Asus K53TA advise need it buying tomorrow!

09-05-2011, 11:32 AM #1

will this computer run the Wii game or only Gamecube.

Asus K53TA
AMD A6-3400m Quad Core CPU 1.4GHz - 2.3GHz Boost
integrated 6520G + 6650m dedicated = 6720G2 GPU with Crossfire
Stock 4GB single stick DDR3 1333 RAM can accommodate two sticks of 4GB for 8GB Max
AMD Radeon® HD 6720G2 1GB DDR3 (Radeon HD 6500m cross fired with a Radeon HD 6600m = 6720)
500GB 5400RPM HDD
15.6" 1366x768 glossy screen
I can run stable overclocks with CPU @ 2.3GHz using K10Stat and GPU at 650MHz / GPU RAM at 1000MHz, stock is 600/900.
$450.00 at Best Buy

Thanks in advance.

**Starscream** · (This post was last modified: 09-05-2011, 12:05 PM by Starscream.)

I have that laptop. While it is able to play some games well, most others are not going to run at full speed. This laptop has a much better chance of playing PC games well rather than Dolphin. Dolphin just needs too much processing power and this will not be enough.

09-05-2011, 12:09 PM #3

(09-05-2011, 12:04 PM)[SS] Starscream Wrote: I have that laptop. While it is able to play some games well, most others are not going to run at full speed. This laptop has a much better chance of playing PC games well rather than Dolphin. Dolphin just needs too much processing power and this will not be enough.

Thanks for the reply.

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 09-05-2011, 03:46 PM by admin89.)

2.3Ghz is turbo core which means only 1 core at 2.3Ghz (not quad core anymore)
Dolphin may use 2 core at 2.0Ghz ...
It is the same as playing dolphin on pentium 4

**NaturalViolence** · 09-06-2011, 09:07 AM #5

Quote:2.3Ghz is turbo core which means only 1 core at 2.3Ghz (not quad core anymore)
Dolphin may use 2 core at 2.0Ghz ...

That's not true at all. You're thinking of first generation turbo boost in intel cpus. 2.3GHz is the max clock rate regardless of how many cores are active.
Here, some reading for you: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4444/amd-l...a8-3500m/4

Quote:It is the same as playing dolphin on pentium 4

Also not true. Llano has a performance per clock inbetween athlon II and phenom II desktop cpus. Which is equivalent of the performance per clock of core 2 duo/quad mobile cpus.

I suggest you read some reviews on llano before making these kinds of statements.