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Quote:Is it that a i7 is so much better then an amd?

Yes.

Quote: I'm running at 1 gig faster?

1 GHz higher*

Gig is shorthand for gigabyte.

Quote:Or does a 64 bit os really make the difference, assuming thats what he is running it on.

It does. It's about 15-30% usually depending on the game.

Quote:I think 8 CPU's means 8 cores, but again, does Dolphin even use that?

No. Dolphin only uses two threads.

Quote:So what does this guy do that is so special?

1. His system is better than yours.

2. He's exaggerating his performance a bit. Like admin said I doubt he's getting fullspeed all the time with LLE audio. Maybe in certain games with LLE on thread.

3. Neither of you have provided a list of games. Some games are a lot more demanding than other. For all we know he might be running games that aren't very demanding.
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