU hindering performance in CPU intensive emulation, this issue is not as predominant in the newest catalyst versions though.
Keep in mind not all games are going to run at full speed or with decent performance, games with more complex 3d geometry are going to run quite slow. Also due to incomplete graphics emulation, there is a bit of overhead in graphics emulation that causes overall slowdown and lag on even the most beastly of rigs.
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?op...mitstart=0
Also would dolphin run better on linux windows or ubuntu?