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Time to upgrade?
ssmrpopo:
My current cab has served me pretty well but I'm considering updating it. Right now I am running an old Athlon 2800, 1 gb ram, and an AGP ArcadeVGA. I have a spare E-machines from 2008 that has a Celeron 440 processor and 1 gb of ram. What benifits would I see from upgrading? Would games such as Killer Instinct, Cruisin USA, or Carnevil be playable with this system? Lastly would I have to buy a new PCI-express ArcadeVGA or does Soft15Khz work pretty well.
Thanks in advance!
Nephasth:
I purchased 3 AVGAs in the past. I recently gave soft15khz a try, I won't be buying another AVGA. But I'm not a native resolution freak, I just want video displayed on an arcade monitor.
Haze:
--- Quote from: ssmrpopo on November 06, 2011, 04:41:45 pm ---My current cab has served me pretty well but I'm considering updating it. Right now I am running an old Athlon 2800, 1 gb ram, and an AGP ArcadeVGA. I have a spare E-machines from 2008 that has a Celeron 440 processor and 1 gb of ram. What benifits would I see from upgrading? Would games such as Killer Instinct, Cruisin USA, or Carnevil be playable with this system? Lastly would I have to buy a new PCI-express ArcadeVGA or does Soft15Khz work pretty well.
Thanks in advance!
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There's near enough nothing between the CPUs, at least as far as emulation is concerned, an Old 440 Celeron is several generations off doing Crusin / Carnevil at full speed, and not even a high end chip of it's generation.
BobA:
You would have to go to a dual core to see and benefit in CPU but aside from that make sure the video works with soft 15 so you do not have to replace your AVGA.
dholcombe:
The Celeron will likely run cooler unless the other components you put with it generate more heat. You'll also get a faster FSB and possibly faster RAM depending on the motherbaord. You also get 64-bit processing with the 440 if you use a 64-bit OS.
The processor itself I believe is clocked lower. I'm not sure about the difference in instructions per clock for the 2 processors in question as I'm not sure which architecture the 440 is based off of. It'd probably be worth installing MAME on the 440 and running a few tests before deciding to drop the box in your cabinet.