(02-13-2013, 11:56 AM)IlovetheGamecube Wrote: [ -> ]Plus from the YouTube videos I've seen A8 4500m with igp and A6 4400m with igp playing games look great and are at almost full speed if not full speed.
Are you talking about gamecube/wii games through dolphin? If not and they are regular pc games then those videos are meaningless for gauging dolphin performance.
Even on the desktop 350 isn't a great budget for dolphin.
Resolution means nothing to me. And yes those YouTube videos were PC Games but I was just adding that to show how PC Games run. Also remember, most of the games I want to run are not demanding. I want my computer to be an everything computer. Also, does anyone know how DeSmuME would run on the A8?
Don't have much AMD hardware myself, but most anything will decently run Desmume these days. To put things into perspective, I've got an old Intel E2200 @ 2.2 GHz that runs 0.9.8 Desmume fullspeed, even with filters on like HQ2Xs (all in software rendering). Surely the hardware you're looking at is stronger than that
(02-13-2013, 01:02 PM)Shonumi Wrote: [ -> ]Don't have much AMD hardware myself, but most anything will decently run Desmume these days. To put things into perspective, I've got an old Intel E2200 @ 2.2 GHz that runs 0.9.8 Desmume fullspeed, even with filters on like HQ2Xs (all in software rendering). Surely the hardware you're looking at is stronger than that
*sigh of relief* cuz every YouTube video I saw showed DeSmuME lagging serverely. But now I dont have to settle for NO$GBA! Also, this question is to everyone, would the quad core A8 4500m run PCSX2 well?
(02-13-2013, 01:12 PM)IlovetheGamecube Wrote: [ -> ]would the quad core A8 4500m run PCSX2 well?
If half-speed on most games is bearable to you then yes .
You will have to keep minimum graphics and use some speed hack and make sure you enable "MTVU - Multi-threaded MicroVU1"
Like I said many times before , Even Quad Core A10 4600M can't beat i3 370M in multithreaded benchmark , you should not expect good performance in PSCX2 & Dolphin . Some light-weight games can run fullspeed though
For the same price(laptop) , 3rd gen i3 3120M @ 2.5GHz is even faster than my 1st gen i5 480M @ 2.9GHz .
This Laptop is your best bet
If you're planning on doing PC gaming you definitely want to got the AMD route and get a trinity APU.
Neither of those integrated GPUs can do much with a PC game.
(02-13-2013, 04:04 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]This Laptop is your best bet
The link is broken.
Work just fine for me . Anyway , Copy this link and paste to your browser
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Satellite+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+4GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Satin+Black/7704125.p?id=1218858585458&skuId=7704125
Edit : I choose 15" laptop this time , 17" is too big for him to carry around
Wow thanks admin89. That's a perfect price. How much better would the performance be compared to say 2nd gen i5 with intel 3000 or the AMD laptops stated earlier? And I want to play PC Games, but the newest games I want to play would be Batman Arkham City, AC3, and Scribblenauts Unlimited. The rest would be games like GTA IV and Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2. The question is: is the extra performance for Dolphin worth losing the performance for PC Games, or would it be on par for PC Games?