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RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - NaturalViolence - 03-15-2012
Quote:ok it has logic, but if I'm going to save money would be for an i7 2600k cpu, how much is the performance compared to an i3?
If you overclock, very significant.
Go for an i5 2500K instead. It's a lot cheaper and performs the same with dolphin and most applications.
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - PaRaDoX_94 - 03-15-2012
(03-15-2012, 09:46 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:Quote:ok it has logic, but if I'm going to save money would be for an i7 2600k cpu, how much is the performance compared to an i3?
If you overclock, very significant.
Go for an i5 2500K instead. It's a lot cheaper and performs the same with dolphin and most applications.
any good motherboard (cheap and with OC suport)?
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - Zee530 - 03-15-2012
i5 2500k with Z68 motherboard
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - ExtremeDude2 - 03-15-2012
(03-15-2012, 06:49 PM)Zee530 Wrote: i5 2500k with Z68 motherboard
More like P67 (he said cheap)
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - NaturalViolence - 03-16-2012
Z68 and P67 cost about the same on most sites. Both will do fine.
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - ExtremeDude2 - 03-16-2012
(03-16-2012, 08:59 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Z68 and P67 cost about the same on most sites. Both will do fine.
Well then get the Z68
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - LugiazSoul - 03-16-2012
If you guys wanna overclock on Motherboards that don't support overclocking, then try Clockgen. On my old rig, I overclocked my Athlon II x2 from 2.0 to 2.5.
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - StupidStories - 03-16-2012
Clockgen can't raise the CPU multiplier, which is the only way Sandy Bridge CPUs can be overclocked. On LGA 775 boards it can cause nasty issues with the NB straps.
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - PaRaDoX_94 - 03-16-2012
umm the motherboard that Im looking for is one cheap (compared to high-end motherboards) that support OC and if you can recomend me a good cpu-fan will be great
I think im going to boy the i5 with a cheap asus motherboard
so the AMD FX series are bad for Dolphin? is there a benchmark comparing the Phenom II with the FX and i5/i7?
RE: Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin? - PaRaDoX_94 - 03-16-2012
I just overclock my athlon @ 3.552 Ghz and it works great in most games with openGL, exept the metroid prime saga and mario kart wii, those runs @ 60-25fps depending on the area, ssbm and ssbb at full speed, and the zelda games (WW, TP & SW) runs perfectly... how much performance will the i5 give me in those games, if most of them run fine or playable?