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runninblue:

Hi all,

I'm starting my very first cab project from scratch and I have a question about PC specs (if this is in the wrong forum I do apologise). I realise that PC specs for mame can be very subjective but a little help will be much appreciated.

Obviously I don't want to spend too much on the PC since a beast is not needed for MAME generally. A local PC shop is selling a pre-built system for $399 (AUD). It consists of:

AMD Dual Core 2.9GHz 7MB Cache CPU
Gigabyte 740 AM3 Mainboard
2GB DDR3 1333 Memory
WD/Samsung 500GB SATA Hard Drive
Samsung/LG DVDRW 22x Dual Layer
Mini ATX Case and 430watt PSU

My question is, is this PC good for running MAME? Is it overkill? Is it not enough in some area?

Thanks everyone.

EDIT: I should have mentioned that I would like to play as many 3D based games as possible aswell as older games.

shfifty:

With those specs i'd say its overkill for most 2D games, but should be suitable if you want to run the 3D stuff. I'm still only using a P4 1.8 with 384mb ram and that runs pretty much everything full speed except for 3D and NBA hangtime.

But for $399 thats a pretty good deal.

 

runninblue:

Thanks shfifty.

I suppose if I wanted to add a graphics card the cheapest current one on the market will suffice for MAME right?

Blanka:

Is there no graphics card included? Or does it have on board graphics. The later is OK for MAME too. The only thing that is used is upscaling for high-res LCD's, and onboard graphics is perfect capable of that.
399 AUSD? Isn't that already the price for a non OEM Windows license there?

shfifty:

yeah i would just stick with the onboard graphics. It should have it, even my crappy asrock MB has it.


--- Quote from: Blanka on August 22, 2010, 05:27:29 am ---399 AUSD? Isn't that already the price for a non OEM Windows license there?

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isnt windows free? :o

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