JRPGfan on 13 February 2016
| Kirin_gaming said: The Sandy Bridge chips were, and still are great for gaming.I had a 2600k for my first build ever and managed to get it to 5.0Ghz for daily use, it was great for emulation, maybe even better than my 5960X running at 4.5Ghz.It is really sad that a lot of software doesn't take advantage of newer chips, I've never seen my CPU go above 55% while gaming at 4K and multitasking at the same time, just imagine the possibilities if all 16 threads were used effectively or even 32 threads in a not so distant future. |
Actually the jump in terms of performance for something like a Haswell chip is much higher than a sandybridge, mhz for mhz.
You might see a 3.8ghz haswell beat a 5ghz Sandybridge chip, for something like Dolphine (wii emulation).
Something like a G3258 @4.5ghz (dual core) is enough to run ANY game for dolphine 100% fluently (even with custom graphics patches) for the most demanding games. Same is true for Pcsx2, or any other emulator currently worth running.
You dont even need a i7 currently for emulation, a cheap g3258 will handle things handly.
