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11-01-2015, 10:05 PM
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(11-01-2015, 12:04 PM)Multi_Media_Cuban Wrote: I now know my budget is $400-$500, What are the best laptops/all-in-ones for running Dolphin in that price range?

It's still a bit unclear to me what your exact plan is. So you currently have a laptop but you're not happy with it and want a new one? Am I understanding correctly? And do you absolutely need Dolphin to run, or are you just interested to know if a laptop like that would run it?

There isn't really a laptop for that price that could run Dolphin decently. For around 500$ you could build a budget desktop with G3258 and 750 Ti that runs Dolphin quite smoothly. As a general tip regarding pc hardware, you should never, ever buy an all-in-one. I don't know if you're into pc gaming at all, but generally you would need a pretty powerful pc for smooth performance, and even more so for Dolphin as it needs to imitate the Wii's hardware as it runs (which is very demanding).

If I were you, I would either forget about Dolphin altogether or (if you genuinely want to use it) save some money and buy a more powerful desktop or laptop at some point down the road. Buying a desktop would save you quite a lot of money since laptops are generally really overpriced. For a general idea, a laptop that runs Dolphin well would go for around 1200$ which is quite a lot. If you built a similarly powered desktop, the price would probably be 800$ (plus 100-200$ for a cheap monitor if you don't have one already). The components compared here being something like i7-4200HQ and GTX 960M/970M (mobile) vs. i5-4590 and GTX 950/ R9 380 (desktop).

But go ahead and clarify your situation a bit, it would make helping quite a bit easier Big Grin
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Christmas is soon, so... - Multi_Media_Cuban - 10-31-2015, 02:00 PM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - KHg8m3r - 10-31-2015, 03:38 PM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - tuanming - 10-31-2015, 05:18 PM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - Helios - 10-31-2015, 05:59 PM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - Multi_Media_Cuban - 11-01-2015, 04:34 AM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - DrHouse64 - 11-01-2015, 05:04 AM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - Multi_Media_Cuban - 11-01-2015, 05:42 AM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - Multi_Media_Cuban - 11-01-2015, 05:58 AM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - ENAI - 11-01-2015, 06:50 AM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - KHg8m3r - 11-01-2015, 06:41 AM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - Multi_Media_Cuban - 11-01-2015, 12:04 PM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - ENAI - 11-01-2015, 10:05 PM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - DrHouse64 - 11-02-2015, 01:26 AM
RE: Christmas is soon, so... - cyrax33 - 11-02-2015, 09:27 AM

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