Intel i7-4800MQ + nVidia GTX 780M SLI

[Igor]

Hello guys.
I've made account to ask how games will run on this configuration.

I'll get my new notebook (Alienware 18) in next few days so i was wandering will my CPU be good enough to run games at full speed.
It's Intel Core i7-4800MQ 2.7GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4-Core / 8 Threads (Haswell)
GPU is nVidia GTX 780M SLI 4GB GDDR5
16GB RAM (2x8GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz)

Games i would play are Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Monster Hunter and such.

Thank you in advance.

[yodenny]

yea your good to go

[GranteedEV]

3.7ghz is the single-core speed. You're more likely to use the dual cores so that's 3.6ghz. It's a haswell so it should be pretty good for a lot of games on HLE. Mario might be a bit tough.

BTW, if you're getting a high end gaming laptop, you might want to consider a Falcon Northwest too (and maybe upgrade the processor to a 4900 MQ to get that little bit of extra processing which is what dolphin really cares about).

[DJBarry004]

Hold on there! Specify which titles of the series you are going to play.

Anyway, it should be strong enough for most games.

[Igor]

Well i've bought laptop already and to be honest i didn't like look of Falcon Northwest. I was thinking about 4900MQ but i don't think its worth to pay 300$ more for 100MHz. 4900MQ has 2MB cache more but don't know is that important for Dolphin.

Well i've finished almost all Zelda games and i was thinking to play Skyward Sword. And latest Mario games.

[DJBarry004]

(12-27-2013, 05:13 AM)Igor Wrote: Well i've bought laptop already and to be honest i didn't like look of Falcon Northwest. I was thinking about 4900MQ but i don't think its worth to pay 300$ more for 100MHz. 4900MQ has 2MB cache more but don't know is that important for Dolphin.

Well i've finished almost all Zelda games and i was thinking to play Skyward Sword. And latest Mario games.

What do you mean by "latest"? Mario Galaxy 2? Mario Party 8?

[rambomhtri]

Lol, what the hell, he is buying a freaking BEAST of a laptop, an i7 Haswell quad-core and Dual GPU... If there's any game here that can't be maxed out without any hardware trouble, I kill myself, lol.

[admin89]

Quote:If there's any game here that can't be maxed out without any hardware trouble, I kill myself, lol.

You should kill yourself lol because The Last Story , Zelda TP (Hyrule Field only , EFB Copies to Ram) , Metroid Prime Series , Baten Kaitos (LLE backend) and some other demanding games (can't remember atm).... do require i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz or better CPU . And GTX 780M won't cut it if you max out Dolphin (not even close) . For Example : 4x Internal Resolution (2560x2112) + 4x SSAA = 4xIR x 2 = 8xIR (5120x4224 which is much higher than 4k resolution and 9xSSAA is the highest level of AA , not 4xSSAA)
Dolphin is a dual core application , GTX 780M isn't as fast as GTX 780 (only on par with GTX 760) , i7 4800MQ is a locked multiplier CPU (Base on Dolphin Benchmark , i7 Quad = i5 Quad in Dolphin ) . Therefore , it should be much slower than i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz
P.S : locked multiplier = not ready for overclocking

[rambomhtri]

Well. So why Wii can run them with a ultra noob hardware compared to that laptop. May be Dolphin is horribly optimized (don't take me wrong, I love what this program does, though I can't still play, the games run faster than usuall, and I don't know what I gotta do, but I've already created a post in support).

[admin89]

Most Laptop aren't as fast as 700$ desktop (i5 4670k + Z87 mobo + GTX 650 or better GPU) . The exceptional laptop with unlocked CPU : i7 4930MX will cost an arm , a leg and a child
Im planning to get new laptop for Dolphin in 2015 (maybe Broadwell or Skylake . Probably the later one ) because those current laptop aren't fast enough to run 95% game full speed with "correct settings" and extreme edition CPU is out of the question (cost too much money)
I live in multiple cities due to work , desktop is out of the question