(11-19-2019, 11:10 AM)Materia Wrote: As another user mentioned, this hardware should be fine.
#Citra emulator specs plus
So depending on your overall demands from your PC, you might be more satisfied with less CPU cores but more power per core, plus it could save you money as well. If it is for emulation, you first and foremost want single core CPU power, as you cannot make use of more cores like some modern computer games or programms can. And you might be able to even save some money and gain some performance when you select, for example, a 4 core CPU with 100% single core power vs a 6 core CPU which however only has 95% or less power per core. Hence when selecting a CPU for emulating purposes, single core power is more important then multicore power. That is why you donĀ“t get a 100% CPU speed boost when running Dolphin in dual core mode, as it only shoves off the more menial tasks to the second CPU, not however the main tasks that still need to be ran on the first CPU core and run only on this first core as well. What Dolphin does there is load minor side tasks on to a second CPU core. The "dual core modus" itself is not fully developed either. Even Dolphin technically runs on 1 CPU core. See, old games cannot make use of more then 1 core at a time, or 2 cores at best. However, 1 thing to keep in mind with CPU specs: For older games as well as for emulators of older generations, the single core CPU power is the most important, and often only important, CPU spec. As another user mentioned, this hardware should be fine.