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    Emulation Discussion Revisted - M11xR2 and PS2/Wii/GC Emulation

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by alucard77, Jul 16, 2010.

  1. alucard77

    alucard77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi All,

    I have been watching the M11x for a while now and was going to purchase one before, but decided against it due to the processor.

    Now that they came out with an i7 processor that can be overclocked and turbo'd to 2.66Ghz I am intereste once again.

    So here is the favor I want to ask.

    Could someone with a i7 processor please test:
    - Dolphin Emu running Wind Waker and Twilight Princess
    - PS2 Emu running GoW 1, 2 or MGS2 or 3

    This would have to be turbo'd to the 2.66GHz to give any solid results.

    Also, I am wondering how processor intensive games like GTA and Assasin Creed 2 do on the R2.

    Any answers on this would be appreciated.

    Thank you,
     
    alucard77, Jul 16, 2010
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  2. MaxGeek

    MaxGeek Notebook Evangelist

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    You don't just turbo the processor it decides how fast it wants to go based on load, number of threads, and temperature. Its unlikely to go the max 2.266 for long periods during gaming. In TF2 I see speeds of 1600-1800MHZ.
     
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    alucard77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe I am getting something wrong, or misunderstanding.

    Isn't there a way to have the system run at 2.66GHz all the time. Like at 1 core it can do 2.66, two cores 2.44 and so on?
     
    alucard77, Jul 16, 2010
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