Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

(09-29-2013, 08:19 AM)Shonumi Wrote: [ -> ]NOW THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! And ebay has classic old games on sale too! I can't wait to start playing the old classics again Thank you for telling me I can at least run these games on high. Once I get all the games I want, dump them and play them on the right revision emulator, I will see if I can do benchmarks and gameplay videos for anyone whos wants to see it.

(09-29-2013, 07:08 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: [ -> ]But the Intel ARK says that the max speed is 3.9. How can you hit that high with that software?

You can overclock some mobile CPUs. It's not common, but high-end gaming notebooks usually allow it. Case-in-point, the i7-4930MX is an Extreme Edition, thus it's "unlocked" : http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/core-i7ee-processor.html

What's more, the CPU the OP has is pretty good for Dolphin, even without Turbo Boost or overclocking. A 3 GHz Haswell CPU is going to run all but the most demanding games without issue (it's that good, see the WW CPU Benchmark). Turbo Boosting to 3.9 GHz is likely enough for The Last Story, SMG with LLE audio, and most definitely the Metroid Prime games (I can do MP1 with less, OP should have no issues). 4.3 GHz is asking to run almost anything fullspeed.

(09-29-2013, 08:34 AM)7scarface7 Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-29-2013, 08:19 AM)Shonumi Wrote: [ -> ]NOW THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! And ebay has classic old games on sale too! I can't wait to start playing the old classics again Thank you for telling me I can at least run these games on high. Once I get all the games I want, dump them and play them on the right revision emulator, I will see if I can do benchmarks and gameplay videos for anyone whos wants to see it.

(09-29-2013, 07:08 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: [ -> ]But the Intel ARK says that the max speed is 3.9. How can you hit that high with that software?

You can overclock some mobile CPUs. It's not common, but high-end gaming notebooks usually allow it. Case-in-point, the i7-4930MX is an Extreme Edition, thus it's "unlocked" : http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/core-i7ee-processor.html

What's more, the CPU the OP has is pretty good for Dolphin, even without Turbo Boost or overclocking. A 3 GHz Haswell CPU is going to run all but the most demanding games without issue (it's that good, see the WW CPU Benchmark). Turbo Boosting to 3.9 GHz is likely enough for The Last Story, SMG with LLE audio, and most definitely the Metroid Prime games (I can do MP1 with less, OP should have no issues). 4.3 GHz is asking to run almost anything fullspeed.

When using quotes, the standard practice is to write in the space underneath the quote tags, rather than inside the quote tags. That way, it doesn't look like Shonumi wrote what you wrote.

^, I don't know how people constantly fuck that up.

(09-29-2013, 10:59 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: [ -> ]^, I don't know how people constantly fuck that up.

The WYSIWYG message editor is crap iirc. I think it's actually the reason I'm not using it anymore.

Yeah, it's terrible, but not in a way that i can understand how people make that particular mistake.

edit: nvm, that's probably indeed why.