> > I really wanted an i7, but $300+ for just the CPU was just too much. I thought an
> i5
> > was just an i7 without the hyper threading anyway?
>
> Depending on the specific model, an i7 will often have larger caches, which is a big
> deal for emulation (as is running your RAM at the fastest stable timings).
I've always wondered what effect the eDRAM in the Broadwell generation CPUs would effect MAME performance, I had planned to grab one and try it when they were released, but the i7-5775C was stupidly expensive at release, and quickly faded from view with the release of Skylake a few months later.
The Skylake implementation of eDRAM look like it could be even better for MAME, with it effectively acting as a RAM buffer, but all the Skylake models announced with eDRAM are designed for All-in-one systems, so are Multiplier locked and are BGA package not socketed.
eDRAM very much reminds me of the original Pentium Pro.
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No slowdown here on my computer. At 100% most of time.
