"You can expect awful performance.
Get a proper haswell dual core at minimum if you want anything servicable with Dolphin.
I take it you want something small for emulation. What's your budget?"
Alright, I've looked into a proper hasswell build, and while these processors aren't expensive, the motherboards are in ITX format, they also need a higher case (those large square boxes) the case I had in mind is 6cm high which fits perfectly on top of my amplifier in the tv-cabinet. And these motherboards cost the same as the whole soldered solution. Price wise I can build the same with an Athlon 5150 (chip is 30 Euro's, and motherboard as well) but I think these are slower in single core performance than that Celeron.
Yes I wanted something small, preferably passive cooled, and cheap. (I started of with the Superpi as idea, only looked further when I realized it's on the edge performance wise for even Nintendo 64)
"Or just by Alienware Alpha (i3 4170T @ 3.2GHz + GTX 860M for less than $500, you can get a used one on ebay for like $200) , strip off the case and put it in a NES , Gamecube or any console you want
and then you will have a solid device for emulation , all game can be played at 1080p ,isn't that better ?
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is it possible to play the Gamecube games with Nintendo 64 controllers, or do I need dedicated controllers for both uses?
You can use any controller you want as long as it's recognized by the OS
As for me , I use Wii Classic Controller with USB converter adapter and PS3 controller with motioninjoy (a Xbox360 controller's emulator) ."
I'm a Europoor, and the Alienware Alpha isn't sold here. I can import, but will have to pay an additional 21% VAT and some customs contribution, which, due to the awful exchange rate of the Euro at the moment, would set me back 600-700 Euro.
Thing is I have a laptop with an i5-3210m and Geforce 650m, cooling solution is great (can just turn the cpu-fan on at constant 100%) which means the i5, while being mobile, runs at 3,0-3,1 Ghz constant in multitasks and 3,3 in single core tasks, never really powers down due to staying below 60 degrees.
I configured a separate setting for the 650m which makes it quite decent in performance (small overclock and forced P0 state)
So if I need some power I will have to consider plugging my laptop in. But initially I wanted the convenience of a real console, grabbing a controller and playing so to say.
But if that's the kind of hardware I need I'm probably better of using my laptop for the gamecube games and some cheap system for Nintendo 64.
Get a proper haswell dual core at minimum if you want anything servicable with Dolphin.
I take it you want something small for emulation. What's your budget?"
Alright, I've looked into a proper hasswell build, and while these processors aren't expensive, the motherboards are in ITX format, they also need a higher case (those large square boxes) the case I had in mind is 6cm high which fits perfectly on top of my amplifier in the tv-cabinet. And these motherboards cost the same as the whole soldered solution. Price wise I can build the same with an Athlon 5150 (chip is 30 Euro's, and motherboard as well) but I think these are slower in single core performance than that Celeron.
Yes I wanted something small, preferably passive cooled, and cheap. (I started of with the Superpi as idea, only looked further when I realized it's on the edge performance wise for even Nintendo 64)
"Or just by Alienware Alpha (i3 4170T @ 3.2GHz + GTX 860M for less than $500, you can get a used one on ebay for like $200) , strip off the case and put it in a NES , Gamecube or any console you want
and then you will have a solid device for emulation , all game can be played at 1080p ,isn't that better ?
Quote:
is it possible to play the Gamecube games with Nintendo 64 controllers, or do I need dedicated controllers for both uses?
You can use any controller you want as long as it's recognized by the OS
As for me , I use Wii Classic Controller with USB converter adapter and PS3 controller with motioninjoy (a Xbox360 controller's emulator) ."
I'm a Europoor, and the Alienware Alpha isn't sold here. I can import, but will have to pay an additional 21% VAT and some customs contribution, which, due to the awful exchange rate of the Euro at the moment, would set me back 600-700 Euro.
Thing is I have a laptop with an i5-3210m and Geforce 650m, cooling solution is great (can just turn the cpu-fan on at constant 100%) which means the i5, while being mobile, runs at 3,0-3,1 Ghz constant in multitasks and 3,3 in single core tasks, never really powers down due to staying below 60 degrees.
I configured a separate setting for the 650m which makes it quite decent in performance (small overclock and forced P0 state)
So if I need some power I will have to consider plugging my laptop in. But initially I wanted the convenience of a real console, grabbing a controller and playing so to say.
But if that's the kind of hardware I need I'm probably better of using my laptop for the gamecube games and some cheap system for Nintendo 64.