Hyperspin - Are the Specs of this Machine Sufficient to Run It???

[Mame818]

Hi Everyone --

Just curious is the specs of the below Desktop are sufficient to run Hyperspin with all of the video clips/art.

I don't need the fastest machine on the block.  Just an inexpensive one that will do the work needed.

Thanks for your feedback!!!

HP Compaq DC7700 CMT tower
dual core 3.4 GHz Intel Pentium D CPU
Windows XP Pro SP3
4 GB memory
160 GB hard drive

[Drnick]

My jukebox runs an AMD Athlon II X2 Processor 220 (2.8 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache) with 4GB and a fairly cheap end ATI card with HDMI out, runs Hyperspin with all the bells and whistles on. 

You'll be good as the equivalent athlon to that is the 250

[mytymaus007]

Decent enough what other emulators will you run or just MAME. if just MAME then your fine except of few of the newer games. I would suggest to upgrade to windows 7 64 bit, it easier to find somewhere on the web. The more emulators you add to Hyperspin the more it bogs down . Im running intel core 5 2500k stock with 50 emulators and it runs amazing only spend little over $400 totaly worth all the money

[mgb]

I've been running some tests for a new build with multiple console emulators, Mame and HyperSpin.
I've been using my laptop with a duo core, xp pro and 4GB Ram and its been running fine.

[nickbuol]

I've been wondering this for a long time as well.  I've got an Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz system with 4 GB of RAM.  Probably would need a slightly better video card, but I've been looking at what Tipton has set up and like all of the features that he shows in his YouTube video with all of the transitional videos, etc. 

I've been afraid to dive too far into it, taking my current machine out of commission, to mess around with it if it wasn't going to work.


One other thing, I was told that I should stay away from upgrading to Windows 7 as Windows XP was "good enough" and that there weren't any real benefits of Windows 7.

So many opinions that it takes a while to figure out reality.

[nickbuol]

So I upgraded my main computer, and pulled out the Athlon 64 x2 5000+ guts to put into the MAME cabinet.  I am leaving the 4GB with the main computer as it is fine for me.  Jumped up to a Phenom II x4 965.  Anyway, I also just ordered 2 GB of RAM for the MAME cabinet to upgrade from the old, slow 768 MB that are in it, and today I ordered a new, much faster video card for my primary PC and will put the "gaming" video card that I had into the MAME cabinet.

So it will be a bunch of nice upgrades from the Athlon 2900 with crappy 128 MB video card and low amount of RAM.

Now to mess around with Hyperspin.  Hopefully I can get it working with at least some of the animations once the other upgrades arrive.

[mytymaus007]

So I upgraded my main computer, and pulled out the Athlon 64 x2 5000+ guts to put into the MAME cabinet.  I am leaving the 4GB with the main computer as it is fine for me.  Jumped up to a Phenom II x4 965.  Anyway, I also just ordered 2 GB of RAM for the MAME cabinet to upgrade from the old, slow 768 MB that are in it, and today I ordered a new, much faster video card for my primary PC and will put the "gaming" video card that I had into the MAME cabinet.

So it will be a bunch of nice upgrades from the Athlon 2900 with crappy 128 MB video card and low amount of RAM.

Now to mess around with Hyperspin.  Hopefully I can get it working with at least some of the animations once the other upgrades arrive.

I thought the whole project was to get Hyperspin runnng 100% Hope it works out for you let us know how you do. How much were the upgrades. What do you do with your promary PC that you needed an upgrade!

[nickbuol]

Agreed, however it seems that there is no clear-cut "this is what you need" type of system, so we'll see.

Costs were approx $100 for the 965 processor.
$130 for the upgraded card (on sale for $25 off plus a $30 rebate)
$35 for 2 GB of DDR2 RAM
I already had the motherboard

I use my primary PC for some gaming, but a lot of photo and video editing (more than I should).  I built it to be an extreme gaming machine about 4 years ago, which is the only reason it has lasted so long.

[Sparkolicious]

I didn't even fool around with my old arcade rig.  I upgraded to a core i-5, 8GB Ram, and a gtx 460 card running win7 64. I later figured I wanted it hooked to my old CRT so I opted for an older card with s video out since I had one. I think it's a 9800 GT.  That build has probably 30 emulators and it works pretty well.   

[wbassett]

I'm looking at setting up Hyperspin too.

I'm a bit confused though... why does adding more emulators bog it down?  It would seem logical that they all aren't running at the sametime and only run when launched, or am I missing something here?  Since I am not currently running Hyperspin I probably don't know all the ins and outs of it.

I also have a 3.4Ghz Pentium D Dual core processor with 4GB of ram thats going in my grandson's rig.  I guess maybe instead of asking what it will run, what won't it run? 

[nickbuol]

Here is what I suspect, but don't know for a fact....

Obviously each emulator itself has its own requirements, but you aren't talking about that...

My guess is that the more emulators, then the more ROMs to keep track of... The more ROMs, then the more data to manage...  Plus each emulator needs its own graphics settings for the "wheel" etc...

Now, to me, it doesn't seem like it *should* be that big of a bog down, but again, I am only speculating anyway.

[nickbuol]

Hardware upgrades should go in tonight.  Newer motherboard, newer CPU, newer video card (all with significantly better specs), brand new RAM, and I'll throw a fresh install of TinyXP on it.  Then I roll the dice with my Hyperspin setup that is on an external hard drive.  I am hoping that the fact that I don't have any USB 3.0 ports doesn't bite me with the external drive since it is holding a bunch of video stuff for Hyperspin.  If it is a problem, then I might have to money with the configuration and put the videos on an internal hard drive.  If that gets to be problematic, then I guess I will just have to buy an internal 1GB drive and transfer it all over.  I was just hoping to keep it on an external drive so that I can pull it out of the MAME cabinet and do any updates from my primary PC.