Good computers for Dolphin

[admin89]

Quote:Hey thanks I was looking around and I found this one too....
....Would this work great with Zelda SS too?

Seriously , you should buy a wii
Why ?
Without a graphic card , you have to stick with wii native resolution - 480p and the wii is much cheaper

@werewolfyman
Pull down that graphic card . Nvidia GTX 550Ti is overkill , it can run dolphin at 4x IR (2560x2112) . AMD 6670 can do 1080p just fine
Besides, H61 mobo = no upgrading in the future unless he replace that mobo

[werewolfyman]

The HD 3000 can only play 480p, which the Wii itself does, ruining the point of the emulator.

I added it up.
An overclockable rig will cost you $730.

A Wii and Skyward sword will cost you $250.

Can the DDR3 6670 run at 1080p?
That would make it a clean $700.

[puglover]

Lol well to be honest I really want a laptop because I have CP and can only use one hand I love Zelda and I really want to be able to play Skyward Sword the only way I can play it is using an Xbox 360 controller. I don't have room in my room for a desktop so I was really wanting to build a laptop. I figured if I was going to spend the money to build one I would want it to run mac Os X Lion too. Do you guys have any ideas?

[werewolfyman]

(06-23-2012, 02:43 AM)puglover Wrote: Lol well to be honest I really want a laptop because I have CP and can only use one hand I love Zelda and I really want to be able to play Skyward Sword the only way I can play it is using an Xbox 360 controller. I don't have room in my room for a desktop so I was really wanting to build a laptop. I figured if I was going to spend the money to build one I would want it to run mac Os X Lion too. Do you guys have any ideas?

People don't generally build laptops...
But I could recommend you a pre-built desktop I suppose.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229333

A laptop in that price range won't really play Skyward sword all that well..

I suppose this will provide good performance...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215417

That GPU might be able to play it at 2x native...
Not sure.
But 480p? Definitely.

[puglover]

What is 2x Native? So that Laptop should be able to run Zelda Ss like a regular Wii?

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Could that run Lion?

[werewolfyman]

(06-23-2012, 03:09 AM)puglover Wrote: What is 2x Native? So that Laptop should be able to run Zelda Ss like a regular Wii?

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Could that run Lion?

2x native is 720p HD.

480p is 1x native or how the Wii runs games.

Not sure about Hackintosh, but probably. (Hackintosh is putting Lion on a non Mac laptop.)

[NaturalViolence]

2 x 528 = 1056

1056 != 720

1.5x would be much closer to 720p.

[rpglord]

(06-23-2012, 01:47 AM)admin89 Wrote: Besides, H61 mobo = no upgrading in the future unless he replace that mobo

What do you mean by that ? h61 is upgradable as any other chipset...

[puglover]

What about this one?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+17.3%22+Satellite+Laptop+-+6GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Platinum/4693054.p?id=1218509073307&skuId=4693054

Also how do you know if the computer will work good with Zelda SS? What exactly do I need to be looking at?

[werewolfyman]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Acer+-+15.6%22Aspire+Notebook+6+GB+Memory+-+640+GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/3823013.p?id=1218434742815&skuId=3823013

This one.
A good laptop needs to i5 and have a discrete GPU.

Those two will make Skyward Sword fly.

What sites are you willing to buy from?

AMD laptops are not a good idea for dolphin, but are better for PC gaming.

Acer laptops tend to be the only ones that come with Discrete GPUs at lower price ranges.