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Getting a new laptop
04-07-2016, 04:29 AM
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turtleblizzard
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I'm still using a 10 year old Amilo laptop, which works fine until PSX-emuera and Xbox-level PC games. But now I'm looking for machine that can run some modern games decently as well as some of my Gamecube library such as Smash Bros Melee, Metroid Prime, Luigi's Mansion, F-Zero GX on Dolphin. It's enough for me to have Gamecube-like quality.

At the moment I have PCs with i5-5200U, i5-4210H, i5-6300HQ and i7-5500U processors with Geforce 920M, 940M and 950M graphics in my sights

My simple question is would any of these be enough to handle Dolphin decently? I know they can already run most of the modern PC games I'm thinking about (Dirt, Arkham Knight etc) decently, but I have no idea about Dolphin. I'm not in rush to upgrade so if I have to wait a couple of years more (if my old lappy can live that long) then that's what I do.

Thanks in advance
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04-07-2016, 04:36 AM
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i5-6300HQ + 940M will work best for Dolphin and probably for other PC games too. The U CPUs aren't Skylake, and are also ultra low voltage, meaning they aren't terribly fast, and Dolphin loves to make those suckers thermally throttle real quick.

The laptop with the 950m GPU is the fastest of the three, but pairing that with a ULV CPU makes that a little pointless.
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04-07-2016, 05:30 AM
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What's your budget? For $900, we recommend this Dell laptop: http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-7559-laptop/pd?oc=dncwpw5716h&model_id=inspiron-15-7559-laptop
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04-07-2016, 11:36 AM
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The i5 6300HQ version is fine
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i7559-763BLK-Full-HD-GeForce/dp/B015PYYDMQ
It's the only mobile quad core i5 , the other i5 are dual core with Hyperthreading
We recommend the dell because it's the only one gaming notebook at $800 price tag that has 3 heatsinks . Most multi-media notebook only have 1 heatsink and that will cause overheating
Laptop: (Show Spoiler)
Clevo W230SS : 3200x1800 IPS | i7 4700MQ @ 3.6GHz (Intel XTU + Triple fan mod) | GTX 860M GDDR5 | 128GB Toshiba CFD SSD | 16GB DDR3L 1600MHz
Acer v5-573G : 1080p LED |  i5 4200U @ 2.3GHz | Nvidia GT 750M 4GB | 128GB Toshiba SSD  | 12GB DDR3 1600MHz 
Mini PC :: (Show Spoiler)
G3258 @ 4.6GHz | ELSA GTX 750 | Asrock Z87E ITX | 600W SFX 80+ Gold Silverstone + SG06-LITE | Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2000MHz | Scythe Kozuti + Ao Kaze | 25TB 2.5" Ex HDD (in total) , Zelda Gold Wiimote , LE Wii Classic Controller , Gold LE PS3 DualShock , BlackWidow Chroma ,
Now Playing : Xenoblade Definitive Edition on Yuzu - Switch Emu 

 
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04-08-2016, 04:11 AM
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Well the Dell looks great and it's about in my budget range. Problem is I'm living in Finland and from what i found importing one from US/UK would cost a few hundred extra plus all the other possible hassle. For reference here's what I was looking at after dropping the other options http://www.expert.fi/Tuotteet/Tietokoneet/Kannettavat/Asus-ROG-GL552VX-DM016T

I might look for better deals and then decide. Thanks
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04-08-2016, 04:25 AM
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ASUS ROG systems have decent cooling. That should be okay.
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04-08-2016, 08:41 AM (This post was last modified: 04-08-2016, 09:29 AM by admin89.)
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Depending on what Asus ROG you're talking about ...
That Asus ROG costs only 800 bucks and it has gaming components but it's not a true gaming laptop . It has only 1 heatsink
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It will overheat without a doubt . @Garteal bought the same notebook before and it does overheat (90 degree Celsius and up)
Laptop: (Show Spoiler)
Clevo W230SS : 3200x1800 IPS | i7 4700MQ @ 3.6GHz (Intel XTU + Triple fan mod) | GTX 860M GDDR5 | 128GB Toshiba CFD SSD | 16GB DDR3L 1600MHz
Acer v5-573G : 1080p LED |  i5 4200U @ 2.3GHz | Nvidia GT 750M 4GB | 128GB Toshiba SSD  | 12GB DDR3 1600MHz 
Mini PC :: (Show Spoiler)
G3258 @ 4.6GHz | ELSA GTX 750 | Asrock Z87E ITX | 600W SFX 80+ Gold Silverstone + SG06-LITE | Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2000MHz | Scythe Kozuti + Ao Kaze | 25TB 2.5" Ex HDD (in total) , Zelda Gold Wiimote , LE Wii Classic Controller , Gold LE PS3 DualShock , BlackWidow Chroma ,
Now Playing : Xenoblade Definitive Edition on Yuzu - Switch Emu 

 
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