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| nimsu:
Looking to build a new PC for MAME. What kind of specs should I look for in a PC? Is a Pentium 4 with 1 gig of RAM decent? I'm okay with spending a little more money if need be but dont want to bother if the resources wont be needed http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883255979 |
| chopperthedog:
I was out of it for 6 years and for a recent build used a P4 2.8 with xp and I could not get the classics to run smooth on any recent version. Learned about a mame rewrite/overhaul at .106 and tried aversion previous and all is well. I ended up compiling my own mame .105 with the no nag edits (diffs didn't exist in pre .106 apparently) bashed my head against google and dead end forum posts from 2008 for days :P but I succeeded in the end. Guess it depends on the expectations of games that you're going for. good day. |
| harveybirdman:
I have a pentium 4, it plays all but 60 or so of my 1200 plus ROMs. Here are some important questions for you to ask yourself.... Will I be satisfied without any 3 dimensional games? Can I be happy with No Beastorizer, No Virtua Fighter, No Battle Arena Toshinden 2, no G Darrius, no NFL Blitz or Gauntlet Legends? How painful will it be to lose out on the Sega Titan Video or STV games? list here http://segaretro.org/Sega_Titan_Video if you can live without these games, then you can get yourself a rig for less than fiffty bucks. If you want to play NFL Blitz or Gauntlent Legends, you might want to get something with some serious intel firepower such as an i5-2500k chipset. Also you might want to factor in other platforms you intend to emulate. My Pentium four delivers a close to arcade experience Strider 2 using the pSX emulator EPSXE. Additionally NullDC can play a ported version of Gauntlet Legends. However integration of additional emulators can mean a greater commitment to find creative solutions to solve front-end integration and shelling issues. And in many cases the resulting gaming experience has varying degrees of authenticity. After all, the ported versions were designed with consoles in mind and in some cases it shows more than others. I have chosen to eventually upgrade PC's because, the list of ST-V games is too appealing to not have on my finished cabinet, but to each his or her own. |
| WindDrake:
I've got two cabs. One runs an AMD Tricore CPU (3.2ghz@3.72ghz), 4GB RAM, 750/7200rpm HDD, and a Radeon 4870 1GB running Windows 7 x64. The other is an Intel Core2Quad 2.33ghz, 4GB RAM, 320/7200rpm HDD, and a Radeon 4870 1GB running Windows 7 x64. This is hardware I either upgraded out of, got cheap at work (the C2Q unit), or bought purposefully. I wanted everything to run nicely and have zero limitations as far as 3D went (using things like Demul, Supermodel, M2, etc.) But it's overkill if you're only playing 80's/90's Non-3D stuff. |
| edekoning:
--- Quote from: nimsu on January 02, 2013, 09:03:25 pm ---I'm okay with spending a little more money if need be but dont want to bother if the resources wont be needed --- End quote --- So what's a little? You need to decide on some thing's if you are on a budget (either money wise or cabinet space wise ;)): Do you want to play MAME exclusively? All games or from a certain period? --> MAME likes CPU power, but does not need a dedicated GPU Do you want to play regular (3D) PC games? --> Anything 3D requires GPU power Do you want to play (3D) console games? --> These might require a GPU How much space do you expect to need to store all you're roms/games/software/whatnot? --> Small SSD or big HHD Are you OK with building you're own PC? --> Its usually a lot cheaper. Do you already have an OS or are you fine with using Linux? --> Windows is expensive Would you mind buying 'not exactly what you want' now, and upgrade to 'what you really want' later on? --> upgrade to a faster/bigger GPU/CPU/HDD Do you have a current laptop/desktop that plays all the games you want to play? --> use that as a reference |
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