Dolphin PC buying guide

[jasong]

I've been looking at going AMD recently because the phenom 2's are really good value for money, esp the tri-cores with unlocking potential. Any idea how they perform in Dolphin?

[jasong]

The Asus G51VX is around $1k new, just upgrade the processor to a T9800 and you'll be set to go with dolphin.

[abfab126]

Thx for Double POst ^^ + Are you suggesting the guy should buy a brand new laptop and change directly the processor on It ? lol ^^

[jasong]

Apologies for double post.....didn't realize it would offend you to have to read two posts in a row from the same person.

Yeah why not? A new T9800 is $300 and you could probably get $100 for the one that's already in there 2ndhand. That's $1300 for a t9800 laptop with a gtx260 and 4gb ram. Still a bargain hey.

[abfab126]

It is fine , Im used to get offended by assholes in here !(jk of course ^^)

And yes your Idea is very interesting for someone who knows at least a little about hardware !

To Julius : You are correct Macbook Pro are great (refurbished ones are like 1200 for a c2Duo2.5Ghz + Ion Graphic cards)

[Iulius]

and for someone who gives a sh*t about support.

very useful to have a laptop that you can throw in the bin, because of maybe some minor problem as the support wont help you anymore.


dont even think about that. there is a reason why for example Dell lets you pay enormous amounts of money for extended support : cause it will be needed and it does cost much.

you cannot repair a laptop like you would repair a desktop... just change some parts and all is fine.
instead you often have to change the whole mainboard and thats costs more then the book is worth in many cases.

[jasong]

Well it's just a thought. The problem is laptops pre-fitted with t9800s cost a lot more out of the gate because they tend to use all premium components.

[G2K]

Yep, on some other laptop forums I went to, they recomened me either the Asus G51 or G71. I think I'll be going with the G51...
The problem is which model to get. They're way more expensive here in Canada, so I can either get the X1A and hope I can overclock it to 2.5GHz like some people are able to, or give it more money and get the X2A, with 2.8GHz stock, and overclock it to > 3.0GHz

But tht thing supports quad cores, so I don't think using the T9800 would be too big a deal. But hey, what do I know

[Howy]

Would a computer with AMD Phenom II X4 810 with 2.6Ghz core + 6Gb Ram + ATI Radeon 4650 1Gb be good for playing games?
Its kind of cheap for those specs, soo..
And its got quad, now, i know you only can use 2 cores.
But it wont slow down the system.
But i will surely use the HDD i have now, and have another HDD inside with Vista. (Vista Home Premium 64-bit on it)
(I know, i dont like too big changes, but as long i got good ol' XP im okay )

[CacoFFF]

Not just games, that's good for overall use.