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| AlanS17:
Yeah, those games will play on anything. The machines I built nearly 10 years ago could play those games without a hiccup. |
| ArcadeSeeker962:
That's neat that emulation has come that far(and even further!) to make playing arcade games playable on older computers. I remember the first computer our family owned. It was a Compaq, and it looked so much older than the computer I'm using today. The family computer I'm currently using is has Dell Hardrive with a Sceptre computer monitor. The combination works well, but I'll make sure that I buy a used Intel Computer for my my MAME Cabinet. Thank you all very much for steering me in the right direction. |
| krick:
I don't think anyone mentioned this in the thread so far, but current versions of MAME are quite a bit faster on Intel processors than AMD processors. I'm not sure why, but it's just the way it is. Maybe the compiler just generates code that's better optimized for the Intel architecture. Who knows. You'll also want to run a 64-bit operating system for additional performance in MAME. Up to 30% more in certain games. This means that if you're using windows, you'll want to run Windows XP 64-bit edition, Windows Vista 64-bit edition, or Windows 7 64-bit edition. XP 64-bit edition is hard to find, so you'll most likely want to go with Windows 7 64-bit edition. |
| ArcadeSeeker962:
Thank you for the advice. I'm going to sort out all of this information with my father(along with everything else from other threads I created), so that way I can finalize my plans. |
| Mark Thomas:
--- Quote from: krick on May 04, 2012, 12:57:01 am ---I don't think anyone mentioned this in the thread so far, but current versions of MAME are quite a bit faster on Intel processors than AMD processors. I'm not sure why, but it's just the way it is. Maybe the compiler just generates code that's better optimized for the Intel architecture. Who knows. You'll also want to run a 64-bit operating system for additional performance in MAME. Up to 30% more in certain games. This means that if you're using windows, you'll want to run Windows XP 64-bit edition, Windows Vista 64-bit edition, or Windows 7 64-bit edition. XP 64-bit edition is hard to find, so you'll most likely want to go with Windows 7 64-bit edition. --- End quote --- Wow I never knew this |
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