i7 or i9 for PCem?

Slo2020 · Post by **Slo2020** » Sun 31 Jan, 2021 5:34 am

Should i buy i7-12700K or i9-12900K for PCem when it will be released? Do you think this CPU's will be enough for 400 MHz?

Post by **SarahWalker** » Sun 31 Jan, 2021 8:30 am

Dunno. Wait until someone else is stupid enough to buy them and can report back.

Slo2020 · Post by **Slo2020** » Sun 31 Jan, 2021 9:27 am

I only wanted to ask if i9 is better for this emulator compare to i7.

Cheez · Post by **Cheez** » Sun 31 Jan, 2021 10:48 am

I doubt there'll be much of an increase of core speed between the two, so...

leilei · Post by **leilei** » Mon 01 Feb, 2021 2:32 am

IPC is what really counts. More cores however do benefit the Voodoo emulation (especially now that you can use 4 per card, like 8 for a Voodoo2 SLI)

IPC's been improving only at a glacial pace in the past decade though (compared to 1996-2006 which were like at least 4 distinct computer eras). Getting a new good* CPU over any relatively recent good* CPU is a big financial risk regardless of hype (especially during a pandemic where minor CPU jumps aren't exactly a life dependency).

* not laptops, often the lowest common emulation-performance complaining denominator

aitus95 · Post by **aitus95** » Mon 01 Feb, 2021 6:33 am

I agree with leilei, I have an i5 9600k and I can make a pentium 2 300 mhz work discreetly, the cpu you mentioned will have a production process of 10 nm so they will have a higher ipc.

Post by **SarahWalker** » Mon 01 Feb, 2021 7:41 am

aitus95 wrote: ↑Mon 01 Feb, 2021 6:33 am the cpu you mentioned will have a production process of 10 nm so they will have a higher ipc.

These two statements are unconnected. Silicon process does not directly affect IPC.

Slo2020 · Post by **Slo2020** » Wed 10 Feb, 2021 5:06 am

Anyone maybe have i7-9700K or 10700K to tell which CPU can emulate at 100%?

tr.StEalTH · Post by **tr.StEalTH** » Wed 10 Feb, 2021 6:54 pm

My i7 8700k can run every os from dos to win2k at 100% with any setup. But I use other programs to make this happen. First I launch pcem in a program called cpu cores, I got it from steam. I use a few programs in some of my guest os's. rain, cput throttle and few of my own tweaks I used to do back in the day. Past that some of the games you run can still drag down the % even tho v17 fixed a LOT of that noise. My ol lady has a i7 9700 She seems about the same speeds but without the need to use cpu core. but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt if she had it =p

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