Buying a laptop, what CPU should I get?

[jasonridesabike]

Hi all,

I was active here a few years back, but I guess my account got pruned from lack of activity.

Anyway, I'm working in Guatemala right now and want to pick up a super awesome gaming laptop during my week back in the states. I'm on a limited budget so I'll be craigslisting this, but as I live in LA Craigslist is ever plentiful with cheap laptops.

My question is what CPU (i7 but which?) and GPU should I be shooting for if I want to run the following games:

Mario Galaxy 1/2
Twilight Princess Wii
Wind Waker
Mario Sunshine
Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
New Super Mario Bros Wii
(any game recomendations?)


Thanks!

[admin89]

Budget ?
Gaming Laptop cost alot more than desktop
SMG 1 & 2 need sth like this :
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Digital-Storm-X17E-Radeon-7970M-GeFiorce-GTX-680M-Core-i7,17273.html
Too expensive ? Build a gaming desktop for only 700-800$
Btw , Laptop cooling is bad (especially those cheap laptop) . If the CPU overheat , Dolphin will run like slow-motion movie
Good Laptop with good cooling ussually cost around 1200-3xxx$

[jasonridesabike]

a 1000 more or less. I'm pretty good at haggling so we can call it 1200 on CL

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Getting a good laptop on CL in a highly populated city costs quite a bit less
For instance:
i7-2670QM with a GeForce GT 555M would run be about $750.

If you can throw some cpu's out there I can probably make them fit into my budget providing they aren't cutting edge just released yesterday madness.

[Starscream]

You're going to need the very latest and most expensive laptop hardware to run those games well. i5-3xxx Ivy Bridge and a GTX GPU.

[admin89]

Quote:i7-2670QM with a GeForce GT 555M would run be about $750

It's not a gaming laptop . It's multimedia laptop
You can play pc game on it but it will overheat with dolphin

[jasonridesabike]

it's a pricing example. If someone could give me some specific CPU models to hone my search, I can deal with pricing. Let's not worry about pricing, you'd be surprised what one capable of negotiation can come across.

What CPU's should I be looking for? Specific models.

[admin89]

Best Gaming Laptop (IMO) : Asus G55vw or Asus G75vw

[jasonridesabike]

(09-02-2012, 01:57 AM)admin89 Wrote: Best Gaming Laptop (IMO) : Asus G55vw or Asus G75vw

Found one with an identical CPU and GPU to the G55vw for 1000 (and that's before I talk him down to 900 ). That's what I'm talkin bout. But really, what specific CPU's should one focus on?

[DefenderX]

(09-02-2012, 01:56 AM)jasonridesabike Wrote: What CPU's should I be looking for? Specific models.

Here are some really fast Ivy Bridge Quadcore CPUs.

* i7-3720QM (really fast mobile Intel CPU)
* i7-3820QM (slightly faster than the 3720QM)
* i7-3920XM (fastest mobile Intel CPU! Overclock is possible!)

[jasonridesabike]

(09-02-2012, 02:02 AM)DefenderX Wrote:

(09-02-2012, 01:56 AM)jasonridesabike Wrote: What CPU's should I be looking for? Specific models.

* i7-3820QM (really fast mobile Intel CPU)
* i7-3920XM (fastes mobile Intel CPU!)

I imagine I should focus my search on dual cores as it's all dolphin will take advantage of correct? I don't need to pay for 2 extra cores that I'm unlikely to take full advantage of.