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| mgb:
kind of a vague question, but I'm building a new pc that will be a Windows 7 64 bit machine. Its gonna be bassically an htpc and it will run hyperspin with a bunch of game emulators (Mame, Fceux, Zsnes, Stella, Fusion, Winvice, Mess and possibly others) I have never gone the 64 bit route yet so I'm just curious if I will run into issues with some emulators or not. Any advice would be great. thanks |
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--- Quote from: mgb on September 07, 2012, 12:35:26 am ---kind of a vague question, but I'm building a new pc that will be a Windows 7 64 bit machine. Its gonna be bassically an htpc and it will run hyperspin with a bunch of game emulators (Mame, Fceux, Zsnes, Stella, Fusion, Winvice, Mess and possibly others) I have never gone the 64 bit route yet so I'm just curious if I will run into issues with some emulators or not. Any advice would be great. thanks --- End quote --- the simple answer is. no. There are many emulators already pre-built for 64bit machines. Every 32bit emulator i have thrown at all of my 64bit rigs run just fine. |
| BadMouth:
I haven't run into any problems on the software end. Using the 64-bit version of MAME results in a noticeable performance boost on certain games (NFL blitz for one). If you have really old accessories, 64-bit drivers might not exist for them. |
| theonegoku:
I have ONLY built my systems with 64 bit, and I have never had any problems with the emulators (except this one program i tried a couple years back to turn a .bin to a .iso and it was 32 bit only) but if anything I would say that not only will u not have any problems, but it would definitly be wiser. Every time I play something that is just barely hitting 100% I always think "thank god for those extra GB's of RAM" or something to that extent :P |
| mgb:
Great, Thanks guys. I'm really looking forward to this pc build. I won't have any issues with old accessories because this is a new build and its not going to be another cab. It will just be a HTPC with lots of emulation. Hooked up to a 32" hdtv. I've been gathering all the parts and pieces. Its an Asus mobo (hdmi) with an AMD A8 APU, Windows 7(64bit), 8G Ram, 128GB SSD for OS Drive and 1TB Storage drive (where all my emu stuff will reside). This machine will be used for typical htpc tasks, old school emulation and somewhat modern pc games. I plan on using usb adaptors for playing consoles with their original controllers. |
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