Sony VGN-NW11SS && Dolphin Emu?

Deejayvoo · October 17th, 2009

Okay im getting a Sony Vaio NW11SS tomorrow.

And partly the reason im getting it is because my current computer is **** :P

fingers crossed its good enough but ill leave it to the pro's of the forum to answer wether its good enough

Here are the specs:

-Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6500
(2.1Ghz, 800Mhz, 2MB Cache)

- 4gb DDR2 SDRam

-ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 GPU 512MB

taa

Gareth1977 · October 18th, 2009

Its good enough to run dolphin but i dont know if you will be seeing full speed in many games.

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Deejayvoo · October 18th, 2009

Okay so what kind of fps are we looking at then?

niuus · October 18th, 2009

Weak cpu... it's a laptop after all. Expect regular performance.

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Deejayvoo · October 18th, 2009

regular performance, meaning a decent speed on most games? *prays*

Gareth1977 · October 18th, 2009

I think you should see decent fps on some games, but it really depends on the game. Some have higher system requirements than others.

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ChronoBodi · October 18th, 2009

hm, you pretty much need a 2.8Ghz or higher to get maximum performance out of Dolphin, as that emulator will tax you CPU pretty hard at 100% all the time...

suppose you could try getting a laptop with a 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo T9600?

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Nintendo Maniac · October 19th, 2009

Well, at least the GPU should eat dolphin alive XD

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indecisive985 · October 19th, 2009

Ok, deejayvoo,
with that frequency speed for the chip, don't have high hopes. It sounds like a nice laptop. Price is about 600 quid?

Unless you need the laptop's portability as part of school or work, you could use the money and build a faster desktop along with maybe a cheap non-tn display. Laptop displays usually have bad contrast/viewing angles. Otherwise it looks like a nice laptop, and to be honest, the emulator isn't perfectly fast or always fast with even the fastest machines..judging by what people put down in the video/pic threads.

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October 17th, 2009	#1 (permalink)
Deejayvoo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: LOLville Posts: 6	Sony VGN-NW11SS && Dolphin Emu? Okay im getting a Sony Vaio NW11SS tomorrow. And partly the reason im getting it is because my current computer is **** :P fingers crossed its good enough but ill leave it to the pro's of the forum to answer wether its good enough Here are the specs: -Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6500 (2.1Ghz, 800Mhz, 2MB Cache) - 4gb DDR2 SDRam -ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 GPU 512MB taa

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October 18th, 2009	#2 (permalink)
Gareth1977 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 737	Its good enough to run dolphin but i dont know if you will be seeing full speed in many games. __________________ VISTA ULTIMATE x64 AMD PHENOM II 940 X4 @3.8GHz 4 GB DDR2 GTX 260 core 216

October 18th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
Deejayvoo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: LOLville Posts: 6	Okay so what kind of fps are we looking at then?

October 18th, 2009	#5 (permalink)
Deejayvoo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: LOLville Posts: 6	regular performance, meaning a decent speed on most games? prays

October 18th, 2009	#6 (permalink)
Gareth1977 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 737	I think you should see decent fps on some games, but it really depends on the game. Some have higher system requirements than others. __________________ VISTA ULTIMATE x64 AMD PHENOM II 940 X4 @3.8GHz 4 GB DDR2 GTX 260 core 216

October 18th, 2009	#7 (permalink)
ChronoBodi Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: usa/ny Posts: 89	hm, you pretty much need a 2.8Ghz or higher to get maximum performance out of Dolphin, as that emulator will tax you CPU pretty hard at 100% all the time... suppose you could try getting a laptop with a 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo T9600? __________________ Click here to level up my card! My PC + Macbook Pro Desktop Phenom II x3 720 BE at 3.4 Ghz GTX 260 (216) with 896 MB OCed 4 GB GSkill DDR3 Laptop Macbook Pro on Boot Camp: Window 7 64-bit Premium 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo T9600 (OCed to 3.06) 4 GB DDR3 Kingston Nvidia 9600m GT OCed with 512 MB

October 19th, 2009	#8 (permalink)
Nintendo Maniac Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 108	Well, at least the GPU should eat dolphin alive XD __________________ CPU: Athlon XP 2100+ OC'd @ 2GHz (lacks support for SSE2) GPU: Radeon 9600 256MB AGP OC'd @ 420 core : 200 mem RAM: 512MB DDR + 256MB DDR OS: Windows XP Pro SP3

October 19th, 2009	#9 (permalink)
indecisive985 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: US Posts: 100	Ok, deejayvoo, with that frequency speed for the chip, don't have high hopes. It sounds like a nice laptop. Price is about 600 quid? Unless you need the laptop's portability as part of school or work, you could use the money and build a faster desktop along with maybe a cheap non-tn display. Laptop displays usually have bad contrast/viewing angles. Otherwise it looks like a nice laptop, and to be honest, the emulator isn't perfectly fast or always fast with even the fastest machines..judging by what people put down in the video/pic threads. __________________ system -> e8400 @ 3.6ghz, 2gB ddr2, hd 2900 Last edited by indecisive985; October 19th, 2009 at 04:49..