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Crayola:
I am building a PC to run my mame system. I am trying
to decide between a 2.8ghz cpu with an 800 mhz fsb,
and a 2.8 ghz cpu with a 533 mhz fsb. The "what pc to buy"
doesnt address the front side bus issue. Any reason to buy the
higher bus speed? I will mainly play classic 80's games but
occassional will want to play newer games like tekken that
require a lot of horse power.

Thanks,
Crayola



IG-88:
I don't think even that 800mhz bus will be fast enough for any of the 80's classics. You probably better go out and buy A new mobo that runs those AMD 64 cpu's.  When you do I'll take your old system off your hands. I might be able to find a place to use it.   ;)
Jakobud:
Yeah man, WWWWAAAAAYYYY overkill for 80's classics.  If you want to play 80's classics we are talking about 400Mhz or less cpu speed.  Like P3 or P2 era cpu's.
Stingray:
I'm constantly amazed at the systems some of you guys run in a MAME cab. I'm using a 233 mhz Power Mac G3 and MacMAME .66, which runs everything I want to play with no problems at all.

-S
Crayola:

--- Quote from: Jakobud on February 03, 2004, 02:13:28 pm ---Yeah man, WWWWAAAAAYYYY overkill for 80's classics.  If you want to play 80's classics we are talking about 400Mhz or less cpu speed.  Like P3 or P2 era cpu's.

--- End quote ---

Well I realize it is way overpowered for those games.. I am thinking about the newest games that mame emulates as well. Also.. PC games, N64 emulation, etc. I tried running tekken/primal rage on my 500 mhz celeron laptop and if I got 1 frame per second I would be amazed. I would think the newest games would demand even more.
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