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on my old pc
Q6600
GT430
4gb DDR3 ram
both games run fine on lower res

TP is not going to run well on a Q6600 at its stock core clock frequency (2.4GHz). I know because I have one.

It looks like this thread has been long since abandoned, but i'll ask anyway cause nobody has given me straight answer yet... lol
how well will twilight princess (and/or Super Mario Galaxy) work with this setup:
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.4GHz
Radeon HD 6670
8 GB of DDR3 RAM

Zelda TP - Hyrule Field later part + LLE audio used to require i5 3570k @ 4.5GHz to run full speed (latest revision is even more demanding)
Super Mario Galaxy + LLE = i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz
Your CPU will not run these 2 games full speed with LLE , not even close . New AX HLE is a bit less demanding than LLE but still...
SMG is the most GPU intensive game . Your GPU will bottleneck/slowdown the CPU if you play game at high internal resolution such as 3xIR(1920x1584) or 4xIR (2560x2112)
If your 6670 is a GDDR5 version , you will have much better performance than DDR3 version

I'm confused... I can run Twilight Princess and Wind Waker at full speed (at 2.5x resolution nonetheless) on an i5 2.5 gHz, and an Intel Graphics 4000.

(08-12-2013, 11:57 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Zelda TP - Hyrule Field later part + LLE audio used to require i5 3570k @ 4.5GHz to run full speed (latest revision is even more demanding)
Super Mario Galaxy + LLE = i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz
Your CPU will not run these 2 games full speed with LLE , not even close . New AX HLE is a bit less demanding than LLE but still...
SMG is the most GPU intensive game . Your GPU will bottleneck/slowdown the CPU if you play game at high internal resolution such as 3xIR(1920x1584) or 4xIR (2560x2112)
If your 6670 is a GDDR5 version , you will have much better performance than DDR3 version

will it help the GPU if I overclock it?
and at very best, how many FPS on average will I get for both games? like after I toned down the settings a bit, so it will be less demanding?

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(08-13-2013, 01:48 AM)Tom Lube Wrote: [ -> ]I'm confused... I can run Twilight Princess and Wind Waker at full speed (at 2.5x resolution nonetheless) on an i5 2.5 gHz, and an Intel Graphics 4000.

Could you give more details on your CPU? what version of i5?

Tom Lube Wrote:I'm confused... I can run Twilight Princess and Wind Waker at full speed (at 2.5x resolution nonetheless) on an i5 2.5 gHz, and an Intel Graphics 4000.

Not in hyrule field further in the game.

OneHappyGamer:) Wrote:will it help the GPU if I overclock it?

No.

OneHappyGamer:) Wrote:and at very best, how many FPS on average will I get for both games?

This isn't an exact science. Go try it.

OneHappyGamer:) Wrote:like after I toned down the settings a bit, so it will be less demanding?

This is assuming that you've already "toned down" every other setting except the dsp emulator.

i7 920 + AMD 6870 XFX still playing both smooth at high resolution

So I'm assuming an i5 will work better then an i3, so would a Core i5 3350P @ 3.1GHZ run Twilight Princess better or full speed, compared to my i3 I suggested earlier?

I've also upgraded my Radeon HD 6670 to GDDR5 instead of DDR3, so that should help there with Super Mario Galaxy lol

just wondering if its worth taking off 4 GB of ram (got a tight budget) to upgrade to i5 CPU

OneHappyGamer:) Wrote:just wondering if its worth taking off 4 GB of ram (got a tight budget) to upgrade to i5 CPU

Yes.