CPU for Emulator

[Paddi01]

Which CPU would be the best if i wanted to play Zelda: Botw on Cemu Emulator at 60 fps stable?

Would a Ryzen 3 be enough with it´s single core performance?

And why is the GPU that much less important for emulators in general?

[LHJKO]

no you need like an i7 my r5 can only get 23 fps with tons of dips 

[DnFx91]

1 minute ago, Vernw3 said:

no you need like an i7 my r5 can only get 23 fps with tons of dips 

must be troll

[LHJKO]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

must be troll

nah 60 fps is hard to get my problem is my gpu tho 

 

30 fps is def possible with a r3 and a 1060 tho 

[DnFx91]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

nah 60 fps is hard to get my problem is my gpu tho 

 

30 fps is def possible with a r3 and a 1060 tho 

its a nintendo DS emulator dude. an ARM will run that, its a GPU accelerated emulator by the looks of it. 

[LHJKO]

1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

its a nintendo DS emulator dude. an ARM will run that, its a GPU accelerated emulator by the looks of it. 

Why must you troll ;( 

[JoostinOnline]

13 minutes ago, Paddi01 said:

Which CPU would be the best if i wanted to play Zelda: Botw on Cemu Emulator at 60 fps stable?

Would a Ryzen 3 be enough with it´s single core performance?

And why is the GPU that much less important for emulators in general?

I strongly recommend at least an R5 if you want 30fps.  An i7 will do much better.

4 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

its a nintendo DS emulator dude. an ARM will run that, its a GPU accelerated emulator by the looks of it. 

No, it's a Wii U emulator

[DnFx91]

1 minute ago, JoostinOnline said:

I strongly recommend at least an R5.  An i7 will do much better.

No, it's a Wii U emulator

I stand corrected. Ill try it on a 2nd gen i5 with a poo firepro card and see how it handles it and let you know results later

[Paddi01]

1 minute ago, JoostinOnline said:

I strongly recommend at least an R5.  An i7 will do much better.

No, it's a Wii U emulator

something like 7700k?

[JoostinOnline]

1 minute ago, Paddi01 said:

something like 7700k?

 An i7-6700k, an i7-7700k, or an i5-8400 (which has fewer threads but more cores) would work great.  You could also do okay with a 4790k, but even used those are still incredibly expensive.  Cemu loves single core performance.  Remember, the GC/Wii/Wii U aren't very graphics intensive (they're all based on the same architecture), so they don't need much GPU power unless you're using graphics mods.  Most of the work goes into emulating the weird hardware, so it puts a lot of stress on the CPU.

[Paddi01]

3 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

 An i7-6700k, an i7-7700k, or an i5-8400 (which has fewer threads but more cores) would work great.  You could also do okay with a 4790k, but even used those are still incredibly expensive.  Cemu loves single core performance.  Remember, the GC/Wii/Wii U aren't very graphics intensive (they're all based on the same architecture), so they don't need much GPU power unless you're using graphics mods.  Most of the work goes into emulating the weird hardware, so it puts a lot of stress on the CPU.

good information. But it´s the same as with games that they can´t use more than 4 cores/threads?

[JoostinOnline]

1 minute ago, Paddi01 said:

good information. But it´s the same as with games that they can´t use more than 4 cores/threads?

Cemu is now multithreaded, so it can theoretically make use of all of them.  It may or may not though.  However, the 8400 is good overall, and you'll end up benefiting in other places regardless.  Of course an i7-8700k blows them all away, but I don't know what your budget is.  A new 8400 or a used 6700k (along with a decent cooler like a Cryorig H7) are your most economical choices.

[asus killer]

 

51 minutes ago, Paddi01 said:

Which CPU would be the best if i wanted to play Zelda: Botw on Cemu Emulator at 60 fps stable?

Would a Ryzen 3 be enough with it´s single core performance?

And why is the GPU that much less important for emulators in general?

it mostly just uses single and dual core, core speed rules. Read here:

GPU doesn't matter much because they are games from platforms that use a lot less GPU power than any new PC, but the CPU as to do all the emulation.

 

[SupaKomputa]

I played BOTW with CEMU in my old FX6300 and R5 1600. Not much difference.

With the new version i can get 30fps outdoor and 60fps indoor most of the time.

It is important that you apply shader cache, as the game will stutter when moving to new locations.

If you don't have shader cache the frame will drop to 5-6fps, just wait till all finished loading, and it will be normal.

BTW, I got those framerates with only 1050ti.

 

Cemu is now multithreaded, but you have to select up to 3 cores, and it will only use 3 cores only (i have 6cores/12 threads).

By default it only running at 1 core.

When running in triple cores, i only see cemu using 3 threads (not cores) running.

So i assume a 4 core processor is good enough to run the emulator.

 

Triple Core selected:

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Please note that i haven't applied any mods / patch, just select gpu buffer to low and choose the cpu core count.

[Paddi01]

9 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

I played BOTW with CEMU in my old FX6300 and R5 1600. Not much difference.

With the new version i can get 30fps outdoor and 60fps indoor most of the time.

It is important that you apply shader cache, as the game will stutter when moving to new locations.

If you don't have shader cache the frame will drop to 5-6fps, just wait till all finished loading, and it will be normal.

BTW, I got those framerates with only 1050ti.

 

Cemu is now multithreaded, but you have to select up to 3 cores, and it will only use 3 cores only (i have 6cores/12 threads).

By default it only running at 1 core.

When running in triple cores, i only see cemu using 3 threads (not cores) running.

So i assume a 4 core processor is good enough to run the emulator.

 

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Please note that i haven't applied any mods / patch, just select gpu buffer to low and choose the cpu core count.

i have 880k and the game runs like i was watching a Windows slide show ^^

[SupaKomputa]

Okay what is your processor / gpu?

880k is a very big cache, i usually never use more than 100k.

 

[Paddi01]

9 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Okay what is your processor / gpu?

880k is a very big cache, i usually never use more than 100k.

 

I meant my CPU is a AMD X4 880k paired with RX 470. There are no bottlenecks in games but for this emulator it is too weak.

[SupaKomputa]

Have you installed any shader cache?

It is normal for the game to stutter when moving to a new area as the pc have to compile the new area shades.

With shader cache, you precompile the shader before starting the game, so there's no compiling ingame.

But whenever you reach a new place that is not listed in your shader cache, it will stutter.

So use the most complete shader cache for particular area, and if you move to another use different shader for that area.

Your CPU is not weak, you just need to tweak some settings a bit.

Use FPS++ to boost the FPS outside shrine, this tweak artificially doubles your framerate by enforcing fence skipping.

[Tummy]

On 26-1-2018 at 2:51 PM, Vernw3.com said:

no you need like an i7 my r5 can only get 23 fps with tons of dips 

weird, my r5 2600 gets a solid 60fps with 27% usage. (Note it is overclocked to 4GHz)