Quad Core Performance?

locazoo · November 10th, 2008

Will a Quad Core processor be better than a Dual core for Dolphin Emulation?
Does Dolphin has support for working on Quads instead of Dual??

TNX

omegadox · November 10th, 2008

Dolphin only supports Dual Core, else it would have a option for quad.

locazoo · November 10th, 2008

I have a AMD X2 4200+ 2.2GHz @ 2.75Ghz, and i want to buy an AMD Phenom X4 9600+ 2.3GHz

Will the Quad make the emulation faster??

tnx ^^

omegadox · November 10th, 2008

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Originally Posted by locazoo

but if i had a Quad core processor, will it be faster?

Not likely.

locazoo · November 10th, 2008

ok.. is it possible to make a multi-core or quad core optimization? is it too much troubles?

tuanming · November 10th, 2008

No one is skilled enough or smart enough for that now... Who said back-engineering was easy?

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locazoo · November 10th, 2008

Ok, so... a Dual core with more GHz is recomended instead of Quad cores... Tnx for answering my question ^^!!!

**Xtreme2damax** · November 10th, 2008

As said over nien thousand!!! times adding quad core support will have little impact on improving performance. The newer dual core processors such as Core2duo is enough, the improvements in speed come from code optimization, more accurate emulations and fixes.

So it is highly unlikely that quad core support in any form would be added since it won't give any better speeds than with a dual core processor, not to mention it would break more things than it would fix...

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**Shadow Lady** · November 10th, 2008

This question has been asked a lot before, use the search feature next time.

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omegadox ****** Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,188	Dolphin only supports Dual Core, else it would have a option for quad.

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locazoo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Argentina/Córdoba Posts: 75	I have a AMD X2 4200+ 2.2GHz @ 2.75Ghz, and i want to buy an AMD Phenom X4 9600+ 2.3GHz Will the Quad make the emulation faster?? tnx ^^

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locazoo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Argentina/Córdoba Posts: 75	ok.. is it possible to make a multi-core or quad core optimization? is it too much troubles?

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tuanming Final Fantasy XXX Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA, TX Posts: 2,404	No one is skilled enough or smart enough for that now... Who said back-engineering was easy? __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6300 1.86Ghz L629A244 @ 3.78GHz Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Rev.1.02g Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120+ FM121 (110 cfm fan) ATI x1900 GT Rev.2 256mb 513/657 G.Skill 2x1gb Hz--540MHz CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W

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Xtreme2damax T-5000 Modenator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere, even in your couch cushions.. Posts: 3,139	As said over nien thousand!!! times adding quad core support will have little impact on improving performance. The newer dual core processors such as Core2duo is enough, the improvements in speed come from code optimization, more accurate emulations and fixes. So it is highly unlikely that quad core support in any form would be added since it won't give any better speeds than with a dual core processor, not to mention it would break more things than it would fix... __________________ \| Xtemulation Forums \| Dolphin SVN Builds \| \| XTemulation Wiki \| PCSX2 SVN Builds \| Download the free Xtemulation Toolbar If you like Xtemulation, please Digg Us

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