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G3258 - Stock or OC: no difference! - Vangart - 12-22-2016

Hello fellas,

my rig:
G3258
H87I-Plus (ITX)
8GB DD3-1600
Linux x64
OpenGL 3.0 (Mesa 11.2)

Thing is, it doesn't make any difference if I play Gamecube or Wii Games on Dolphin (1.5 native) with stock or oc'ed to 4.0Ghz. The frames are exactly the same.

Any ideas?

Edit: I am using the nightly-build (5.0-Git)

Van


RE: G3258 - Stock or OC: no difference! - DrHouse64 - 12-22-2016

Looks like your bottleneck isn't your CPU but your GPU.
Do you have a discret GPU ? If not, then OC your CPU is useless, your Intel HD Graphics isn't good enough at rendering games.


RE: G3258 - Stock or OC: no difference! - Vangart - 12-22-2016

(12-22-2016, 10:53 PM)DrHouse64 Wrote: Looks like your bottleneck isn't your CPU but your GPU.
Do you have a discret GPU ? If not, then OC your CPU is useless, your Intel HD Graphics isn't good enough at rendering games.

I use the iGPU indeed. I thought that the CPU is the most important part and that the GPU is only needed for higher resolutions like >=720p e.g.


RE: G3258 - Stock or OC: no difference! - admin89 - 12-22-2016

Quote:I thought that the CPU is the most important part and that the GPU is only needed for higher resolutions like >=720p e.g.
That was true but Dolphin GPU requirement has been increased recently
G3258 iGPU is not Intel HD 4600 but just Intel HD (Haswell) . According to benchmark , it's on par with Sandy Bridge Intel HD 3000 . I doubt it's even fast enough for 1xIR
Not to mention , Linux hate everything but Nvidia driver...
GTX 1050 is $110 right now . It's a good GPU for 4xIR + FXAA


RE: G3258 - Stock or OC: no difference! - Vangart - 12-22-2016

(12-22-2016, 11:19 PM)admin89 Wrote: That was true but Dolphin GPU requirement has been increased recently
G3258 iGPU is not Intel HD 4600 but just Intel HD (Haswell) . According to benchmark , it's on par with Sandy Bridge Intel HD 3000 . I doubt it's even fast enough for 1xIR
Not to mention , Linux hate everything but Nvidia driver...
GTX 1050 is $110 right now . It's a good GPU for 4xIR + FXAA

Ah, thanks a lot for this info! Yeah, I was considering even to buy the 1050 Ti.


RE: G3258 - Stock or OC: no difference! - DrHouse64 - 12-22-2016

Even before 5.0 Era, when GPU requirements increased, you can't just use Dolphin with an old iGPU lol.
It's like expecting Dolphin to work well with 1 Go of RAM. CPU is very important, but there is also a bare minimum for other components as well.


RE: G3258 - Stock or OC: no difference! - Vangart - 12-22-2016

(12-22-2016, 11:42 PM)DrHouse64 Wrote: Even before 5.0 Era, when GPU requirements increased, you can't just use Dolphin with an old iGPU lol.
It's like expecting Dolphin to work well with 1 Go of RAM. CPU is very important, but there is also a bare minimum for other components as well.

Now I am aware of that. Thanks!