would this pc run these mame games?

[D4RKSL4Y3R]

i have a spare computer lying around the house. iam a really big fan of ultimate mortal kombat 3 and want it to run perfect, id also like: tekken, virtua fighter, soul caliber to work as well. do you think my computer will be able to do it?

my specs:
p4 1.8GHz
768 mb ram (DDR)
64mb grafics card (geforce 4 mx )
100GB of hardrive space (want to fit entire mame collection on it, will i have to make cuts or run some of a usb stick?)


thanks in advance.

[ArtMAME]

The MK3 may run, but I doubt it will be perfect. 

The other games will more than likely have choppy animation and sound issues.

I have a loaded 1.8GHz PC at home.  I will try those games and let you know. 

[ahofle]

Or an even better idea would be for him to try them out himself, seeing as how he has the computer in question. 

[TAG]

I have roughly the same setup as that computer (other than the video card), and Tekken does not run perfectly on MAME.  On that setup, it runs MUCH better using Zinc.  As for Soul Calibur, it's listed as preliminary on MAWS, so I don't believe that it would run perfectly on MAME, either.   If ArtMAME doesn't do it first, I'll give the other games a try tonight and report back.

[TAG]

I tested it tonight, and Ultimate Mortal Combat ran at 85% to 90% on that setup.  Not perfect, I suppose, but completely playable.  Virtua Fighter ran at about 70%, which was still very playable.

Hope that helps.

[D4RKSL4Y3R]

cheers for the anwers, i would test it myself but its at my dads house like 50 miles away. i just bought a p4 3Ghz processor off ebay for £15 so hopefully MK will run better now.

[rooter]

I tested it tonight, and Ultimate Mortal Combat ran at 85% to 90% on that setup.  Not perfect, I suppose, but completely playable.  Virtua Fighter ran at about 70%, which was still very playable.

Hope that helps.

How do you determine the percent that the game is running?  Just by frame rate?

I tried MK I and MK II last night.  At some points they were perfect.  Other points lagged noticeably and it affected game play.  I have a 3ghz dual core CPU and 4gigs of RAM.

[TAG]

How do you determine the percent that the game is running?  Just by frame rate?

Unless I'm mistaken, the more recent MAME builds report benchmarks in a percentage, and not frames per second.

[specialmoose]

Well, do you guys screw in your plexi? That is what is bothering me. Mine is going to be screwed in (don't know a better way) and I'm worried it will eventually either crack or the holes in the wood will get worn out.

[Turnarcades]

For your monitor plexi, create a couple of retainers at the bottom and top - just a couple of strips of wood with the ends of the plexi sanswiched between. Drilling plexi is risky and looks pants on monitor plexi.

As for the arcade games you're trying to emulate - I think you're being a bit ambitious. Yes these games are emulated, but no amount of processing power will get them perfect. Although some run well, the software that runs the emulation is still not perfect, so hardware performance will not necessarily make them 'faster'.

If you are looking to play some of these games, look at hard-wiring a playstation pad to your controls and using console ports instead (This covers your Tekken and Soul Calibur bases close enough, plus games like Toshinden, Soul Blade, and even the cool PS1 port Mortal Kombat Trilogy.), or use a PSX emulator for some of these games and stick with the SNES version of UMK3 for playability.

Moving into polygon technology is generally where emulation begins to stuggle, and coding is still a long way from perfect. As for advanced Midway boards, the MAME performance has always been off as they strive for accurate emulation, not speed.