i am wondering if lenovo Y700 can run dolphin

[g3om3tryYT]

Hi, I am wanting to buy a laptop, and I think I am going to buy a refurbished Lenovo Y700, and i am wondering if it can run games like Mario kart wii, Mario sunshine, etc. I think it will work but idk so if you can help that would help, also any computer suggestions would be nice, I want a gaming laptop with at least an I7 6th gen, and under 900$. Thank you for reading this post

[admin89]

That's very expensive for a refurbished laptop

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-i5-9300H-GeForce-Keyboard-AN515-54-5812/dp/B086KJBKDW

This should be 2x or 3x faster and slightly cheaper . Don't be fooled by the name i5 , newer generation i5 runs dolphin better than the old i7

[g3om3tryYT]

(09-21-2020, 12:40 PM)admin89 Wrote: That's very expensive for a refurbished laptop

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-i5-9300H-GeForce-Keyboard-AN515-54-5812/dp/B086KJBKDW

This should be 2x or 3x faster and slightly cheaper . Don't be fooled by the name i5 , newer generation i5 runs dolphin better than the old i7

ok, thank you, how about this? MSI MODERN 15

[admin89]

That's more money for less performance

i7 10510u is a U series power saving CPU , same core count as i5 9300H but much lower base clock . MX350 is a cut-down version of GTX 1050 which is slower than GTX 1650 , MX330 is even worse , for dolphin these CPU/GPU are fine but value wise ...not a good purchase

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1650-Mobile-vs-Nvidia-GeForce-MX350/m775280vsm1069350

These is an update version for Nitro 5 with AMD Ryzen 5 4600H 4.0GHz and GTX 1650TI though it's hard to buy atm , AMD has a short supply on CPU

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Hexa-Core-Processor-Keyboard-AN515-44-R078-dp-B08CPW7WP7/dp/B08CPW7WP7

[Edit] : Nevermind , found one from Asus

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-IPS-Type-GeForce-Gigabit-FA506IH-AS53/dp/B0865THZCL/

For comparison , i7 6700HQ has 4 cores 8 threads same as i5 9300H and the newer i7 10510U , Ryzen 5 4600H has 6 cores 12 threads . Core count doesn't mean much in Dolphin but for everything else like Yuzu , Cemu , RPCS3 emulators... 6 cores is a much better choice . High clock speed and IPC matter the most for Dolphin , in this case 4.0GHz from latest AMD Ryzen Zen 2 microarchitecture should be more than enough

In benchmark , Ryzen 5 4600H can destroy every single Intel Mobile CPU on the market even the top-tier one , the only exception is the i9 10980HK , single thread / IPC performance of the Ryzen 5 is on par with Core i7 10750H

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFYdHkvRs2c

[g3om3tryYT]

ok, thank you, i am not super technical, but I think I know what you are saying

[g3om3tryYT]

ok, i found a good price for the acer nitro 5 4600h, https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-nitro-5-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1650-256gb-ssd-obsidian-black/6413246.p?skuId=6413246