will an Intel Core i7-2630QM provide a significant speed boost?

[mrnintendo15]

I am currently using an Intel Core i5-2410M and am wondering how big of a speed boost I would get if I upgraded to an Intel Core i7-2630QM? I understand Dolphin doesn't really support more than two cores, but any help is appreciated. My gpu is an AMD Radeon hd 6330M and I have 6gb of ram.

[Garteal]

No, there won't be a huge speed boost. It'll be very minor infact.
Which games are you having speed issues with?

I understand Dolphin doesn't really support more than two cores

It does. If you use LLE, with LLE on Thread enabled, Dolphin will use three cores.

[admin89]

As long as you keep it running cool and turbo boost work correctly :
i5 2410M @ 2.6GHz (2 cores active)
i7 2630QM @ 2.8GHz (2 cores active)
You can gain small speed up from dual core -> quad core and the i7 has more cache (6M vs 3M)
Download "Realtemp" to check your current CPU clock speed when running dolphin . Turbo boost won't work if your CPU overheat

Btw

My gpu is an AMD Radeon hd 6330M

This GPU will bottleneck any CPU you pair it with . It's too weak even if you use lowest settings (1x Internal Resolution - 480p , no AA , 1x AF)

[devilscorner]

hi can i ask, how to enable LLE to use three cores?? is it when pressing the DSP then Audio tab and then DSP recompiler and DSP LLE on thread??

[admin89]

DSP LLE on thread

[devilscorner]

ahh okies thanks for the reply....

@admin89 i would just like yo ask because you are using a laptop, can you maintain 30fps on Xenoblade and the Last Story???

[admin89]

Xenoblade : Yes
Last Story : Not a chance (15-20FPS in town)

[devilscorner]

how did you maintain a 30fps at Xenoblade??? im also using a acer laptop i5-2410m, Gt 540m 2GB by the way im using a NTSC (U) of xenoblade

and is it true that Windows 8 can improve gaming performance??

[admin89]

Enable "Vbeam"

[LordVador]

im also using a acer laptop i5-2410m, Gt 540m

You can't maintain fullspeed in Xenoblade with that config (I got a similar config)

EDIT: @admin with VBeam I got 20-25 max