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| mgb:
Come on, plenty of people here are running mame Machines without i7s and 16g of ram. What version mame are you even running. I know the main issues are when trying to run later 3d games |
| steinar-t:
There is so many versions of mame and frontends that its confusing to me... :dizzy: I was running gameex and mame32 i think. tried other mame versions to... Killer instinct is one of the games that do not run. |
| DarakuTenshi:
Mame can be run on a much older PC than that. It just depends in what games you want to run. Obviously the high end games will require a better CPU bir RAM really isn't an issue. I'm running an i5 8 gb of RAM and I can run all the games just fine. I also have a mediocre graphics card so I can us PC games. |
| ark_ader:
--- Quote from: steinar-t on December 25, 2013, 01:49:15 pm ---Do i really need a computer that powerful? This setup woud be $1118. https://www.komplett.no/k/shoplist.aspx?mode=receive&si=1327465&su=B7EA2D3A-F43C-4E90-AE05-DF95A8C56E5B The one i posted beafore was like $400 :cry: --- End quote --- You can source the parts cheaper. Check this out: 16gb version is $686.99 :applaud: |
| Haze:
--- Quote from: steinar-t on December 25, 2013, 01:49:15 pm ---Do i really need a computer that powerful? This setup woud be $1118. https://www.komplett.no/k/shoplist.aspx?mode=receive&si=1327465&su=B7EA2D3A-F43C-4E90-AE05-DF95A8C56E5B The one i posted beafore was like $400 :cry: --- End quote --- I don't think you need to go that far, no. The CPU chosen (a 3.3ghz i3) is a good choice for MAME, and will handle the majority of things fine. It's a dual core, but very few drivers need a quad core (mostly higher end 3d ones that struggle anyway) Single core performance with an i3 @ 3.3ghz is up there with the best of them at the moment, for 99% of MAME that's the most important factor. In terms of raw CPU speed it's a *massive* improvement on your P4. Things like Namco System 22 (Propcycle etc.) could benefit from an i5 instead due to the extra cores. If you're going with this chipset and an i3 then you might want to consider a little extra for the 3250 which is a 3.5ghz part. You're likely going to want to run Windows 7 64-bit on that, so I'd agree 4gb of RAM is a bit low, although you'd get away with it, I have a machine with 4gb and often forget it has less RAM than my main system. Video card is going to be important if you want to use HLSL or other emulators like Demul that depend heavily on it. That could easily blow a hole in your budget. I would NOT recommend integrated Intel video chipset solutions etc. for MAME, people have had all sorts of issues with terrible drivers, although I think modern ones might be a bit better. It looks to be a decent 'budget spec' MAME machine, and shows you can pick up good hardware for 99% of what a current version emulates without blowing the bank, if you do want to run Demul and the like you might want to consider something better tho. |
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