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How do you think dolphin will fare with an external GPU

Not well.

(09-26-2011, 05:58 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]You'll need to rob SEVERAL banks to afford that.

My recommendations:

CPU: i5 2500k
HDD: Samsung spinpoint F3 1TB
Cooling: Anything by noctua
Motherboard: P67 or Z68 Asus board
Memory: 2 x 2GB from any reputable brand
CD/DVD: Any will do
Case: Any Cooler Master midtower case
Power Supply: Antec 550 watts or higher
Graphics card: Whatever you can afford

You need to set a budget first and tell us what country you are in.

Gotta love the spinpoint i got three of them in RAID0

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Okay, expecting a little cash (not sure how much) but expecting to be between $500-$700 but unfortunately my current life situation will only permit me to get a notebook since i move around alot, so i got these in choice, whaddya think?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215206
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834127540
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834214495

Or if you have anything you feel is better

Off-point, question about all these new sandybridge processors, the i3,i5,i7, are they usually dual core in a notebook or single

I would take the Acer (for the big screen but not only ). Dual-Core is common for notebooks nowadays

All right, but which has a more powerful GPU or is the difference negligible, and also what do you think my fps leverage will be on something as demanding as SMG2, i'm okay with 20/45fps, will this be able to do that?

(12-16-2011, 06:58 AM)Zee530 Wrote: [ -> ]All right, but which has a more powerful GPU or is the difference negligible, and also what do you think my fps leverage will be on something as demanding as SMG2, i'm okay with 20/45fps, will this be able to do that?

It will. Even if Netbooks are not recommanded for Dolphin it's useful and works QUITE fine. My laptop is an i5 2410M (GT540M) and it does the job when I'm traveling

The sony laptop: hahahaha, terrible specs and reviews
The acer laptop: 500GB HDD, slightly inferior cpu, very inferior gpu, much better screen (17" 1600 x 900), good reviews
The toshiba laptop: 640GB HDD, slightly better cpu, much better gpu, inferior screen (15.6" 1366 x 768), no reviews

I would probably go with the toshiba.

Agree with NV
Acer laptop : big screen is a waste because of the low-end Ati 5470 , not for mobility
Toshiba is a better choice

All right, majority wins the vote, i'll look into getting the Toshuba
Thanks

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What IR & AA do you think the GPU can handle at most?