CPU/GPU Trade-Off

[emmaus]

i dont know, but check the wiki for reports on tests.tough from those reports, you should be able to play at full speed with 3.0ghz cpu, which the first one satisfies.

https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Donkey_Kong_Country_Returns

[zero-giulio]

Ok, thank you for the info.

In addition I found this (1 year old) topic:

https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-what-can-i-run--35920

where it was said i7-4710MQ + nVidia GTX 860M

can play "Everything the light touches".
Considering there is less than 100 € difference, I'm focusing on i7 + 860 at the moment, in order to be more confident about the requirements.