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Intel Celeron, 32MB Ram and 4gig HDD??? Enough to run M.A.M.E??
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on February 29, 2008, 08:48:37 am ---There is no way to know how it will do without knowing the processor speed; as that is the most important part for MAME.
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Other thing about the "celeron" brand is it could be core2 tech, down to pentium (I) tech. With the low mem and no hz number to go on, I'd guess a pI or pII tech celeron.
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on February 29, 2008, 12:16:14 pm ---Video card is also very important part of performance - that can't be ignored either.
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With newer mames, yes. Older versions, which might be needed for that CPU, aren't as dependent on the video card.
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on February 29, 2008, 12:16:14 pm ---Video card is also very important part of performance - that can't be ignored either.
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Not really; not for pure emulation anyway. There are certain effects in MAME that benefit from a decent video card, such as hardware stretching, but those things aren't essential.
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on February 29, 2008, 12:23:47 pm ---Other thing about the "celeron" brand is it could be core2 tech, down to pentium (I) tech. With the low mem and no hz number to go on, I'd guess a pI or pII tech celeron.
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I would expect it to be a PII-based Celeron considering the amount of RAM it has; possibly a PIII-based Celeron in the 600 mHz range (eMachines pumped out a lot of ~600 mHz Celeron, 32 MB RAM machines in the late '90s for example).
Kaytrim:
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Kaytrim
TheShanMan:
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on February 29, 2008, 12:28:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on February 29, 2008, 12:16:14 pm ---Video card is also very important part of performance - that can't be ignored either.
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Not really; not for pure emulation anyway. There are certain effects in MAME that benefit from a decent video card, such as hardware stretching, but those things aren't essential.
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I'm going on empirical evidence - I had performance problems until I upgraded my video card. It made a big difference for me. I tried every setting I could imagine before deciding to upgrade the video card. That upgrade by itself is what did it in my case.