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Reddragonluke

Hey. I apologize if you heard this a million times before, but I am looking into four gaming laptops. The specs for each of them are:

Asus ROG Strix GL702VM-DB71


NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz Processor (Turbo to 3.5 GHz)
16GB DDR4 RAM
1TB 7200rpm HDD

MSI GT72 Dominator G-831
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad Core Processor (2.6-3.5GHz) (Not sure if it's 3.5GHz Turbo Boost or Overclock)
RAM: 16GB (8GB x2) DDR4 2133MHz
Hard Drive: 128GB M.2 SATA + 1TB (7200RPM)
Operating System: Windows 10
Graphics Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX970M 3G GDDR5

MSI GE72 Apache Pro-070

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad Core Processor (2.6-3.5GHz)
RAM: 16GB (8GB x2) DDR4 2133MHz
Hard Drive: 128GB SSD (PCIE Gen3 x4) + 1TB (7200RPM)
Operating System: Windows 10
Graphics Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX970M 3G GDDR5

MSI GT72S Dominator Pro G-219
Processor: Intel Core i7-6820HK Quad Core Processor (2.6-3.5GHz)
RAM: 16GB (8GB x2) DDR4 2133MHz
Hard Drive: 128GB SSD (PCIE Gen3x4) NVMe + 1TB (7200RPM)
Operating System: Windows 10
Graphics Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX980M 8G GDDR5

Will any of these laptops be able to run Dolphin well, if not flawlessly? I'm thinking of going with the MSI GT72S Dominator Pro personally, but which one do you think I should pick? Thank you to anyone who can take time to answer this, and I apologize in advance.
GTX 1060 is much faster than GTX 980M , GTX 970M
GTX 1060 is almost as fast as desktop GTX 980 while GTX 980M is only on par with desktop GTX 960 in benchmark
The MSI GT72S costs around 1800$ on newegg . You could get a Sager/Clevo laptop with a 8GB GTX 1070 for less than $1500
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8153-clevo-p650rs.html
You can also change the i7 6700HQ to i7 6820k which is overclock-able , the price will shoot up to $1600 though
GTX 1070 = GTX Titan X (Maxwell)  
If you want to run Dolphin at 4k , you must have at least GTX 970 (not GTX 970M)
Here is also a good one for $1200
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8151-clevo-p650rp6.html

The reason why I choose Sager/Clevo is because you can customize any part you like  , their laptops are cheaper than any OEM laptop but very durable . I bought a used Clevo laptop (2013 model - Japanese Version) and it never fail on me .