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Is 1.6GHz fast enough for KI, KI2, MK3 and SFA3?
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javeryh:
I am trying to decide on a processor but I don't want to go crazy.  The computer will only play MAME and be used for nothing else.  These games will probably be the most advanced that I'll be playing and I want to be sure I can run them at 100%.

Thanks!!
ahofle:
I have an Athlon XP 2000+ which is supposed to be roughly comparable to a 2 ghtz P4, and it just barely does NOT run KI at full speed.  I can't remember the actual clock frequency of the XP 2000+ though.
DigDreams:
MK3: Probably

KI1&2: Doubt it.  My Athalon 2400 XP runs it pretty well, but I can tell it could run a little faster.

SFA3: Yes.

Forget about War Gods, Vicious Circle  and the SFEX series as well.  They will all need more CPU.

- DigDreams
eastbayarb:
My 1.7ghz P4 runs MK3 (and ultimate) fine...as well as SFA3....I am using a slipstreamed Windows XP and 512mb RAM.
krick:
It all depends on what version of MAME you plan to run on it.

The sound on MK3 still gets choppy sometimes on my Opteron 2.8GHz CPU when running MAME 100.  However if you dig up an older version of mame before the MK sound fixes, it should play ok.  Possibly MAME 73 or earlier?  I'm not really sure exactly which version had the "improved" more accurate sound emulation that made it a CPU hog.

Regardless, I recommend going back at least to MAME 92 because that's the last version before Aaron's big sound re-write (all games affected) that made everything a bit slower.

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