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pezkore:
If i wanted to get a computer to run my mame machine off of, but had very little money with which to do it, what would you guys recommend is my best way to get a sufficient but cheap computer? what would my minimum performance have to be?
jakejake28:
depends on what u wanna play. if u r playin Mortal Kombat or the newer fighters, don't go less than 800 mhz, better if you get 1 ghz. if u only play some of the pre-90's stuff, no less than 600 mhz.
just my .02236 euros
Jacob Azimi
anthony691:
Clock speed dosn't mean as much as one would think. (even though it is still very important, it is not the only factor; check your FSB speed!
I have a HP Vectra VL (corparate series) PIII 450 that plays CPS II stuff 60/60 FPS; on the other hand my Compaq Presario 2255 K6 450 gets about 40/60 FPS. Some preform better than others. Of course my P4 2Ghz is nice too (plays all the good stuff) They have the same amount of RAM and stuff.
SirPoonga:
what's your budget?
Look at tigerdirect.com or newegg.com too.
paigeoliver:
Something in the 300s or 400s will play the vast majority of Mame games just fine. It is only a small percent of games that require anything more.
Sheesh, don't you guys remember running emulators a few years back when a 300 or a 400 was a hot PC? Even a Pentium 200 will play quite a lot of games. That is what I have at work and it plays lots of games at full speed (even with that OLD computer in most of the games you can hit F10 and get 90+ frames per second).