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SlammedNiss:
Ok , I hate to bump an old thread, but im buying my cpu tomorrow and need to know which one will be better for what I need. Will mame take advantage of a 2.7 x6 cpu or should I get the 3.6 x4 for $10 less?  Does mame even take advantage of that many cores?
Gatt:

--- Quote from: SlammedNiss on April 26, 2013, 09:30:32 pm ---Ok , I hate to bump an old thread, but im buying my cpu tomorrow and need to know which one will be better for what I need. Will mame take advantage of a 2.7 x6 cpu or should I get the 3.6 x4 for $10 less?  Does mame even take advantage of that many cores?

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No,  Mame won't really use 6 cores at this time,  and doesn't really do much with 4 cores.  I'd recommend going with a 2600k Sandy Bridge or it's Ivy Bridge equivalent if you want to play 3D era games.  I would only recommend AMD if you aren't going to play anything from the 3D era.  If you do want to play 3D era games,  the Intels are a much better choice.  For reference,  my 2600k naturally overclocks to 4.3ghz stable,  and runs all but the most challenging drivers at 100%.

wesbrown18:

--- Quote from: SlammedNiss on April 26, 2013, 09:30:32 pm ---Ok , I hate to bump an old thread, but im buying my cpu tomorrow and need to know which one will be better for what I need. Will mame take advantage of a 2.7 x6 cpu or should I get the 3.6 x4 for $10 less?  Does mame even take advantage of that many cores?

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My AMD Llano A8 3870K at quad 3.0ghz works fine for Soul Calibur and Tekken 2 on 64-bit Linux. Get the higher clock speed quad core for $10 less.  That will benefit MAME far more.  With four cores, I see MAME use up to two cores, with things like the X11 graphics display server using a fraction of a core.

You don't need to spend more on Intel systems.
SlammedNiss:

--- Quote from: Gatt on April 27, 2013, 12:42:48 am ---
--- Quote from: SlammedNiss on April 26, 2013, 09:30:32 pm ---Ok , I hate to bump an old thread, but im buying my cpu tomorrow and need to know which one will be better for what I need. Will mame take advantage of a 2.7 x6 cpu or should I get the 3.6 x4 for $10 less?  Does mame even take advantage of that many cores?

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No,  Mame won't really use 6 cores at this time,  and doesn't really do much with 4 cores.  I'd recommend going with a 2600k Sandy Bridge or it's Ivy Bridge equivalent if you want to play 3D era games.  I would only recommend AMD if you aren't going to play anything from the 3D era.  If you do want to play 3D era games,  the Intels are a much better choice.  For reference,  my 2600k naturally overclocks to 4.3ghz stable,  and runs all but the most challenging drivers at 100%.

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I would, but I'm building this thing on a budget and the MB I got from a free-after-rebate offer a few months back. My only other choice would be a Core2 Duo I already have sitting around that I was originally going to use. while I love my 2500k i5 I currently use as my main PC, I really can't afford to invest that much into another Intel CPU at this time.
Diet_Pepsi:

--- Quote from: SlammedNiss on April 26, 2013, 09:30:32 pm ---Ok , I hate to bump an old thread, but im buying my cpu tomorrow and need to know which one will be better for what I need. Will mame take advantage of a 2.7 x6 cpu or should I get the 3.6 x4 for $10 less?  Does mame even take advantage of that many cores?

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What model numbers are we talking about?  If, say, you ask me to choose between the phenom 1045t and the phenom 965, for mame use, I would choose the 965 every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

What c2d do you have lying around?  Depending on what games you are looking to play that cpu may be able to handle the job and save you some cash.
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