[color=#222222]I picked up a Toshiba laptop (A665-S6100x) a little while back that had a broken screen and converted it into a HTPC (DIY case = 90's Onkyo stereo receiver). [/color]
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[color=#222222]It's got a Core i7-2630QM - 2.0ghz quad core, turbo to 2.9ghz, with 6mb cache and 6GB RAM. No GPU besides the HD3000. The motherboard is HM65-based.[/color]
[color=#222222]I upgraded it to a Crucial m4 128gb SSD for system and the original 640GB for storage/media and use a USB sound card for optical out (my TV can't pass through surround from HDMI to receiver).[/color]
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[color=#222222]Without a dedicated gpu, am I screwed? I've played around with some different settings and have gotten some mixed results. I don't really care too much about generating graphics at much higher resolutions than the Wii console would (obviously that would be nice), but I would like it to appear in full screen on my Samsung TV. When I set it to 640x480 I would get letter-boxing. [/color][color=#222222]Oh yeah, I'm on Windows 8 x64.[/color]
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[color=#222222]Any suggestions for recommended settings? Or should I give up?[/color][color=#222222]
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List of games I'm mostly interested in running if that matters. Thanks!
wii sports[color=#222222]
[/color]mario galaxy[/color]
[color=#222222]twilight princess
[/color][color=#222222]donkey kong country returns
mario kart
[/color][color=#222222]new super mario bros[/color]
[color=#222222]sonic colors[/color]
[color=#222222]goldeneye[/color]
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[color=#222222]edit: font size got screwed up[/color]
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[color=#222222]It's got a Core i7-2630QM - 2.0ghz quad core, turbo to 2.9ghz, with 6mb cache and 6GB RAM. No GPU besides the HD3000. The motherboard is HM65-based.[/color]
[color=#222222]I upgraded it to a Crucial m4 128gb SSD for system and the original 640GB for storage/media and use a USB sound card for optical out (my TV can't pass through surround from HDMI to receiver).[/color]
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[color=#222222]Without a dedicated gpu, am I screwed? I've played around with some different settings and have gotten some mixed results. I don't really care too much about generating graphics at much higher resolutions than the Wii console would (obviously that would be nice), but I would like it to appear in full screen on my Samsung TV. When I set it to 640x480 I would get letter-boxing. [/color][color=#222222]Oh yeah, I'm on Windows 8 x64.[/color]
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[color=#222222]Any suggestions for recommended settings? Or should I give up?[/color][color=#222222]
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List of games I'm mostly interested in running if that matters. Thanks!
wii sports[color=#222222]
[/color]mario galaxy[/color]
[color=#222222]twilight princess
[/color][color=#222222]donkey kong country returns
mario kart
[/color][color=#222222]new super mario bros[/color]
[color=#222222]sonic colors[/color]
[color=#222222]goldeneye[/color]
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[color=#222222]edit: font size got screwed up[/color]