Gaming Emulation on a laptop

[ilman]

From my previous topic you may know that I'm planning on buying a Lenovo Ideapad y580.
Today I started wondering about the laptop's emulation capabilities.
I would like to be able to run ps2(pcsx2) and wii/gamecube(dolphin) games upscaled to 720p.
Would anybody tell me if this is possible while the emulator is running full speed.

Laptop specs:
Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM, 2.30GHz, 6MB L3 Cache
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660m with 2 GB DDR5 Memory
15.6" (39.62cm) HD 1366x768 screen, LED backlight






All help and opinions appreciated.

 

[DeMoN]

Should not be a problem given that the screen resolution is low compared to how powerful the graphics card is.

 

[Rydian]

Some games don't run at full speed on any computer, but that's good enough for standard things, yeah.

 

[Satangel]

Your processor is a real beast and THAT's what's by far the most important in emulation. You won't have many problems with those emulators, have fun!

 

[DeadlyAnGeL91792]

Should be fine, I know youll blow dolphin out of the water as for pcsx2 it supports 2 cores only but you should still be ok considering how beasty the i7 is if anything turbo charge, i doubt youll need to tho.

 

[ilman]

Ok good, thanks for the fast replies.
I will use this laptop to play the wii games I have after I sell my wii.(Sell wii to person, keep hard drive, buy laptop, back-up games on laptop, sell the hard drive).
And as for the ps2 emulator, well, Kingdom Hearts and God of War.
Also can I use an Xbox 360 wireless controller with a transeiver for both emulators?

 

[Rydian]

I know Dolphin does, dunno' about the PS2 one.

 

[DeMoN]

PCSX2 does support XBox controllers.

 

[Satangel]

PCSX2 does support XBox controllers.

Confirmed, I do it all the time with a wired one, shouldn't be too different with a wireless one.

 

[Originality]

PCSX2 does have a quad-core speed hack to take advantage of the extra cores in the Core i7. Just don't ask me how good it is for games - @exangel is the expert in that area.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

You should be good to go .

I have a Laptop with i5 and it runs games about 90-100%. Problem is, I wanna record on top of that.. which makes it impossible for me to play lol.

You should be fine though

 

[ilman]

You should be good to go .

I have a Laptop with i5 and it runs games about 90-100%. Problem is, I wanna record on top of that.. which makes it impossible for me to play lol.

You should be fine though

Ahh, that reminded me about something. Will I be able to record footage of me playing games?(Always wanted to record Sonic Colors on my WII, but the capture devices were a bit expensive.)
I should be able to since I have a quad-core and as far as I remember Dolphin doesn't use more than two cores, which leaves two cores for recording.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

You should be good to go .

I have a Laptop with i5 and it runs games about 90-100%. Problem is, I wanna record on top of that.. which makes it impossible for me to play lol.

You should be fine though

Ahh, that reminded me about something. Will I be able to record footage of me playing games?(Always wanted to record Sonic Colors on my WII, but the capture devices were a bit expensive.)
I should be able to since I have a quad-core and as far as I remember Dolphin doesn't use more than two cores, which leaves two cores for recording.

Recording and playing it smoothly with your specs.. I am not too sure
But I dont think it would work smoothly if you record.

Whats wrong with capture cards though? I dont use capture card because I dont have a monitor/tv to play the console on (at the moment) lol.

 

[ilman]

You should be good to go .

I have a Laptop with i5 and it runs games about 90-100%. Problem is, I wanna record on top of that.. which makes it impossible for me to play lol.

You should be fine though

Ahh, that reminded me about something. Will I be able to record footage of me playing games?(Always wanted to record Sonic Colors on my WII, but the capture devices were a bit expensive.)
I should be able to since I have a quad-core and as far as I remember Dolphin doesn't use more than two cores, which leaves two cores for recording.

Recording and playing it smoothly with your specs.. I am not too sure
But I dont think it would work smoothly if you record.

Whats wrong with capture cards though? I dont use capture card because I dont have a monitor/tv to play the console on (at the moment) lol.

Well, maybe record and play at normal resolution, not upscaled, would have a decent framerate.
Can't wait for this laptop to come out here.

 

[KingVamp]

Well, my sorry accuse for a processor (i3 vs i7 ) is playing only two games I got on it well.
So base on that, you should be alright.

Not sure if it is any use to you, but there an app called Lenovo YouCam, which allows recording of the desktop.

 

[ilman]

Well, my sorry accuse for a processor (i3 vs i7 ) is playing only two games I got on it well.
So base on that, you should be alright.

Not sure if it is any use to you, but there an app called Lenovo YouCam, which allows recording of the desktop.

Is it any good?
Does it slow down the laptop more than fraps?

 

[KingVamp]

Well, my sorry accuse for a processor (i3 vs i7 ) is playing only two games I got on it well.
So base on that, you should be alright.

Not sure if it is any use to you, but there an app called Lenovo YouCam, which allows recording of the desktop.

Is it any good?
Does it slow down the laptop more than fraps?

Haven't actually used it, so unfortunately you going to have to what 'till you get your laptop.

 

[Rydian]

FRAPS is pretty much the fastest you'll get for recording games on the same computer.

Yes, live video recording is slow. We all deal with it.

 

[the_randomizer]

FRAPS is pretty much the fastest you'll get for recording games on the same computer.

Yes, live video recording is slow. We all deal with it.

FRAPS is also $35 last I checked. Used Bandicam if you want similar stability as FRAPS but don't want to pay.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Oh just a random tip. Start up task manager and give the emulator "high priority" .
It gives me extra 3-7 frames on the dolphin
lol