(12-15-2015, 09:00 AM)leolam Wrote: I'd recommend looking for (at least) a Haswell CPU which is not an ultra-low voltage (U) one -- for example, the i7 4700MQ (the i5 4210H I have seems not too bad either). So basically, try to get something which is both higher than 4xxx and isn't an U-series CPU.
Clock speed is not as meaningful as Dolphin benchmark results, because clocks do not mean the same thing about performance across generations and brands.
You will also want to have a good dedicated GPU, or at least, one which isn't too bad, or you'll be limited by your GPU. So avoid laptops with only an Intel integrated GPU.
Ideally that's what I would do, but the price goes up or I end up looking at laptops that I'm less interested in overall. Are you saying that neither of those CPUs would be good enough at all? I had considered that, but it seems like some people are getting some results with ULV CPUs.
I was under the impression that something like Intel HD 4000 or up would be adequate to run games without upping the settings and resolution, is that wrong?