For playing typical older GameCube games, would my desktop be faster than my laptop based on these specifications. I know Dolphin is more CPU-dependent than GPU.
Desktop:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.0 GHz
Nvidia GeForce 7950 GT 512 MB
4 GB DDR2 RAM
Laptop:
Intel Core i7 720QM Quad @ 1.7GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1 GB
8 GB DDR3 RAM
Any suggestions aside from upgrading to the modern era? And how much worse would the 7950 GT be compared to the HD 5870, unless the 5870 is bottlenecked by the CPU already....
Shoot, just realized I'd have to use an older build of Dolphin since the latest version doesn't use DirectX 9... would OpenGL work by chance? (Doubtful.) EDIT: Answered my own question. At any rate, with an older build, would the desktop be better or no?
Desktop:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.0 GHz
Nvidia GeForce 7950 GT 512 MB
4 GB DDR2 RAM
Laptop:
Intel Core i7 720QM Quad @ 1.7GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1 GB
8 GB DDR3 RAM
Any suggestions aside from upgrading to the modern era? And how much worse would the 7950 GT be compared to the HD 5870, unless the 5870 is bottlenecked by the CPU already....
Shoot, just realized I'd have to use an older build of Dolphin since the latest version doesn't use DirectX 9... would OpenGL work by chance? (Doubtful.) EDIT: Answered my own question. At any rate, with an older build, would the desktop be better or no?