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2023 Budget PC for MAME?
Fursphere:
As a reference point, one of my cabinets uses an Intel i5 2500k and a GTX 660 Ti video card (leftover parts from upgrading other stuff). It plays eveything in MAME I've tried, Model2, Model3 (SuperModel), all the Tekknoparrot stuff I've tried, and even Wii, WiiU, GameCube and PS2 games.
It chokes on PS3 games. The i5 2500k was originally released in 2011. Its ancient by today's standards.
Previously this same cabinet used a Core2Duo E8400, and I remember having problems in MAME with things like Gauntlet Legends and the 'newer' 3D stuff. But for the old Arcade Classics and like NES through N64 eras, it was fine. The emulators themselves have evolved too though, so I'm not sure if they're requiring more horsepower to do things better than they used too.
haynor666:
I still have G3258 in my PC for MAME. It's very cheap here in Poland but overclocked to 4,0 GHZ it' more than enough for MAME, at least for me.