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| shateredsoul:
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on December 08, 2010, 11:38:31 pm ---Such ..... overpowering ....... specs ..... dying under the weight of people's wallets .... It's always baffled me as to what games some are so desperate to run that you want to squeeze even more power out of top-end PC's? --- End quote --- like people trying to play gamecube or wii games, yeah a wii would be cheaper.. so what? ::) |
| General_Faliure:
--- Quote from: boogieman on December 04, 2010, 01:01:49 pm --- What pisses me off is I have to pay $100+ for an OS that I am basically going to bypass by shelling to the front end. :'( --- End quote --- I agree, that's why i use a Linux system (Lubuntu 10.10 + WahCade front end), it works well for me. Besides Mame i use several emulators, (Daphne, Stella, Vice and more). I also use fairly old hardware, i started with a Athlon XP 1900 and recently upgraded to a Athlon 64 3200. |
| shateredsoul:
--- Quote from: General_Faliure on December 09, 2010, 11:24:41 am --- --- Quote from: boogieman on December 04, 2010, 01:01:49 pm --- What pisses me off is I have to pay $100+ for an OS that I am basically going to bypass by shelling to the front end. :'( --- End quote --- I agree, that's why i use a Linux system (Lubuntu 10.10 + WahCade front end), it works well for me. Besides Mame i use several emulators, (Daphne, Stella, Vice and more). I also use fairly old hardware, i started with a Athlon XP 1900 and recently upgraded to a Athlon 64 3200. --- End quote --- ewww wahcade? j/k Ubuntu was pretty user friendly when I tried it, I just always had issues with the sounds dissapearing randomly, or the cd not working or different components not working anymore. Maybe your experience will be different than mine, but going back to windows made things so much easier... it just works. Wahcade is the first frontend I tried... that's actually how I found out about frontends. Maximus arcade, Mala, Hyperspin, and gamex are way better choices IMO. Use XP lite if you really are worried about cost (it has its limits in terms of modern systems), don't ask about how to get it because no one will answer.. just google it. And make sure you have a license.... :D or find a cousin, friend, niece, who is a student at a university and ask them to get this for you http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/windows/default.aspx, win 7 pro for $65 |
| D_Harris:
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on December 08, 2010, 11:38:31 pm ---Such ..... overpowering ....... specs ..... dying under the weight of people's wallets .... It's always baffled me as to what games some are so desperate to run that you want to squeeze even more power out of top-end PC's? --- End quote --- It's that need to have the best system on the block. The fastest ,most powerful system is like crack. They gotta have it. Of course the high goes away upon the release of any game that can't be played to the max and as a result puts a strain the PCs resources.(Or your neighbor gets a faster machine). Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
| bpark42:
--- Quote from: D_Harris on December 09, 2010, 10:07:49 pm ---It's that need to have the best system on the block. The fastest ,most powerful system is like crack. They gotta have it. Of course the high goes away upon the release of any game that can't be played to the max and as a result puts a strain the PCs resources.(Or your neighbor gets a faster machine). Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. --- End quote --- Are we even talking about machines dedicated to mame/emulation any more? Doesn't sound like it... There are certainly plenty of people who have to buy the latest/greatest/most expensive just cuz, but there are also plenty of people who actually do more with their pc then just email and facebook. Personally I do a significant amount of video encoding. Every clock cycle on every core counts. And as for emulation, it takes a lot of horsepower to emulate more recent systems like the gamecube. Also, when people build with components priced in the sweet spot for performance per dollar (you know, like with most of the stuff mentioned in this thread) they tend to come out way ahead of people paying for Dell/etc. crap. |
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