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| ArcadeSeeker962:
--- Quote from: elkameleon on April 29, 2012, 12:35:46 pm --- --- Quote from: FALSE on April 29, 2012, 11:45:35 am ---Everyone is pushing intels processors. Why not use an AMD fx4170? I dont have any experience with it yet, but I figure the 4.2 ghz clock speed has got to perfect for most anything mame could throw at it. --- End quote --- AMD, in my opinion are for people in the know :P I personally use AMD processors in my computers, but Intel is what everyone knows, so it's just easier to recommend that. My gaming pc has a AMD phenom X4 945 at 3.5GHZ. Yeah, see how that can be a bit more confusing than just saying i3? --- End quote --- It sounds more confusing. My PC skills are about average, so I don't think an AMD processor would work for me. So I'll see about a PC with an Intel i3 processor for my MAME cabinet,and I'll talk to my father about it as well. |
| postmortem:
--- Quote from: ArcadeSeeker962 on April 29, 2012, 12:54:18 pm --- --- Quote from: elkameleon on April 29, 2012, 12:35:46 pm --- --- Quote from: FALSE on April 29, 2012, 11:45:35 am ---Everyone is pushing intels processors. Why not use an AMD fx4170? I dont have any experience with it yet, but I figure the 4.2 ghz clock speed has got to perfect for most anything mame could throw at it. --- End quote --- AMD, in my opinion are for people in the know :P I personally use AMD processors in my computers, but Intel is what everyone knows, so it's just easier to recommend that. My gaming pc has a AMD phenom X4 945 at 3.5GHZ. Yeah, see how that can be a bit more confusing than just saying i3? --- End quote --- It sounds more confusing. My PC skills are about average, so I don't think an AMD processor would work for me. So I'll see about a PC with an Intel i3 processor for my MAME cabinet,and I'll talk to my father about it as well. --- End quote --- using computers with AMD processors isnt any different than an intel processor. The only confusing thing is how they name and rate their processors. |
| ArcadeSeeker962:
Okay, that makes more sense. Thank you for sorting that out for me. |
| elkameleon:
--- Quote from: postmortem on April 29, 2012, 03:49:55 pm --- --- Quote from: ArcadeSeeker962 on April 29, 2012, 12:54:18 pm --- --- Quote from: elkameleon on April 29, 2012, 12:35:46 pm --- --- Quote from: FALSE on April 29, 2012, 11:45:35 am ---Everyone is pushing intels processors. Why not use an AMD fx4170? I dont have any experience with it yet, but I figure the 4.2 ghz clock speed has got to perfect for most anything mame could throw at it. --- End quote --- AMD, in my opinion are for people in the know :P I personally use AMD processors in my computers, but Intel is what everyone knows, so it's just easier to recommend that. My gaming pc has a AMD phenom X4 945 at 3.5GHZ. Yeah, see how that can be a bit more confusing than just saying i3? --- End quote --- It sounds more confusing. My PC skills are about average, so I don't think an AMD processor would work for me. So I'll see about a PC with an Intel i3 processor for my MAME cabinet,and I'll talk to my father about it as well. --- End quote --- using computers with AMD processors isnt any different than an intel processor. The only confusing thing is how they name and rate their processors. --- End quote --- That's kinda what I was getting at, the naming conventions will throw you for a loop if you aren't on top of your game. |
| AlanS17:
I'm going to preface this post by saying it's not a recommendation. It's just an observation. I only have one arcade cabinet anymore, and it runs just classic games. Since the overhead is so minimal, I use a 1Ghz VIA processor with an x86 instruction set running DOS. The chip is built right into the board, and it gives off very little heat. It's perfect for what it does. Now, going back to Intel vs AMD... Back in the day (when I was still building), AMD could generally match Intel on horsepower, but they would definitely get hotter. That can be a small issue in a PC, but turn into a major issue in an arcade machine if you don't account for it. If you account for it, though, it's not that big of a deal. And if AMD has gotten over the heat hurdle, then it's a moot point. |
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