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| TheShaner:
I am curious what kind of horse power you need to effectively play some of the 3D games out there like Killer Instinct and Tekken. When I put together the computer portion of my cabinet, I didnt think I needed too much power to run MAME. So I built an Intel 2.6 dual core with 2g of memory. It works fine, until I get to 3D games. Then the sound stutters terribly and things run slow. Am I correct to think I need more power, or might I be able to overcome this with some tweaking? I am currently running an ArcadeVGA 3000 video card from Ultimarc. |
| ABACABB:
I have had a few different mame PCs over the last 2 years and here's what I can tell you. First off I am running MAMEUI .141. I had a Pentium 4 @ 3.0ghz and it ran Killer Instinct 1 and 2 fine, no problems. But I could only play Tekken 1 on that machine. I tested things out on my laptop which is a first gen Core-i5 @2.2ghz, but 64-bit MAME which gives a performance boost over 32-bit, and I could run Tekken 2 but Tekken 3 was still a little slow. Approx 85-90% speed on the laptop. Then I got a first gen core-i5 650 desktop @ 3.2ghz and all Tekkens in MAME (1,2,3 and Tag Tournement) run full speed continuosly. Only game on my system that this pc had problems with is NFL Blitz. Blitz was mostly playable but had a small amount of sound stutter. So finally I have a 2nd gen core i-3 @ 3.3ghz (desktop) and this runs NFL Blitz at full speed continuously. Blitz is my favorite game so this is big for me. I also know that Blitz is one of the most demanding MAME games that is currently playable so since Blitz runs, I assume most everything else in MAME would run fine also. The only excpetions I know of that this still struggles with is San Francisco Rush/California Speed and Gauntlet Dark Legacy. I hope this helps. All of my PCs except for the Pentium 4 are running Win 7 64-bit which, as I stated, does help a little with 3d performance. |
| kahlid74:
If you search/dig deep enough you'll find the thread that talks about this. For the 3D games you'll need something in the 8-9 GHz range of processing power (So a Core i5 at 3Ghz with four cores). I want to say Blitz99 used the most at north of 10 but I'll see if I can dig up the thread on it. If you want to run all 3D games closest to non stutter you'll need a Core i5/7. |
| ABACABB:
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on September 24, 2012, 04:04:44 pm ---If you search/dig deep enough you'll find the thread that talks about this. For the 3D games you'll need something in the 8-9 GHz range of processing power (So a Core i5 at 3Ghz with four cores). I want to say Blitz99 used the most at north of 10 but I'll see if I can dig up the thread on it. If you want to run all 3D games closest to non stutter you'll need a Core i5/7. --- End quote --- True, if you are running a Pentium 4, it would have to be in the 10ghz range to run NFL Blitz at full speed. But these discussions came out before 64-bit operating systems and before the major architecture changes in the processors making them more efficient. So you do not need a Core-i5 or i7 with 4 cores because MAME only uses 2 anyways. So if you're looking for the best performance in MAME get the fastest DUAL core processor you can afford. Any more cores and you're wasting your money, if we're stritctly talking about MAME. As I stated above, my 2nd gen core-i3 (2 cores) @ 3.3ghz runs Blitz full speed. This is nowhere near the 8-10ghz range that was predicted years ago. |
| shponglefan:
Intel E8400 here (dual core 3 GHz) on Windows 7 w/ 8 gigs of RAM. I've had no issues running the aforementioned 3D games (Tekken series, KI, etc). |
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