Will this laptop run Melee, Brawl, Project M? How about over netplay?

04-17-2014, 12:53 PM #1

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/t...43a375en02

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i7-4700MQ
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M with Optimus
16 GB Ram

Looking to play SSBM, SSBB, SSBPM most likely with Netplay. Could I rest assured that this will run at 59-60fps 99% of the time?

**JMC47** · 04-17-2014, 12:56 PM #2

Yup.

04-17-2014, 01:00 PM #3

(04-17-2014, 12:56 PM)JMC47 Wrote: Yup.

That's pretty exciting to me! Would you consider this laptop "future proof"? as in, would it last me 3 - 4 years or so? I'd hate to drop $1000 only to see slowdown in a year or two.

**KHg8m3r** · 04-17-2014, 01:53 PM #4

It's really hard to tell where Dolphin will go in the future.
In terms of general computing, it will last a good number of years

**JMC47** · 04-17-2014, 02:00 PM #5

I have the 2670 QM processor, which is a few magnitudes slower than that, and I can run Melee and Project M on netplay.

yl-smash · 04-17-2014, 03:13 PM #6

I have a laptop with a 4700mq and it runs both flawlessly. Make sure you set the game to use the integrated graphics instead of the dedicated card though so you don't overheat.

04-17-2014, 06:02 PM #7

(04-17-2014, 03:13 PM)yl-smash Wrote: I have a laptop with a 4700mq and it runs both flawlessly. Make sure you set the game to use the integrated graphics instead of the dedicated card though so you don't overheat.

how would I do that?

**admin89** · 04-18-2014, 02:20 AM #8

https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-un...ance-guide
Beware that it's not a gaming laptop , it will run really hot at full load (overheating is possible) . Dolphin is somewhat more demanding than Prime95 torture test ...

yl-smash · 04-21-2014, 02:23 AM #9

(04-17-2014, 06:02 PM)Signature360 Wrote:
(04-17-2014, 03:13 PM)yl-smash Wrote: I have a laptop with a 4700mq and it runs both flawlessly. Make sure you set the game to use the integrated graphics instead of the dedicated card though so you don't overheat.

how would I do that?

Dolphin->Options->Graphics->Adapter->Intel integrated

ThorhiantheUltimate · (This post was last modified: 04-21-2014, 04:24 AM by ThorhiantheUltimate.)

(04-18-2014, 02:20 AM)admin89 Wrote: https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-un...ance-guide
Beware that it's not a gaming laptop , it will run really hot at full load (overheating is possible) . Dolphin is somewhat more demanding than Prime95 torture test ...

Isn't it more demanding in some ways? I mean Dolphin only uses 2 (sometimes 3) threads on a CPU, while Prime 95 can run on every single thread your computer is capable of running, stressing all the cores of a CPU. They both seem to have their uses (plus Prime95 is more of a longterm test, the longer you go means more time for it to fail and/or heat up).