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MagicMan:

My old & outdated machine doesn't want to boot up most of the time now so I need to buy a new PC. This machine ran most MAME games fine & was good for NES, SMS & SNES, but not so good for N64.
I use MALA as my FE. This machine can't handle CHD games. I'd like the next one to be able to.

What kind of machine and/or graphics card should I be looking at as a minimum for the above?


Also, I can't get Project 64 to cooperate with me so what other N64 emulators are my best bet? I don't need fancy, I am looking for function over form.

lilshawn:


--- Quote from: MagicMan on October 03, 2013, 05:17:28 pm --- looking at as a minimum

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this is your issue. look to the future and save yourself some money in the long run. you want the bare minimum, but then want to be able to do more and more things.

seriously, do yourself a favor. buy a decent computer for a couple of hunskies and you won't be paying for another computer in 6 months cause the requirements went up on your emus. i've seen this time, time and again.

shponglefan:

Any modern 3+ GHz machine + 4 gigs of RAM will be fine.  I'm using an older dual core Intel E8400 system and have no issues running N64 emulation and the vast majority of MAME titles.

Fursphere:


--- Quote from: shponglefan on October 03, 2013, 09:21:46 pm ---Any modern 3+ GHz machine + 4 gigs of RAM will be fine.  I'm using an older dual core Intel E8400 system and have no issues running N64 emulation and the vast majority of MAME titles.

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I have an E8400 system sand it'll play the older stuff great.

It will not play Gamecube/Wii stuff or PS2 stuff very well at all.

bigster:

I just posted a cheap core 2 duo small motherboard and cpu in the For Sale section if you are interested.  It runs project 64, psx, dreamcast.  I only upgraded it because i had a 1tb hdd and a sata dvd player, then bought a ssd for booting which needed an extra sata port.  anyway it is a small footprint motherboard.

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