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kahlid74:

--- Quote from: Hockeyboy on July 23, 2012, 10:10:45 pm ---So...reading in the Main Forum CPU FAQ led me to here (apparently way outdated, started in '03), and I'm curious about my proposed equipment for my upcoming cabinet:

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L motherboard
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9450 (12M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
Kingston DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM, 4x1GB sticks for a total of 4GB RAM
CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
EVGA 01G-P3-N988-TR GeForce 9800 GT HDMI 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
DVD-ROM drive
Hard drive - use either spare SATA 250GB or purchase new 60GB SSD w/SATA II

I'm planning on using my MAME version 0.103u2 (Jan 11 '06) and also putting DAPHNE on to run Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair II, Space Ace, and Cliff Hanger. Now I'm hearing about Gauntlet Legends -- will the above setup be able to play it or will I have some serious issues and not worry about it? Thanks in advance for the advice.

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From what I remember reading, you'd need to be somewhere in the 5-8 Ghz range for Gauntlet legends/NFL Blitz 99.  So I don't think you'll get smooth Gauntlet Legends play on your current rig.
smalltownguy:

--- Quote from: kahlid74 on July 24, 2012, 10:46:04 am ---
--- Quote from: Hockeyboy on July 23, 2012, 10:10:45 pm ---So...reading in the Main Forum CPU FAQ led me to here (apparently way outdated, started in '03), and I'm curious about my proposed equipment for my upcoming cabinet:

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L motherboard
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9450 (12M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
Kingston DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM, 4x1GB sticks for a total of 4GB RAM
CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
EVGA 01G-P3-N988-TR GeForce 9800 GT HDMI 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
DVD-ROM drive
Hard drive - use either spare SATA 250GB or purchase new 60GB SSD w/SATA II

I'm planning on using my MAME version 0.103u2 (Jan 11 '06) and also putting DAPHNE on to run Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair II, Space Ace, and Cliff Hanger. Now I'm hearing about Gauntlet Legends -- will the above setup be able to play it or will I have some serious issues and not worry about it? Thanks in advance for the advice.

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From what I remember reading, you'd need to be somewhere in the 5-8 Ghz range for Gauntlet legends/NFL Blitz 99.  So I don't think you'll get smooth Gauntlet Legends play on your current rig.

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Not true. See my quote below, from earlier in this thread. Both Blitz and GL play perfectly on my 4.8ghz rig.



--- Quote from: smalltownguy on February 25, 2012, 02:28:50 pm ---Alright, finally some results. My core i7 gets pretty flaky after 4.8ghz, so I chose to keep it there for now.

5346.38% - 1942
735.65%  - Area 51
352.60%  - gauntleg12
272.67%  - Blitz
387.44%  - Gradius4
177.67%  - Propcycl
142.97%  - radikalb
121.86%  - starsldr

Not too shabby :)

My system setup: ASUS P8P67M-Pro, 8 Gigs Ripjaw 12800 RAM,  64GB SATA III SSD, I7 2600k clocked to 4.8 on air, NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 256mb PCIe, running XP 64bit.


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DillonFoulds:
I think one of the big things is gauntleg12 (Gauntlet Legends 1.2) vs gauntleg (Gauntlet Legends 1.6). Apparently the emulation is MUCH better overall in 1.2. Even to the point that you can actually even finish the first level!
Diet_Pepsi:

--- Quote from: Hockeyboy on July 23, 2012, 10:10:45 pm ---So...reading in the Main Forum CPU FAQ led me to here (apparently way outdated, started in '03), and I'm curious about my proposed equipment for my upcoming cabinet:

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L motherboard
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9450 (12M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
Kingston DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM, 4x1GB sticks for a total of 4GB RAM
CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
EVGA 01G-P3-N988-TR GeForce 9800 GT HDMI 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
DVD-ROM drive
Hard drive - use either spare SATA 250GB or purchase new 60GB SSD w/SATA II

I'm planning on using my MAME version 0.103u2 (Jan 11 '06) and also putting DAPHNE on to run Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair II, Space Ace, and Cliff Hanger. Now I'm hearing about Gauntlet Legends -- will the above setup be able to play it or will I have some serious issues and not worry about it? Thanks in advance for the advice.

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Out of curiosity are you pretty much set on the above specs?  If you already have the machine you might as well start running tests to see what you can do (and how much you are able to overclock).  If you don't already have the components there are probably better options out there in terms of CPU's (for mame) -- one example earlier on this page has a Core 2 Duo overclocked to 4ghz, and I was running an i3-560 overclocked to 4.2 and was able to run all of these games (nfl blitz, gauntdl).  

If you are set on a socket 775 motherboard, Core 2 duos tend to overclock better than the core 2 quads because the extra cores and cache of the quads generate more heat.

If you go Sandy Bridge you don't need 4.8ghz to run these games.  I have a 2500k @ 4.2 and it runs these games with room to spare.  I just happen to be assembling a new system based on an i5-2400 (Sandy bridge @3.1 ghz) and can try to run these games when I get home tonight if you want.  

I agree that there appears to be emulation issues in gauntleg, so you will want to try to run either gauntleg12 or gauntdl.





smalltownguy:
I just bought an i5 3570k Ivy Bridge today - I'll be swapping this into my rig to run more tests. Once I get the overclock stable on it, I'll benchmark a few more games again.

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