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Quote:Hey thanks I was looking around and I found this one too....
....Would this work great with Zelda SS too?
Seriously , you should buy a wii
Why ?
Without a graphic card , you have to stick with wii native resolution - 480p and the wii is much cheaper

@werewolfyman
Pull down that graphic card . Nvidia GTX 550Ti is overkill , it can run dolphin at 4x IR (2560x2112) . AMD 6670 can do 1080p just fine
Besides, H61 mobo = no upgrading in the future unless he replace that mobo
The HD 3000 can only play 480p, which the Wii itself does, ruining the point of the emulator.

I added it up.
An overclockable rig will cost you $730.

A Wii and Skyward sword will cost you $250.

Can the DDR3 6670 run at 1080p?
That would make it a clean $700.
Lol well to be honest I really want a laptop because I have CP and can only use one hand I love Zelda and I really want to be able to play Skyward Sword the only way I can play it is using an Xbox 360 controller. I don't have room in my room for a desktop so I was really wanting to build a laptop. I figured if I was going to spend the money to build one I would want it to run mac Os X Lion too. Do you guys have any ideas?
(06-23-2012, 02:43 AM)puglover Wrote: [ -> ]Lol well to be honest I really want a laptop because I have CP and can only use one hand I love Zelda and I really want to be able to play Skyward Sword the only way I can play it is using an Xbox 360 controller. I don't have room in my room for a desktop so I was really wanting to build a laptop. I figured if I was going to spend the money to build one I would want it to run mac Os X Lion too. Do you guys have any ideas?

People don't generally build laptops...
But I could recommend you a pre-built desktop I suppose.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229333

A laptop in that price range won't really play Skyward sword all that well..

I suppose this will provide good performance...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215417

That GPU might be able to play it at 2x native...
Not sure.
But 480p? Definitely.
What is 2x Native? So that Laptop should be able to run Zelda Ss like a regular Wii?
Could that run Lion?
(06-23-2012, 03:09 AM)puglover Wrote: [ -> ]What is 2x Native? So that Laptop should be able to run Zelda Ss like a regular Wii?
Could that run Lion?

2x native is 720p HD.

480p is 1x native or how the Wii runs games.

Not sure about Hackintosh, but probably. (Hackintosh is putting Lion on a non Mac laptop.)
2 x 528 = 1056

1056 != 720

1.5x would be much closer to 720p.
(06-23-2012, 01:47 AM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Besides, H61 mobo = no upgrading in the future unless he replace that mobo

What do you mean by that ? h61 is upgradable as any other chipset...
What about this one?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+17.3%22+Satellite+Laptop+-+6GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Platinum/4693054.p?id=1218509073307&skuId=4693054

Also how do you know if the computer will work good with Zelda SS? What exactly do I need to be looking at?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Acer+-+15.6%22Aspire+Notebook+6+GB+Memory+-+640+GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/3823013.p?id=1218434742815&skuId=3823013

This one.
A good laptop needs to i5 and have a discrete GPU.

Those two will make Skyward Sword fly.

What sites are you willing to buy from?

AMD laptops are not a good idea for dolphin, but are better for PC gaming.

Acer laptops tend to be the only ones that come with Discrete GPUs at lower price ranges.
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