Main > Main Forum
Fastest PC
Jollywest:
Which ever spec you go for I would definitely recommend Compiling your own version of MAME and using a 64-bit OS with a 64-bit version of MAME, for increased performance.
Here is a link for compiling your own MAME version > MAME COMPILER 64
JODY:
I second using a 64 bit OS (e.g. Windows 7 64 bit) and a 64 bit version of Mame. I have not compiled my own but found that MameUI64 (one 64 bit version) is much faster than a 32 bit version on my Windows 7 HTPC. Games that were not very playable in the 32 bit version were very playable using the 64 bit version.
shateredsoul:
How about this question,
what's the cheapest solution to getting most mame games to run well?
an overclocked i5?
Turnarcades:
Man, I've been off the forum since Christmas and return to this same question?
This will never be answered and the closest answers have been given a million times already. I've given a 200-word brief on 3 specs and what they can achieve loads of times; check my past posts if you're looking for a quick answer.
The reason it's not worth starting these threads is the benchmark and consideration factors change daily; almost as quick as the thread does.
Donkbaca:
Depends on what you want to play. I am running a p4 3.0ghz and there are only like 5 games, maybe, that I can't play that I would want to