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UK Lowboy Project Build x2. (Vertical & Horizontal)
bluemini17:
--- Quote from: TGov on November 26, 2012, 08:05:09 pm ---Where did you get your monitors?
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+1 ;D
krick:
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I shall be using an Intel i3 based PC components to go inside this cab as i dont think mame or any other emulators take advantage of more than a dual core cpu do they?...or is AMD CPU's regarded to be better for Mame? I shall also be using GroovyMAME for this build as in my opinion is probably thee best build of MAME to use atm.
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I don't think anyone ever answered this.
Intel CPUs are hands-down the best choice for MAME. Don't even consider an AMD CPU even if it is significantly cheaper. You'll regret it. This isn't an Intel fan-boy thing. This is fact.
As for multiple cores, I believe that baseline MAME only takes advantage of 2 cores. It can push some of the rendering code into a different thread which results in a performance boost in certain drivers. As I understand it, the latest version of GroovyMAME uses yet another thread for the video page flipping code. So I guess the optimal CPU for GroovyMAME would have at least 3 cores. However, I don't know if anyone has actually benchmarked and compared performance in GroovyMAME with 2 vs 4 cores, so don't take my word for it.
You can get Intel i5 quad-core CPUs for under $200 on Newegg.
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