E8400 (3,00 GHZ) running at 3,6 ghz
40° at idle
and 50-54° while using dolphin
i only have 800mhz ram... it is impossible to overclock them... the CPU has more potential than 3,6 GHZ
tomorrow i will get new ram (1066 mhz), and try overclocking to 4,0 - 4,2 GHZ (maybe further... 4,5 - 4,7 is possible)
i will post again here ^^
edit#1:
i am now running on 4 GHZ.... my temps are between 55° - 62°...
gonna try 4,2 and above
(50- 54 FPS in hyrule field)
works better now ^^
did you drop your ram divider? what multi?
C2D E8400 at 3.6Ghz (I OC to 4Ghz on real games, its not required for emulation)
34° Idle
43°-49° when emulating on Dolphin. Sometimes its less but it averages somewhere between there. I have never passed 50°
C2D e7400 2.8 stock
Idle 28C Max 39C
C2D e7400 3.4 ghz
Idle 36C Max 45C
I had some slightly better FPS with my q9550 @ 3.4ghz (stock 2.8ghz), but Dolphin doesnt seem to like OC CPU.
The errors seem to pile up and it roms stall at boot.
Your CPU will either be fast enough or not for Dolphin. OCing doesnt make as much difference as with some PC games.
Id rather have 2fps less than have dolphin BSOD or something when im about to kill Main Boss.
O yeh, so to answer question, about 10 degrees hotter.
If your having BSOD's or stalls to boot then you are doing things wrong on your overclocking which is probably causing instability in your system. Dolphin doesn't seem to like OC CPU? Doubt that. I've gotton up to 10 fps difference between 2.8 ghz and 3.6 ghz depending on the games I've played.
(01-29-2010, 03:29 PM)jedikevin20 Wrote: [ -> ]If your having BSOD's or stalls to boot then you are doing things wrong on your overclocking which is probably causing instability in your system. Dolphin doesn't seem to like OC CPU? Doubt that. I've gotton up to 10 fps difference between 2.8 ghz and 3.6 ghz depending on the games I've played.
It wasn't so mch BSODs but just errors. If yours is stable and your getting frames more power to you
e8400 3.0 GHz Load=54-56 C
e8400 3.6 GHz Load=62-65 C
(01-29-2010, 10:03 AM)boogerlad Wrote: [ -> ]did you drop your ram divider? what multi?
1,26 Vcore
2 GB ram
multi: 9x
the ram: the ram normally runs with 1066 MHZ. i dropped it down to 667 and startet overclocking the CPU... in the end i was on 900 MHZ or what... i was able to set the ram on 1066 (on normal speed) and 4GHZ the cores.
a little bit lucky
Mainboard: Gigabyte S-Series, EP31-DS3L
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(01-29-2010, 03:15 PM)HK1 Wrote: [ -> ]I had some slightly better FPS with my q9550 @ 3.4ghz (stock 2.8ghz), but Dolphin doesnt seem to like OC CPU.
The errors seem to pile up and it roms stall at boot.
Your CPU will either be fast enough or not for Dolphin. OCing doesnt make as much difference as with some PC games.
Id rather have 2fps less than have dolphin BSOD or something when im about to kill Main Boss.
O yeh, so to answer question, about 10 degrees hotter.
then you are doing something wrong... the are some things you need to do/know before overlocking...
Ram, Multiplier, Temperature, Vcore AND the CPU Cooler is very important... also to cool the northbridge.
My Fps in Twilight Princess in Hyrule Field(or other big areas) with:
E8400 @ 3GHZ = 20 FPS (66% speed)
@ 3,6 GHZ = 23-25 FPS (75 % speed)
and now with 4 GHZ at a core:
26-29 (82% - 94% speed)
that makes many difference in gameplay.... in dungeons i have full FPS (30).
My Rev is 4922 mamario's.
and not only that... many other games run smoother now. super smash brothers Brawl runs without a framelimit at 70-81 FPS with 4 players!
with stock i only got 45-56 FPS during gameplay with 4 players!
keep in mind: 12% - 15% more power is always in...
everybody know that it shortens the lifespan of the hardware... but WHO uses a PC longer than 4 years?
For me, it's 50-56 running Dolphin (100% CPU used)