Ah, I hear you. I mean, I have seen people use these processors for Gamecube and Wii. Most of the time they show the fps they are getting and most of the time they stay at around 27/30 and 25/30. I know it would be better to get a laptop with an i7, but money is tight at the moment. I know someone who can work on the hardware of the laptop if I want to upgrade later. He's installed new CPU's and integrated hardware into computers that originally didn't have them. Would you believe I found this computer for $439.58?
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11-29-2012, 05:43 AM
That laptop is reasonable for that price, and should serve you reasonably well.
As far as getting an i7 goes, it may not actually be any better than that i5. What dolphin likes is a high clocked processor with high IPC. It doesn't care about hyperthreading.
OS: Windows 10 64 bit Professional
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5900X RAM: 48GB GPU: Radeon 7800 XT 11-29-2012, 05:51 AM
Well, what I'm more concerned with is that I can get a CPU which supports higher clocking without much heating. I know this guy can do that. The CPU on the laptop I'm buying is clocked at 2.5GHz and it can boost up to 3.1GHz. The only thing with that is that when you use the turbo boost, some CPUs seem to only use one core. (at least to my knowledge)
11-29-2012, 06:32 AM
It can only apply it's maximum boost when just one core is active and the chip is kept cool. In a laptop, the cooling isn't amazing (as it only has room for a small fan and heat sync) so you're not likely to stay at full turbo boost the whole time, even at the 2 core boost level.
OS: Windows 10 64 bit Professional
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5900X RAM: 48GB GPU: Radeon 7800 XT 11-29-2012, 06:42 AM
(11-29-2012, 06:32 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: It can only apply it's maximum boost when just one core is active and the chip is kept cool. In a laptop, the cooling isn't amazing (as it only has room for a small fan and heat sync) so you're not likely to stay at full turbo boost the whole time, even at the 2 core boost level.Yeah, that's what me and him were discussing at one point. Pretty much if the laptop is clocked too high, then it could heat up too much and fry the mobo. But, I think this laptop I'm getting should do fine with the specs it has right out of the box. 11-29-2012, 07:49 AM
(11-29-2012, 06:42 AM)Sepulcher Wrote: I think this laptop I'm getting should do fine with the specs it has right out of the box. It will be fine for most games but not for the most demanding ones (SMG 1/2, Xenoblade, TLS, RE series, MP series...)
[color=#ff0000][color=#006600]i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz/GTX 660 Ti/RAM 4GB/Win7 x64[/color][/color]
11-29-2012, 10:48 AM
I tried so hard to stay out of this one, I really did.
Quote:Pretty much if the laptop is clocked too high, then it could heat up too much and fry the mobo. That's highly unlikely. It will shut off way before that happens. And if it did overheat to critical levels it would be more likely to damage the cpu than the motherboard. Quote:It can only apply it's maximum boost when just one core is active and the chip is kept cool. And power consumption and current are kept below the limits. Quote:The only thing with that is that when you use the turbo boost, some CPUs seem to only use one core. (at least to my knowledge) Um.....no. Turbo boost does not prevent software from using cores. It will however allow higher turbo limits to be set when less cores are active.
"Normally if given a choice between doing something and nothing, I’d choose to do nothing. But I would do something if it helps someone else do nothing. I’d work all night if it meant nothing got done."
-Ron Swanson "I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else for that matter. " -Mark Antony
Thanks for the information. I learned more here about this stuff than I did in an IT room. lol You guys are great, thank you so much for answering all of my questions. Also, by the way, the same guy that ran Skyward Sword also ran Xenoblade on the same setup. He has a Core i5 480M with an Nvidia GeForce GT 540M. That also ran full speed on his setup. Also, it was a recommendation from him to get something with an AMD Radeon HD 7670M. I think it will be fine. I'll post results when I get the laptop. (I'm probably buying it tomorrow)
11-30-2012, 01:54 PM
Quote:Thanks for the information. I learned more here about this stuff than I did in an IT room. lol You guys are great, thank you so much for answering all of my questions. 95% of all people who go into IT fields are borderline retarded so that's not surprising.
"Normally if given a choice between doing something and nothing, I’d choose to do nothing. But I would do something if it helps someone else do nothing. I’d work all night if it meant nothing got done."
-Ron Swanson "I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else for that matter. " -Mark Antony
Well, yeah. The majority of my knowledge came from randomly browsing the internet. I never really cared for the IT guys. As a matter of fact, when I was in high school, I used to find exploits in the security for the computers. They blocked people from running applications other than ones they installed. I figured out a way around it and got back to business. I even got it to the point to where I could browse through other people's My Documents folders. I used this to send my friends files that they needed when I didn't have a flash drive. There still are a couple of things (more than a couple) that I need to research as I am going to build another computer sometime to replace our old tower PC. That should be interesting.
.:My Laptop Specs:.
Model: Acer Aspire AS7750G-6857 17.3" LED Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Processor/CPU: Intel 2nd Generation Core i5 2450M (Clocked at 2.9GHz with ThrottleStop) Integrated Video Card/GPU: Intel HD 3000 Dedicated Video Card/GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7670M Memory/RAM: 6GB DDR3 SDRAM |
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