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BadMouth:


--- Quote from: michelevit on October 04, 2013, 10:40:53 am ---I'm still running a dual core with 2 gigs of ram and it runs everything I throw at it.

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That could mean anything from a 1.1Ghz atom to an overclocked 4ghz core2duo.

What is the most demanding game you throw at it?
Have you thrown Ridge Racer at it?  >:D

lilshawn:

dooo eeeeeiiit!



chopperthedog:


--- Quote from: BadMouth on October 04, 2013, 10:17:10 am ---3Ghz or go home. 

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This^^. I've been very pleased with an i3 system I picked up recently to replace my dead 10yo amd set up that I had in a cab.


good day.

Fursphere:


--- Quote from: BadMouth on October 04, 2013, 10:17:10 am ---3Ghz or go home.


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Sweet!  I can finally get my 3ghz Pentium four out of the recycle bin and built a new MAME Cab!   :)

Joking aside, you really need to include processor family alongside ghz ratings.  Ghz alone doesn't tell you anything, because it doesn't include IPS ratings (instructions per second).

What I do is look up the exact processor model on cpu benchmarks....

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/





Haze:


--- Quote from: Fursphere on October 05, 2013, 10:19:37 am ---
--- Quote from: BadMouth on October 04, 2013, 10:17:10 am ---3Ghz or go home.


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Sweet!  I can finally get my 3ghz Pentium four out of the recycle bin and built a new MAME Cab!   :)

Joking aside, you really need to include processor family alongside ghz ratings.  Ghz alone doesn't tell you anything, because it doesn't include IPS ratings (instructions per second).

What I do is look up the exact processor model on cpu benchmarks....

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

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This.  There is a world between an old 3ghz Celeron, an old 3ghz P4, an old '3ghz' rated AMD, or the more modern Core2 / i3/i5 etc. ranges (and even a big difference between those)

Even the new 3ghz AMD chips bench badly in MAME terms against a Core2, nevermind when benched against the i3/i5 s it is kinda important.

All processor improvements in the last few years have been improvements to the architecture, design, efficiency etc. while we've been stuck at ~3ghz for a good while now.

A 3ghz Core2 will do you for the vast majority of stuff at the moment, an i3/i5 will be more futureproof.  The modern chips have fairly good overclocking ability compared to older ones too, which is always a plus for emulation.  Component prices for older systems seem to be creeping up too, especially RAM etc. so keep that in mind, it's not always more cost effective to get something older and upgrade it.


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