looking to buy a laptop

[Dark tornado]

i've decided between two of these laptops and am wondering which one would be better for dolphin mostly. 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gateway-14-1-1080p-PC-Laptop-AMD-Ryzen-3-4GB-RAM-128GB-SSD-Windows-10-Black-GWTN141-2BK/839589199


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-Ideapad-3i-15-6-FHD-PC-Laptop-Intel-Core-i3-1115G4-4GB-128GB-SSD-Windows-10-in-S-Mode-Abyss-Blue-81X80055US/733276052

[ExtremeDude2]

I believe that the second one would be better for dolphin (Intel CPUs are better in dolphin specifically afaik), keep in mind you will need to switch Windows out of S mode:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/switching-out-of-s-mode-in-windows-10-4f56d9be-99ec-6983-119f-031bfb28a307

[Dark tornado]

(07-26-2021, 12:42 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote: I believe that the second one would be better for dolphin (Intel CPUs are better in dolphin specifically afaik), keep in mind you will need to switch Windows out of S mode:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/switching-out-of-s-mode-in-windows-10-4f56d9be-99ec-6983-119f-031bfb28a307

looks like i'll get the intel one then. will the IGPU be enough to play most games at least at 720P? also, what backend is recommended for intel gpus?

[Jack]

In this video, you can see a slower i3-10th generation processor running games on 1080p via Vulkan Backend with few FPS drops.
https://youtu.be/RCJ0yt8Yeyc

So, probably you can run 720p fine when your CPU is running at it’s maximum speed.
To ensure this, do the following while playing:-
1. Connect laptop to a charger.
2. Enable “performance” mode in battery settings.