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| Nx87:
Just wondering, what speed computers are you guys putting in your mame cabs? Im curious to know how fast of a pc i will need for my cab. I have an XP2000+ system but how fast do i need for the cab? I tried underclocking my processor and got it down to 600mhz. At this speed, all the games i have worked good except MK2 and MK3. So if this hasnt been done before, how creating a list of games and what speed cpu works well with it? |
| SNAAAKE:
I'd say go for the fastest chip you can afford to buy. I heard somewhere that 1.2 ghz cpu runs every single game at full speed.However,i'd still say shoot for higher speed ;) because there will be games that will require faster computer. I have athlon xp 1800 in my cab.I am good for next 3...4 years atleast. :) |
| rampy:
There was a project that attempted to do exactly what you are looking for... but it was too daunting of a task because there are a ton of games... each version of mame would drastically alter performance. Increase in plentiful, cheap, fast cpu's =) *rummage rummage* here's the link http://www.mameworld.net/mameperf/ There's other factors... You can run MK2/MK3 on a 600 but sans sound... or in a tini box without scanlines =P I have a celeron 366@550 in my cabinet and all the neo geo games I've tried are playable with sound, full screen... (to me playable is 50% of frames or better 30/60) I can play MK1 with sound... but MK2/MK3 all the nba jam games by midway are too slow with sound. uhm.. so if that helps for lower end pc ... there ya go... rampy |
| Bursar:
Mine's going to be an Athlon 1.2 overclocked to 1.33GHz. You seem to be fairly comfortable with clocking your system, so you could always buy something a bit less and clock it up. Having said that, a few places I have looked at have listed the XP 2000+ a few quid cheaper than a couple of the slightly slower models. |
| Arcade Guru:
SNAAAKE, Please help me understand something, why does every arcade cabinet I ever see use an AMD proccessor?, Are they better for Mame than a P4? Also, I hear that a ATI radeon 8500, or something like that is the perferred choice for a video card, especially if your going out to a TV with s-Video out? I'm getting some money next week and I want to know what to buy, right now I have a PII 350 with 256m ram and 4 meg video and it sucks, I just dont want to go out and buy a $2000 system if I don't have to. Any thoughts will help, Thanks, Lasareath --- Quote from: SNAAAKE on September 19, 2002, 03:00:31 am --- I'd say go for the fastest chip you can afford to buy. I heard somewhere that 1.2 ghz cpu runs every single game at full speed.However,i'd still say shoot for higher speed ;) because there will be games that will require faster computer. I have athlon xp 1800 in my cab.I am good for next 3...4 years atleast. :) --- End quote --- |
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