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Why just for x64? - BladeMight - 10-03-2014
In the new versions of dolphin have some jit cpu changes that increases performance up to 26%, this is maken by fiora, right? can someone make an x86 version of this fix? Because the dolphins are now just x64. ・_・
Thanks.
RE: Why just for x64? - Anti-Ultimate - 10-03-2014
That's the problem, those optimizations wouldn't work on x86.
RE: Why just for x64? - JMC47 - 10-03-2014
Yeah, that huge performance boost is partially (mostly?) due to dropping x86. It wasn't dropped for no reason, it was holding back the emulator!
RE: Why just for x64? - BladeMight - 10-03-2014
So i cant do anything?
Also what speed will be if my PC specs are:
CPU 2.5GHz
Nvidia GT 220 512 mb
2gb ram
P.s. Its really become faster?
RE: Why just for x64? - Anti-Ultimate - 10-03-2014
Yep
If you install x64 Windows onto that, you will notice a big improvement over 4.0.
RE: Why just for x64? - Link_to_the_past - 10-03-2014
(10-03-2014, 07:45 PM)BladeMight Wrote: So i cant do anything?
Also what speed will be if my PC specs are:
CPU 2.5GHz
Nvidia GT 220 512 mb
2gb ram
P.s. Its really become faster?
You could reinstall windows 7 to x64 version, it is free to do it. And yes it is usually at least 30% faster here compared to 4.0.2.
RE: Why just for x64? - BladeMight - 10-03-2014
x64 have some difference in usable?
RE: Why just for x64? - driscoll42 - 10-03-2014
(10-03-2014, 08:13 PM)BladeMight Wrote: x64 have some difference in usable?
You might find it helpful to read the blog post they made back in May, Obituary for 32-bit. Jist is 32-bit is slower, harder to maintain, and almost all new CPUs support 64-bit. In later blog posts they also state how various other optimizations/fixes would be much harder/impossible in 32-bit, making 64-bit just all around better. Plus by having a 64-bit OS you get all the other benefits, such as more addressable memory space.
RE: Why just for x64? - hellbringer616 - 10-04-2014
You may want to upgrade your RAM if you upgrade to a 64-bit OS. 64bit OS's consume more RAM then their 32-ibt counter parts. a fresh install of Windows 7 32-bit (when SP1 had just came out) was just under 900mb, and the 64-bit version was 1.1GB.
idling my PC uses about 1.4GB these days, i have more running then just the OS however. anyway my point being. you may run into RAM issues when playing Dolphin with only 2GB of RAM, a dev would know better than i, i have not checked Dolphins RAM usage
RE: Why just for x64? - KHg8m3r - 10-04-2014
Dolphin has a low RAM impact, and I have played Dolphin on 64-bit with only 2 GB of RAM.
However, running anything else besides Dolphin usually goes over the 2 GB RAM, and makes the computer really slow and lags. You will want to upgrade to 4 GB of RAM.
@BladeMight, what is your specific CPU model? That is the real factor in speed here. (If you don't know, click on the Start Button, right-click on Computer, and click on Properties)