Windows7(Linux) Gamecube Machine build

**Helios** · 04-20-2016, 05:53 AM **#11**

For that particular CPU, yes.

I have it.

04-20-2016, 08:09 AM **#12**

OP , if you MUST have an FX CPU you can do much better than the 4350 you haveto understand something w/ the FX Architecture. its not a series of True "Quad/6/8 Cores while in reality they're Dual/tri/Quad the way the Modules are build and designed they before Better than straight up dual/tri/Quads but they flat out fall flat on performance.

not to mention the IPC of the non 9XXX Series FX's wil be a large bottleneck for PCSX2 & Dolphin and if you look at the APU's avoid anything under the A10 lineup, (higher heat almost same IPC as the 4xxx/6xxx Series FX CPUs

if your on a stupid budget, then go w/ an APU A10 atleast the 7850k or 7900 (granted i just posted if my rig will run games easier but in AMD line its about the best you'll get in the forseeable future.)but if money's not a problem go w/ whats been suggested for an Intel build.

**Helios** · 04-20-2016, 08:28 AM **#13**

If they get an APU not only will Dolphin be slow because of a bad CPU, it can't overclock nearly as well as a Haswell, let alone an FX chip. They'll also have to invest in pretty good cooling because those things get hot as hell, and if it throttles, then it gets even slower.

Not to mention the GPU on those is better than an intel iGPU, but not by much.

**KHg8m3r** · (This post was last modified: 04-20-2016, 12:50 PM by KHg8m3r.)

(04-20-2016, 08:09 AM)CaelThunderwing Wrote: if your on a stupid budget, then go w/ an APU A10 atleast the 7850k or 7900 (granted i just posted if my rig will run games easier but in AMD line its about the best you'll get in the forseeable future.)but if money's not a problem go w/ whats been suggested for an Intel build.

The G3258 + H91 mother board is $60 cheaper than an A10-7850K + cheapest motherboard. Assuming the RAM, case, PSU, & dedicated GPU are all the same, its cheaper to get the Intel build. And way faster.

(04-20-2016, 08:28 AM)helios747 Wrote: Not to mention the GPU on those is better than an intel iGPU, but not by much.

With the dedicated GPU, it doesn't matter

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 04-20-2016, 01:41 PM by admin89.)

Current Intel Haswell is twice as fast as Piledriver (also include the high-end FX 8350) . Skylake is a bit faster than Haswell ...
See Dolphin Benchmark :

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G3258 is much faster than any FX CPU , not even FX 9xxx could beat stock G3258 (as you can see in "full list benchmark" , FX 8350 @ 5.0GHz couldn't beat it ) . Overclocking ability is nice but G3258 is getting old . In PC gaming , it lags behind FX 6300 . If you have more money to spend , I suggest you should get i3 6100 + H110 mobo and DDR4 Ram . It's not that expensive and not OC-able but its clock speed is very high (3.7GHz) . I ensure you it will run most if not all games full speed . Besides , it's on par with FX 6350 in multi-threaded benchmark .

**Helios** · 04-21-2016, 12:26 AM **#16**

This thread just wants an emulator build...

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 04-21-2016, 02:37 AM by admin89.)

If he uses Directx12 in Dolphin , dual core will be at disadvantage . I have G3258 @ 4.6GHz
If I use dx11 , G3258 @ 4.6GHz is faster than i7 4700MQ @ 3.4GHz but if I use dx12 , i7 is faster by a large margin (Tested on the most demanding game : The Last Story)
Dx12 supports multi-threading . The more thread your CPU has the better speed you gain
Edit : Nevermind me . I'm just picky about dual core . Sorry about that , OCed G3258 is more than enough for Dolphin