Is this CPU bottlenecking my laptop?

**KHg8m3r** · 11-07-2013, 01:53 AM **#11**

Go to Xoticpc.com, the have good deals.
The Sager NP7355 starts around $1000 with the i7 4700mq and a GTX 765M
The Sager NP8235 starts around $1200 with the i7 4700mq and a GTX 770M (a lot faster)

Razzi · 11-07-2013, 12:56 PM **#12**

(11-07-2013, 01:53 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: Go to Xoticpc.com, the have good deals.
The Sager NP7355 starts around $1000 with the i7 4700mq and a GTX 765M
The Sager NP8235 starts around $1200 with the i7 4700mq and a GTX 770M (a lot faster)

>good deals
>1200 bucks and they make you pay extra just to have a goddamn OS

One of these things does not belong.

**NaturalViolence** · 11-07-2013, 02:07 PM **#13**

Welcome to dolphin. Emulation is expensive.

**KHg8m3r** · (This post was last modified: 11-08-2013, 01:21 AM by KHg8m3r.)

I already had a windows 7 key provided from my school, so it doesn't matter to me Tongue

Razzi · (This post was last modified: 11-08-2013, 01:33 AM by Razzi.)

Well, guys, I may not even need a powerful laptop now.

If I can get a scholarship to a college, I'll probably be able to get about 2500 bucks from my college fund for a new computer. At that point I can build a halfway-decent desktop for 1500 bucks and get a decent laptop with the remaining 1000. I already have a desktop build planned that has an i7 (forgot the exact one, but it's the latest gen and Haswell) as well as a GTX770 and I can probably emulate fine on that, with a slightly weaker laptop for writing and maybe some small-time emulation like PS2 emulation.

Getting that huge-ass desktop from Texas to California/Pennsylvania/Massachusetts (depending on where I get accepted to) is gonna be an...experience, however.

**ExtremeDude2** · 11-08-2013, 03:39 AM **#16**

Unless you do lots of video encoding, I recommend saving yourself some money and getting an i5 instead.

Razzi · 11-08-2013, 06:31 AM **#17**

Will that still be good enough for dolphin and PC gaming in general? I tend to like games with complex physics such as racing sims, this my processor needs might be slightly higher than usual.

**admin89** · 11-08-2013, 07:37 AM **#18**

Yup , Dolphin doesn't support HyperThreading -> i7 Quad = i5 Quad > i5 Dual = i7 Dual
Most i5 desktop CPUs are quad core , i5 mobile version is dual core and some i7 mobile version are dual core

**NaturalViolence** · 11-08-2013, 09:32 AM **#19**

Razzi Wrote:At that point I can build a halfway-decent desktop for 1500 bucks and get a decent laptop with the remaining 1000.

That's twice what you need to spend on each of those. For $1,500 you can build a damn near top of the line desktop.

Razzi Wrote:I already have a desktop build planned that has an i7 (forgot the exact one, but it's the latest gen and Haswell) as well as a GTX770 and I can probably emulate fine on that, with a slightly weaker laptop for writing and maybe some small-time emulation like PS2 emulation.

It really depends on the game. There are plenty of PS2 games that are just as hard to emulate as a typical GC/Wii game.

Razzi Wrote:Getting that huge-ass desktop from Texas to California/Pennsylvania/Massachusetts (depending on where I get accepted to) is gonna be an...experience, however.

Not really. My computer survived going to college and back. Just stick it in the back seat of the car and take off anything loose and heavy like the heatsink.

Or just wait until you get there to build it if you're really that concerned about it.