Will this processor manage some GC games?

[Verix]

I will be running a machine with an i7-4650U haswell ULT processor
turbo boost up to 3.3Ghz, but this will be throttled without the use of something like throttlestop (not sure I'll use it, wary of overheating).

I only intend to casually play some gamecube games like Wind Waker and Baten Kaitos.
Graphics I'll just see how much above 1x IR I can go, it's not much of a worry.

I believe this should do on a build like 3.5, on recent builds though will I be able to play ~lightweight games with this set-up, keeping new ax-hle audio synced and all that?

Thank you.

[NaturalViolence]

It should be fine for wind waker and baten kaitos.

[werewolfyman]

You should run the Wind Waker Benchmark if you can, we need more haswell processors tested.

https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker-cpu-benchmark

[Verix]

Quote:It should be fine for wind waker and baten kaitos.

Thanks.

(08-21-2013, 03:55 PM)werewolfyman Wrote: You should run the Wind Waker Benchmark if you can, we need more haswell processors tested.
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker-cpu-benchmark

I should do that sometime, sure thing.

[Verix]

Update: the ultrabook laptop arrived. I was going to return it if it couldn't handle what I had in mind.

With the latest development build at this time (3.5-2152), things don't go as desired,
with new-hle there's noticeable audio stutter or artifacts as soon as the FPS isn't at 100%,
which is... generally the case. These newest build seems really accurate and really demanding.

I then tried 3.5, thinking it should be better, but keeping in mind the wiki for baten kaitos says new-hle improves audio.
I didn't like the sound of glitchy audio, but to my surprise:
while the newest builds have trouble keeping speed with new-hle, 3.5 stable works fine (with these lightweight games) even with LLE

To sum up, I can play what I want with no real slowdowns, good audio and with good graphical settings to boot. I'm keeping the laptop.
I'll be benchmarking momentarily (it's an 11'' macbook air 2013).

[NaturalViolence]

A macbook air is not an ultrabook. They're similar but they're not the same thing.

Glad you got it working.

[Verix]

Little update, I don't know exactly what's changed in recent builds,
but I tried 3.5-2259 and with OpenGL vertex streaming, it performs about the same as on 3.5 stable. Really nice!
Maybe the 3.5-2152 build I tried before was particularly slow, but it looks like the 4.0 release is going to be awesome if current performance is any indication.