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whats more important - cpu & ram or graphics card?
gully:
hey all,
was just wondering about upgrading my PC (currently Pentium III 900, 512MB RAM, Radeon 7000)
But it doesnt work with games such as Mortal Kombat - there is a serious amount of slowdown there.
Would it be best to upgrade the cpu & ram for these types of games, or would a new graphics card be more beneficial?
cheers!
JoyMonkey:
MAME doesn't take much advantage of graphics cards, all graphics work is pretty much handled by the CPU; so CPU & RAM all the way.
Havok:
I would even say lean more heavily on the CPU. Anything after 512MB of RAM is not going to make much of a difference. (For MAME, at least.) If you plan on loading regular PC games, then I would bump that up to 1GB - RAM is fairly cheap...
http://www.pricewatch.com/
Is my favorite. Look at the Motherboard\CPU combos.
menace:
I hate being the guy that says read the FAQ, but come on..... :-X
gully:
thanks guys
actually, i did read the FAQ and my machine does fall into the category of 'machine to use with mame' however i am still having problems running games like MK... so I was asking for further advice on this.
i am guessing however i still need a better cpu, which means ultimately new motherboard, RAM etc... sounds like more expense :(