Hi guys, this is my first post on these forums. My family is thinking about getting a new laptop, so I figured we might as well get a laptop that will be able to run the games in the description well on dolphin. I'll be running the games with a pretty no-frills configuration (native resolution, etc.) and stick to 2 player matches for best performance.
I've heard that 4 GB ram should be sufficient to run the above games and that the graphics card/integrated graphics doesn't really matter unless you plan on running at above native resolution (which I won't). I've also heard that single-threaded performance is most important for Dolphin and that intel is a better choice than amd in that sense. Doing a search for "intel laptop" on amazon brings up plenty of laptops at or under $450 (which is our budget) with 4 GB ram, but I'm not sure which processor would be the best for dolphin because I've heard traditional performance measures can belie how well they will run games in dolphin. Here are some of the ones I see sorted by clock rate (I assume higher is better, but just in case I included those with lower clock rates):
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.5 GHz
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.4 GHz
Intel Pentium Dual Core 2020M @ 2.4 GHz
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.3 GHz
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.3 GHz
Intel Core i3-350M @ 2.26 GHz
Intel B940 @ 2.0 GHz
Intel Celeron 1005M @ 1.9 GHz
Intel Pentium 3558U @ 1.70 GHz
Intel Celeron 2957U @ 1.40 GHz
I also saw an AMD processor with an especially high clock rate:
AMD A6-5350M @ 2.90 GHz
Are any of these processors good enough to run the games I want at fullish speed, or is $450 just too small a budget for a laptop that will run them? Thanks in advance.
I've heard that 4 GB ram should be sufficient to run the above games and that the graphics card/integrated graphics doesn't really matter unless you plan on running at above native resolution (which I won't). I've also heard that single-threaded performance is most important for Dolphin and that intel is a better choice than amd in that sense. Doing a search for "intel laptop" on amazon brings up plenty of laptops at or under $450 (which is our budget) with 4 GB ram, but I'm not sure which processor would be the best for dolphin because I've heard traditional performance measures can belie how well they will run games in dolphin. Here are some of the ones I see sorted by clock rate (I assume higher is better, but just in case I included those with lower clock rates):
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.5 GHz
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.4 GHz
Intel Pentium Dual Core 2020M @ 2.4 GHz
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.3 GHz
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.3 GHz
Intel Core i3-350M @ 2.26 GHz
Intel B940 @ 2.0 GHz
Intel Celeron 1005M @ 1.9 GHz
Intel Pentium 3558U @ 1.70 GHz
Intel Celeron 2957U @ 1.40 GHz
I also saw an AMD processor with an especially high clock rate:
AMD A6-5350M @ 2.90 GHz
Are any of these processors good enough to run the games I want at fullish speed, or is $450 just too small a budget for a laptop that will run them? Thanks in advance.
