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| elvis:
Cache helps things along. If it's an old Athlon T-Bird it should be OK. If it's a Duron, then you might have some problems. I built a system dedicated to vertical games from a celeron 733 the other week that ran most games pre-1990 just fine. You will have problems with newer/bigger games. |
| eyal8r:
hmmm- shoot. Im ok spending a little bit more if it's going to reap me better games and no upgrading later. I think I can piece together a system, or buy one, for $300 or so. Maybe that's the way to go. What, you think if I stay around 2.4GHZ (AMD), 128MB+ I should be ok? Also- where do I get all the games from? Can I download them all off the net (yes, all 5000 of them), or do I have to order them from somewhere or something? Thanks again D |
| paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: eyal8r on November 30, 2004, 11:41:14 pm ---hmmm- shoot. Im ok spending a little bit more if it's going to reap me better games and no upgrading later. I think I can piece together a system, or buy one, for $300 or so. Maybe that's the way to go. What, you think if I stay around 2.4GHZ (AMD), 128MB+ I should be ok? Also- where do I get all the games from? Can I download them all off the net (yes, all 5000 of them), or do I have to order them from somewhere or something? Thanks again D --- End quote --- Mame supports roughly 4000 games. Of which about 30 or 40 require a faster computer than you have. Leavin 3960 which don't require a faster computer. |
| eyal8r:
hehe- well, when you put it THAT WAY... I'll throw this MB and CPU/Ram into a new case, buy a 60Gig Drive for $55 or so, and find a cheap cd rom and go from there. IF I ever have any problems, I can always upgrade the MB and CPU later I guess. Any thoughts on the video card? Too old, or it's just fine? Thanks again! D |
| eyal8r:
oh- let me ask one more thing... What about running a N64/NES/SNES emulator on this setup- will THAT run ok, or, do I need something much better as well? Thanks D |
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