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(Cringe) Sorry to ask...I'm lost with MAME PC specs!
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HanoiBoi:
I know this has been asked, and I apologize in advance for asking again, but I really don't want to shoot myself in the foot with the wrong PC.  I also don't want to burn up my wallet just to get the greatest PC out there.

I'm looking to upgrade my MAME pc.  The one I'm currently using needs to return to it's previous duties.   :-\

So, I need to pick something up that will handle my needs. 

- I'd like to be able to play a good majority of MAME games
- I'm hoping to eventually figure out how to incorporate a pinball emulator (whichever is the 'norm', if there is a norm)
- I'd like to have the option to possibly add light guns and light gun games in the future.

I'm currently looking at a (refurb) PC that has a Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 512mb ram and a 40GB drive.

Will this do me good?

My thoughts are that the 3.0 GHz processor is the key and should be good....but I'm sure I'm missing something...

Also, let me know if you come across any 'deals' out there for a decent PC for MAME.  You know, the ones that make you say, 'Hey, that would be perfect for MAME!'

Thanks!
-HanoiBoi
Silly Burrito:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72776.msg1046987

There's a few setups on the last page which should give you an idea. I already had Vista and RAM, but I built a new PC for MAME for under $500, and it easily got past 4.0Ghz.

Not sure about the Core i3/i5/7 performance with MAME, though.

ark_ader:
I see this type of post and I wonder why people need such specs to play a majority of arcade games.

A stock P3 would be able to play classic arcade games, 1000 at the very least.

Why is there a need for anything higher?  :dunno
Lilwolf:
A single core 3ghz will be fine.  It will play 95% of the games out there.

a 2ghz with probably run 94% of the games

And a 3ghz dual core e8400 will run 97% of the games out there... and nothing non-OC'd will run all the games...

You have to decide how much you care about those 5% of the games.  If GauntLegends was in the list, I would say its worth it...

I would love to see a project sort the games based on the same hardware, how fast they run... (so if your computer plays game X just fine... you can go down the list until it starts failing... and have a good guess that everything above it should run fine)...  But the hardware would have to be the same (1) and would have to have an AMD group, and a Intel group since they change (some games DO work better on intels)
Necroticart:
I'm using a Core I7 920 in my main PC they are amazingly fast i've not even bothered to overclock it and mame 64 runs great
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