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paigeoliver:

As long as you don't try to do software upgrades on a completed machine then the hardware you put in it will last until it fails.

I am very much against doing any software updates on a completed machine. It has the potential to break everything.

I don't mind a $600 PC in the cabinet if the rest of the machine is equally awesome. But most people would be a hell of a lot happier with a $100 PC and a $600 monitor. Unfortunately I usually see the reverse situation.

Ginsu Victim:

I agree. I have FastMAME .84 in mine, and it will stay that way unless I get new hardware.

CrazyKongFan:


--- Quote from: Minwah on April 30, 2008, 01:33:24 pm ---
Exibit A: look at all the people who are struggling to play Donkey Kong etc. on 2+ ghz PC's.
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Yep, I have a 4 year old 2.6ghz PC with XP, and I'm not sure what my MAME cab has, but it's probably better than the 2.6ghz one, since it's less than a year old, running Win 98, and on either one, DK stutters really bad :(

Minwah:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 01, 2008, 04:16:36 am ---As long as you don't try to do software upgrades on a completed machine then the hardware you put in it will last until it fails.

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I agree with that, but sometimes software updates are hard to avoid. eg I recently found input probs in polepos with my primary Mame version (v0.99)...so have gone to v0.123 for that one. Polepos now has discrete sound code so would probably not run well on a lower spec machine.


--- Quote ---I am very much against doing any software updates on a completed machine. It has the potential to break everything.

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True!


--- Quote ---I don't mind a $600 PC in the cabinet if the rest of the machine is equally awesome. But most people would be a hell of a lot happier with a $100 PC and a $600 monitor. Unfortunately I usually see the reverse situation.

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Again, I agree!

northerngames:


--- Quote from: shardian on April 29, 2008, 01:16:10 pm ---I just find this whole thread humorous. Why? because I have  several games that come to a total cost of a mere fraction that you guys spend on one machine!

Every time I see someone on here throwing a $600 pc into a frikkin wood box I feel like giving you the "shoulda had a V8" head smack. :laugh2:

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I just put a x1950 pro agp in mine and I tell you from a 128MB DDR arcadevga to a 512MB DD3 x1950 pro opens a new world of gaming on arcade cabs.

I dont have a ps3 or 360 and after getting that card in the cab and playing resident evil 4 on a 6 button layout and company of heroes and various other great games with a trackball I am glad I built it with some horsepower and dont have any regret for not buying a 360 or ps3 instead.

I also run a dremcast wich has an unbelieveable display on a 15K monitor.

if your maming a cab for mame only that I could see as over kill for a $600.00 PC beuase it is not really needed but if you use it for all around gaming then a decent pc is needed and worth every penny for the results.

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