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| Elaphe:
¿Which one do you think it will perform better in MAME, a new I3 at 3.6 ghz or a new I5 at 3.0 ghz? Anyone has made bechmarks with these setups? |
| ron310:
I have not benchmarked either, but I think they are both more than enough power for mame. I run a dual core 2.4 processor, and on another cab I run a mini-itx embedded 1.6ghz processor. I also run an amd chip, in the 2.something range as my main cab. I would go with whatever uses less power and can run cooler to keep the fan noise down to a minimum. |
| Malenko:
probably the i3, I dont think MAME takes advantage of more than 2 cores (at least last time I checked) |
| shponglefan:
For 99% of MAME games, you won't notice a difference. It will only matter in 3D games like NFL Blitz, Gauntlet Legends, etc. In which case the faster processor is probably a better bet. |
| Elaphe:
I'm specially interested in Cave SH3 games, some of which are not very well optimized so I don't get constant 60 fps in my old Core2Duo. |
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