Hello everyone, I know it must be pretty boring to answer the same questions again and again, so I'll try to keep it simple!My specs are
Win 8 64x
Intel Core i5-3337U (ivy bridge. 1800 - 2700 MHz)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M (2GB DDR3).
I'm running 4.0
I been playing with dolphin for a couple days and some games are working nicely, others... not so much.
SMG is playable with frameskip at 1-2. Now smash bros and DKCR, two of my favorite titles, are just unplayable. I also happened to be fucking dumb and bought Last Story before checking if the game was demanding. My fault I guess.
My questions are:
Should I disable turboboost and overclock my CPU to run at 2700 all the time? Would that improve my performance?
Is there a dolphin build that works faster for DKCR and SSBB?
Should I buy the gamecube smash bros? If it runs better I'll try to find a copy, thought it would be hard...
You can't overclock this mobile CPU. And it won't run The Last Story fullspeed no matter what you do. However, it's strange that you're getting better performance in SMG (that's a demanding game) than in Smash Bros and Donkey Kong... Check if your system isn't overheating...
(10-19-2013, 02:12 PM)Jhonn Wrote: [ -> ]You can't overclock this mobile CPU. And it won't run The Last Story fullspeed no matter what you do. However, it's strange that you're getting better performance in SMG (that's a demanding game) than in Smash Bros and Donkey Kong... Check if your system isn't overheating...
Hmmm, I thought it was weird too, and nah, its running cool.
Also, its not that SMG is running excelent. It just runs better than DKCR. Its playable. I get 80%+ on the observatory
Ok, I can't overclock. Can I set turbo boost to be on more often or tweak it in anyway?
(10-19-2013, 01:41 PM)kaloskatoa Wrote: [ -> ]SMG is playable with frameskip at 1-2.
I'm surprised, that really should make no difference on that GPU.
(10-19-2013, 03:50 PM)Zee530 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-19-2013, 01:41 PM)kaloskatoa Wrote: [ -> ]SMG is playable with frameskip at 1-2.
I'm surprised, that really should make no difference on that GPU.
Hmm. I think the CPU is the bottleneck. I can put the IR in 2x and the game will stay on the same framerate.
Anyway... Can I improve the CPU performance in any way? Can I like... offload a task to the gpu or anything like that? Feeling kinda sad here.
(10-19-2013, 04:05 PM)kaloskatoa Wrote: [ -> ]Can I improve the CPU performance in any way?
You can't
I plan on buying a i7-4770K
Would that be good enough to run everything at full speed?
At least Skyward sword, SMG2 and the like.
Both i5 4670k and i7 4770k are quad core . Since Dolphin only uses 2->3 cores , i5 quad and i7 quad should have the same performance . Therefore , you will waste your money and gain almost nothing
Build : i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz + MSI Z87 G45 + Radeon HD R9 270X + CM Hyper 212 Evo + Arctic MX-4 + Gskill Ripjaws X Series 2x4GB + SeaSonic S12II 620W + Rosewill BLACKHAWK + Intel 335 SSD 180GB + Any 7200rpm HDD from WD/Seagate....
(10-22-2013, 06:44 AM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Both i5 4670k and i7 4770k are quad core . Since Dolphin only uses 2->3 cores , i5 quad and i7 quad should have the same performance . Therefore , you will waste your money and gain almost nothing
Build : i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz + MSI Z87 G45 + Radeon HD R9 270X + CM Hyper 212 Evo + Arctic MX-4 + Gskill Ripjaws X Series 2x4GB + SeaSonic S12II 620W
Well, I'm buying a gaming PC, not just a dolphin PC. So I kinda think a I5 4670k wont be good enough. Even more when I have 1300$ to waste.
I just need to know if this specific CPU is good enough to run the most demanding games well.
If not I can get a i7 4820k instead.
Quote:Well, I'm buying a gaming PC, not just a dolphin PC. So I kinda think a I5 4670k wont be good enough. Even more when I have 1300$ to waste.
You're kidding me . i5 4670k is a top of the line quad core CPU unlike your low-end dual core i5 3337U
Just spend on a better video card instead
i7 has Hyperthreading (4 cores 8 threads) while i5 doesn't have (4 cores 4 threads)
Hyperthreading is useless for most PC games (not all PC games) . HT is usefull for video encoding or heavy multi-tasking