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1.) pentium g850 @ 2.9 ghz sandy bridge with a radeon hd 6770
2.)amd a8-3850 crossfire with 6670

(01-11-2012, 07:33 AM)pwnedatdolphin Wrote: [ -> ]1.) pentium g850 @ 2.9 ghz sandy bridge with a radeon hd 6770
2.)amd a8-3850 crossfire with 6670

For dolphin or gaming in general?

1. Is vastly superior for dolphin. Most games will run HLE fine. Some may run LLE. Probably 3x internal res for most games, 2x for the more demanding ones, 4x for weak games. (1680 x 1050)
(Dolphin cannot use crossfire.)
Also Sandy Bridge is vastly superior as an architecture overall.
The instruction sets on Sandy Bridge and core-per-clock make it great for Dolphin.
Faster than any STOCK Core 2 Duo or Phenom 2 x2/x3.

2. Better for PC gaming. 4 cores keep PC games speedy, and Crossfire up's the graphics.
As for dolphin? Don't get your hopes up for any wii games, but some of the less demanding Gamecube games will run well. (No Crossfire support, so res would actually be 2x more often than 3x.)
Better for video editing too.

These two should be fairly near each other for power consumption.
The Pentium is my personal recommendation.
(As it can be upgraded to a higher end Sandy/Ivy Bridge later on.)

crossfire sucks...
1. the 6670 is nearly 30% slower than the 6770...
2. 2x are somehow 20-40% faster than 1x 6770
3. more power consumption...
4. more microlags...
5. driver problems...
6. dolphin doesnt support crossfire

G850 do not support overclocking . Although the code name is Sandy Bridge but it's on par with the older i3 generation : clarkdale
I would either pick A8 3850 or Intel G6950 and overclock the hell out of it : a8 @ 3.6ghz , G6950 @4ghz

(01-11-2012, 11:00 AM)dannzen Wrote: [ -> ]crossfire sucks...
1. the 6670 is nearly 30% slower than the 6770...
2. 2x are somehow 20-40% faster than 1x 6770
3. more power consumption...
4. more microlags...
5. driver problems...
6. dolphin doesnt support crossfire

Basically what I said.

(01-11-2012, 11:00 AM)dannzen Wrote: [ -> ]crossfire sucks...
6. crossfire doesnt support dolphin

Fixed that for you

oh thanks... i should reRead my blind writen text's...
in my head i tryed to write dolphin doesn't support crossfire ;>

Quote:and Crossfire up's the graphics.

6670 + A8 3850 in crossfire is still much slower than a 6770 in PC games.

Quote:G850 do not support overclocking . Although the code name is Sandy Bridge but it's on par with the older i3 generation : clarkdale
I would either pick A8 3850 or Intel G6950 and overclock the hell out of it : a8 @ 3.6ghz , G6950 @4ghz

A G850 is a dual core sandy bridge cpu with HT disabled. It is much faster than clarkdale in some applications (including dolphin) due to the higher per clock performance of sandy bridge. Plus it uses the LGA1155 socket which is compatible with all sandy bridge and ivy bridge chips. It's a much better choice than a G6950.

1 is a much better system overall. He can upgrade to a quad core ivy bridge next year.

Yeah, but wouldn't I have to get a new mobo as well? And what is the performance difference between a8-3850 and the pentium in pc games? I want max balance between both

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Oh and I have an h61 mobo, what limitations will that have?

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(01-13-2012, 08:12 AM)pwnedatdolphin Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, but wouldn't I have to get a new mobo as well? And what is the performance difference between a8-3850 and the pentium in pc games? I want max balance between both

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Oh and I have an h61 mobo, what limitations will that have?

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No USB 3.0
No Smart Response Technology
No PCI-E 3.0
No overclocking besides BCLK.
No SSD support.
Only 2 RAM slots.
No SLI/Crossfire
No i5 2500k/i7 support. (Those processors are meant for higher end boards.)
(They will work, but would have no overclocking capabilities, which is a waste.)
(Don't get anything higher than an i5 2400.)
That should be about it.