Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

(01-16-2012, 05:38 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]i5 2430m = 225$
Nvidia GT 540m + Motherboard = 175$
14-15.6" LED BL screen = 100-120$
Laptop case + Battery = 75$
Wifi card + Built-in Webcam= 30$
Total cost for a new laptop (without 2.5' HDD price ) : 610 USD no less . That laptop must be a refurbished one or 2nd or the older gen i5

Yeah, I think it was first gen, in fact it was your laptop xD. I wouldn't mind buying the same model as you, I swear all the laptops I was previously looking at are now deactivated (asus g73jh, yours xD)

(01-16-2012, 04:24 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230133
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215197

Best rating notebook

i am a proud owner of one these ( bought it for around 600 on black friday ) and its the kind of thing dreams are made of

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(01-17-2012, 05:43 AM)kooplar Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-16-2012, 04:24 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230133
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215197

Best rating notebook

i am a proud owner of one these ( bought it for around 600 on black friday ) and its the kind of thing dreams are made of

heres proof http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/63567/tigerdirect.com-asus-a53svth71-laptop-core-i7-2670qm-2.2ghz-quad-core-cpu-4gb-ddr3-640gb-hdd-15.6-lcd-1366x768-dvdrw-1gb-geforce-gt-540-wifi-n-6-cell-win-7

What do you guys think of this laptop?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1306296&SRCCODE=LINKSHARE&cm_mmc_o=-ddCjC1bELltzywCjC-d2CjCdwwp&AffiliateID=lw9MynSeamY-K.8zQYUtcmi3HRTxraGJhQ

Looks like a REALLY good deal to me, but what do you guys think for Dolphin?

(01-19-2012, 12:21 PM)Ness Wrote: [ -> ]What do you guys think of this laptop?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1306296&SRCCODE=LINKSHARE&cm_mmc_o=-ddCjC1bELltzywCjC-d2CjCdwwp&AffiliateID=lw9MynSeamY-K.8zQYUtcmi3HRTxraGJhQ

Looks like a REALLY good deal to me, but what do you guys think for Dolphin?

AMD quads are fairly meh for dolphin. Stick with a Sandy Bridge based laptop- or, better yet, wait until Ivy Bridge based ones start coming out.

(My I5 2300 VASTLY outclasses any of AMD's APU's on the market right now in terms of dolphin performance, and that's at stock clocks.)

Agreed.

(01-20-2012, 10:21 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]Agreed.

Seems I am learning something from you.

Hey, how does Llano's performance stack up against bulldozer's?

Better?

Worse?

Identical?

Better (with the exception of highly multithreaded software). Which I find hilarious since llano is supposed to be aimed at low budget systems and bulldozer is supposed to be aimed at high budget systems. It takes a truly catastrophic f*ck up to make your high end product worse than your low end product.

Problem is that Llano uses slower Athlon II cores so it's no way compared to top CPUs. It's close to E6400, in some tasks it's slower, in others it's faster.

Actually llano uses husky cores (which are used in thuban, better known as phenom II X6). These cores are MUCH faster than bulldozer cores. Comparing llano to an E6400 makes no sense, llano is an entire family of desktop and laptop microprocessors, which specific model are you comparing? Most of the models are quad core, run at much higher frequencies and have similar IPC to an E6400, they should leave it in the dust in any test.

I have Asus A53SV right now, i5 2430M processor @ 2.4 GHz (Up to 3GHz with Intel Turbo Technology), GeForce 540M.
Most games I've tried run pretty much perfectly (DKCR, SMG2, SMG1, SPM, ZTP, ZWW, ZTP [GC], PM TYD [GC]). Sure there are minor slowdowns in the more complex levels of SMG2 and Hyrule field in TP, but overall Everything is smooth.