Best Emulation Laptop for Dolphin

[lisalover1]

I'm going to buy a new laptop soon, but one of the main reasons I'm buying it is for Gamecube/PS2 emulation. I want to know some good laptops or graphics cards, processors, etc. for a custom laptop. I don't know how Dolphin specifically works, so it would be great to get some recommendations for hardware.

[Athlon 64]

Any modern PC of today with a good ATI or Nvidia video card will work fine.

[tuanming]

If it's not a gaming laptop that cost a couple of thousand USD then better to buy a desktop instead.

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Intel Core2Duo E6300 1.86Ghz L629A244 @ 3.78GHz
Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Rev.1.02g
Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120+ FM121 (110 cfm fan)
ATI x1900 GT Rev.2 256mb 513/657

G.Skill 2x1gb Hz--540MHz
CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W

[lestar]

al least, a gpu ati or nvidia, with ps2.0, and a cpu with dual core +2ghz, +1GB ram

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CPU: AMD Athlon x2 64 3800+ OC@ 2.4GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM DDR2
Video: ATI Radeon HD 2400+ pro
SO: Windows 7 Ultimate 64

[ben7021]

Originally Posted by tuanming

If it's not a gaming laptop that cost a couple of thousand USD then better to buy a desktop instead.

Nah. My HP Pavilion was 1000 several months ago and runs everything I've tried fine so far

For reference its a HP Pavilion 6700
2.4 Intel Dual Core
GeForce 8400M GS
3GB RAM

[omegadox]

Dolphin works ok on my HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook

The specs of it are in my sig, "System 2"

[Daws]

My Asus G1S runs Dolphin on a average 30 fps..not bad.

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[tuanming]

Some game required 60 fps for full speed or the real/actual speed of the gamecube console. So if you getting 30 fps out of 60 fps that's half of full speed and it also depends on the game too. You won't get 30 on all or even most games.

But some game run full speed at 30 fps like Zelda: Twilight Princess so if 30 is full speed for some game then yours lappy probably run at 15 fps or lower

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Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Rev.1.02g
Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120+ FM121 (110 cfm fan)
ATI x1900 GT Rev.2 256mb 513/657

G.Skill 2x1gb Hz--540MHz
CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W

[ChaosCode]

CPU is more important then graphics. as long as the grahpic support opengl 2.0 and is decent. but get the best cpu u can.

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[ben7021]

Originally Posted by tuanming

Some game required 60 fps for full speed or the real/actual speed of the gamecube console. So if you getting 30 fps out of 60 fps that's half of full speed and it also depends on the game too. You won't get 30 on all or even most games.

But some game run full speed at 30 fps like Zelda: Twilight Princess so if 30 is full speed for some game then yours lappy probably run at 15 fps or lower

Well I get 50-60 on all the games I play, so thats good enough for me. And you can get better laptops than mine for that price as far as gaming is concerned. Take out the Blu-Ray player etc that I have and you can get a good gaming laptop for less than 2 grand

[Original Zero]

Try customlaptops.com or just alienware web. Be aware than the best of the best worths at least fifth of the grands...

[indecisive985]

Don't spend too much on "gaming laptops". You pay at least 1k now, and it's worth nothing a year later. Do you really play games at school/work or outside? LCD screens are worthless outdoors, and laptop LCDs in general are inferior to desktop LCDs and even those aren't great when it comes to color quality/blacks etc.

Just save money and customize a very fast PC for hundreds.

[Wiggy Fuzz]

/\ i did avery similar thing, also. i've upgraded my pc, and i'll just get a netbook for uni instead.

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[lisalover1]

Here are the basic specs I'm going to have on my new laptop. Let me know if it's not enough:

Graphics Card: Nvidea 9600 GT
Processor: Intel 2 Dual-Core 2.4 Ghz.
RAM: 4-6 GB

Should that be enough?