Good computers for Dolphin

[puglover]

Well I was looking for one with a big screen I know AMD's aren't good with Mac or anything I'm willing to buy from best buy or Staples possibly Amazon. I really like big screen laptops. How was the one I posted? Thanks for helping me!

[werewolfyman]

(06-23-2012, 04:52 AM)puglover Wrote: Well I was looking for one with a big screen I know AMD's aren't good with Mac or anything I'm willing to buy from best buy or Staples possibly Amazon. I really like big screen laptops. How was the one I posted? Thanks for helping me!

It doesn't have discrete GPU, which may hinder performance.
I can't find a large screen laptop with a discrete GPU in your price range. Sorry.
The Acer ones I posted have small screens, but are fine otherwise.

And you could always plug them into a larger monitor.

[puglover]

What do you mean by a discrete GPU? What makes it discrete? How can you know if it's discrete?

[werewolfyman]

(06-23-2012, 08:25 AM)puglover Wrote: What do you mean by a discrete GPU? What makes it discrete? How can you know if it's discrete?

A GPU made by AMD or Nvidia.
The APUs are technically integrated, but they perform similarly to a low-end discrete GPU.

As an example:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+17.3%22+Satellite+Laptop+-+6GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Platinum/4693054.p?id=1218509073307&skuId=4693054
Does not have a discrete GPU.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Acer+-+15.6%22Aspire+Notebook+6+GB+Memory+-+640+GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/3823013.p?id=1218434742815&skuId=3823013
Does have a discrete GPU that is a good bit better than an integrated GPU and will provide better performance.
This also has a decent screen for the price.

As an example, here's Crysis 2 on an HD 2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A93DKoySWQE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

And on Acer aspire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rmkHFjKSoU

The 520M is easily superior.

Or an even better side-by-side comparison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjI_c-Pc6-Q&feature=related

Twilight Princess on a similarly spec'd laptop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQBxmJq-NAA

Am I making sense here?

[puglover]

Yeah I guess I'll have to expand my budget a bit. How about this one?
http://m.dell.com/mt/www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15r-5520/pd?oc=fndol49b&model_id=inspiron-15r-5520

[werewolfyman]

(06-23-2012, 09:34 AM)puglover Wrote: Yeah I guess I'll have to expand my budget a bit. How about this one?
http://m.dell.com/mt/www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15r-5520/pd?oc=fndol49b&model_id=inspiron-15r-5520

Worse than the Acer one I posted due to dolphin performance issues with the HD 4000.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215417
This is still my personal recommendation, due to having a better GPU than the 520m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RbNM_1HaJ8
See?

[puglover]

How about this one I hate to keep asking but I like to have options. You know?
http://shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/C0L25AV?HP-Pavilion-dv6t-7000-Select-Edition-Entertainment-Notebook-PC

You get to customize how you want it so how would I want to customize it?

[admin89]

Those HP , Acer , Dell laptop are multimedia laptop , they can run PC games fine but sure overheat fast with dolphin
As i said in the first post ,either get gaming laptop or build desktop
This is Clevo ultraportable gaming laptop . It cost 800 buck , 70C on full load which is nice for a small form factor laptop and you can customize or buy it directly (quick ship)

[werewolfyman]

I'd have to recommend the Clevo as well.

If you can't afford that, I'd still recommend the Acer Aspire if you can keep it cooled well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215417

And here's the Acer Aspire with a larger screen, as you asked:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215408

[puglover]

Yes! So the 17 inch Acer Aspire will work well with Zelda Ss?