Quad Core i5 and Quad Core i7 have the same performance in Dolphin . There is no need to waste your money on an i7
Unless you need i7 for video encoding , heavy multi-tasking or sth along those lines
GTX 260 is a very good GPU , it can handle 4xIR (2560x2112) , no AA , 16x AF in most games . Dolphin need alot of GPU memory bandwidth , 7870 won't bring you huge advantage over GTX 260 .
Btw , There is "Vertex Streaming Hack" that will bring you huge speed up for Nvidia GPU only . Not sure it's a good idea to switch to AMD side
So you should get i5 4670k and wait for next gen Nvidia GPU which will come soon (Q1 of next year)
Unless you need i7 for video encoding , heavy multi-tasking or sth along those lines
GTX 260 is a very good GPU , it can handle 4xIR (2560x2112) , no AA , 16x AF in most games . Dolphin need alot of GPU memory bandwidth , 7870 won't bring you huge advantage over GTX 260 .
Btw , There is "Vertex Streaming Hack" that will bring you huge speed up for Nvidia GPU only . Not sure it's a good idea to switch to AMD side
So you should get i5 4670k and wait for next gen Nvidia GPU which will come soon (Q1 of next year)
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