Can these laptops run dolphin emulator ? [at a native 480p]

[jeeljel]

(12-01-2012, 09:20 PM)DefenderX Wrote: Well, a fast i5 should be enough, but some games are really heavy.

For 480p, an Intel HD Graphics is enough. But you will have performance problems in some heavier games though, better get a laptop with a dedicated GPU.

(12-01-2012, 09:28 PM)admin89 Wrote:

Quote:even for a gamecube game ? at 480p

Not relate to CPU
Resolution -> GPU job

Quote:i5 430m and a Radeon HD 5650

Enjoy slowmotion movie at 720p

ah, I'm confused now : (

[admin89]

Emulation Speed -> CPU job
Graphics (480p/720p/1080p) -> GPU job

But CPU must not bottleneck (pull down) the GPU and GPU must not bottleneck the CPU
Fast CPU (i3/i5/i7 @ 3.0GHz or higher) + Slow GPU (Intel HD 2000/3000/4000) -> Bad ending
Slow CPU (i3/i5/i7 @ 2.5GHz or slower) + Fast GPU (Nvidia GT 630M ,640M, 650M....) -> Bad ending
Fast CPU + Fast GPU -> Good ending

For example :
i5 430m and a Radeon HD 5650 -> Show CPU + Fast GPU
i7 2620m + HD3000 -> Fast CPU + Sh*t GPU
i7 2670QM + Nvidia GT 540M -> Fast CPU + Fast CPU
but all of them are craps atm

Listen to DefenderX's advice "Why don't you buy a gaming laptop with new Ivy Bridge CPU?" and buy a laptop that has either :
_i5 3210M , Nvidia GT 630M / 640M /650M
_i7 3610QM / 3630QM , Nvidia GT 630M / 640M /650M
then again , you should list the games you want to play . Seriously , you just waste your time since there are alot of demanding GC games : Metroid Prime , Fzero GX , Baten Kaitos + LLE ....

And how much you gonna spend for laptop

[rpglord]

(12-01-2012, 09:26 PM)jeeljel Wrote: oh thank you !
I guess I'll go with the envy 14, it has an i5 430m and a Radeon HD 5650
that'll be sufficient I guess considering that I need to play CG games only

You shouldn't go for envy 14 because it has different,older and slower version of i5 cpu.
You shouldn't go for the first because it doesnt have dedicated gpu.
Like I said, second option is the best.

[jeeljel]

(12-02-2012, 12:26 AM)rpglord Wrote:

(12-01-2012, 09:26 PM)jeeljel Wrote: oh thank you !
I guess I'll go with the envy 14, it has an i5 430m and a Radeon HD 5650
that'll be sufficient I guess considering that I need to play CG games only

You shouldn't go for envy 14 because it has different,older and slower version of i5 cpu.
You shouldn't go for the first because it doesnt have dedicated gpu.
Like I said, second option is the best.

ah, yess ! I'm going for this one, I was just affraid of the built quality of the z570
my main purpose isn't gaming with the machine, I have a limited budget and I wanted to optimize my choice !
thank you again for the help, : ) it was awesome

[enajor66]

I got Super Smash Bros Melee running on my hp elitebook 6930p with a core 2 duo and intel gma 4500mhd graphics at playable speed. I just enabled all the hacks and set 2 frameskip on dolphin 5.0, and it ran at 30fps with no stutters on battlefield and FD, 2 players (I dunno and don't care about the rest)

[MayImilae]

This post was from 2012. Please do not necropost, and just make a new thread!

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