processor for emulation (below £100)

[A Drawer For Fun]

is a i7 4770k good for ps3, switch, dolphin (wii) emulation
pc is i5 4460, 1050 ti, 16gb ram, 256gb ssd 

Edited May 25, 2022 by A Drawer For Fun
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[Middcore]

I assume you mean 4770k because 4470k isn't a thing.

 

 

Considering what ETA Prime achieved in the video with the i5 and worse video cards, I think you'd be fine for anything up through PS2/GameCube era but newer consoles than that are doubtful.

 

[A Drawer For Fun]

1 minute ago, Middcore said:

I assume you mean 4770k because 4470k isn't a thing.

 

 

Considering what ETA Prime achieved in the video with the i5 and worse video cards, I think you'd be fine for anything up through PS2/GameCube era but newer consoles than that are doubtful.

 

as far as ps2 goes it's completely fine and runs at stable 60fps at 1080p

[Mark Kaine]

Not really possible.  RPCS3 (probably anything newer too) needs at *minimum* a R5 3600, and its not that great, you'd be better off with a more powerful 8c/16t processor with AVX512 support. 

[A Drawer For Fun]

4 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Not really possible.  RPCS3 (probably anything newer too) needs at *minimum* a R5 3600, and its not that great, you'd be better off with a more powerful 8c/16t processor with AVX512 support. 

so i'd need to pay alot more money for a processor of rpcs3 level

[jaslion]

Rpcs3 runs at acceptable levels starting from a ryzen 3600 in most games but really needs FAST single core performance + enough cores. Something the 4770k does not have. Single core performance wise can be remedied a decent bit with a good overclock but still it will be far behind even modern budget cpu's that are in your budget or almost in your budget like a i3 12100. Of course this means new ram and motherboard.

 

So basically for 100 pounds you won't get anything better than what you have now for your purposes.

[Mark Kaine]

7 minutes ago, A Drawer For Fun said:

so i'd need to pay alot more money for a processor of rpcs3 level

yeah those processors seem currently quite overpriced,  maybe you could find something used.

[jaslion]

4 hours ago, A Drawer For Fun said:

so i'd need to pay alot more money for a processor of rpcs3 level

Yup a i5 12400 would be a nice starter.