Opinion on PC needed.

[gdilly]

I am in desperate need of a new pc to run my system.  The previous one is dead and buried.  I plan on running HyperSpin or similiar type frontend.

I found this combo on newegg.  I've haven't looked into pc specs for at least 6 years and can't easy spot the good equipment/deals anymore.  Will this setup run almost everything smoothly?  Any opinions or reviews you have would be greatly appreciated.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.328159

[massive88]

It depends on what you mean by almost everything.

It will run 98% of all mame just fine.  For some, that 2% is the deal breaker.  Ridge Racer, Gauntlet Legends, and other games this might still struggle with.

Hyperspin it should run fine, and the vast majority of games it will run fine as well.  For the price, its not a bad deal at all for a mame machine.

[ShoryuKeith]

what spec Pc would run Ridge Racer, Gauntlet legends etc without any problems?!

[Ginsu Victim]

what spec Pc would run Ridge Racer, Gauntlet legends etc without any problems?!

Most.....as long as you use a PSX emulator instead.

[gdilly]

Thanks, but just out of curiosity...

What specs are most people using?

[Malenko]

alot less then that. my one MAME cab is running a P4 2.4 and the other PC Im using for futurepinball/vert mame is gonna be a dual core intel, forget the speed

[mvsfan]

It depends on what you mean by almost everything.

It will run 98% of all mame just fine.  For some, that 2% is the deal breaker.  Ridge Racer, Gauntlet Legends, and other games this might still struggle with.

Hyperspin it should run fine, and the vast majority of games it will run fine as well.  For the price, its not a bad deal at all for a mame machine.

The biggest and most apparent bone of contention with this setup will be the lack of native Legacy Serial and parallell ports.

Truly, i wish that someone could tell me without a doubt what the latest and greatest legacy / usb 2.0 hardware is that will still run on windows ME Or 2000.

The only reason in this world that i upgraded to xp was because that the newest system i speced would not run under ME or 2000.

The funniest thing of all is This.

I was terribly out of date when i was forced to adopt windows 98 SE. I was also out of date when i was forced to adopt windows Me.

The funniest thing is that except for usb 2.0 the most recent changes and updates would always install under windows 95, Or 98 Se, even Windows 2000, Etc no matter what system you had.

It was in fact the same time Frame that Windows Xp was released and Product Activation Was Introduced, That it became painfully apparent even through simple upgrades that you couldnt just simply maintain your old ME or 2000 System and continue to resist Xp.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Go for it.  Looks like a great deal.  It should run everything you throw at it except for those games people mentioned (Blitz, Gauntlet Legends, etc).  But as people stated those games don't run at their full frame rate on any setup at the moment.  I'm running and AMD Athlon X2 4600+ w/2 GB of RAM and it's runs MAME just fine.  Paired with a 1GB video card and you can run Street Fighter IV without issues (I can and it runs beautifully).

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