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Minimum system specs for WinXP & MAME?
Apollo:
Hi all. I want to run WinXP on my PC for my cab project but what are the minimum specs for this? I was thinking something like 600MHz CPU, 128MB RAM & 10Gig HD. Is this going to cut it or am I wasting my time? Bear in mind I don't have the money for a 2GHz, 512MB, 80Gig system.
Odonadon:
--- Quote from: Apollo on May 29, 2003, 12:09:07 am ---Hi all. I want to run WinXP on my PC for my cab project but what are the minimum specs for this? I was thinking something like 600MHz CPU, 128MB RAM & 10Gig HD. Is this going to cut it or am I wasting my time? Bear in mind I don't have the money for a 2GHz, 512MB, 80Gig system.
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The CPU should be fine, but you might want to add another 128-384Mb of RAM to that bad-boy. My main PC is a PII 400 with 256Mb RAM and runs MAME32 quite nicely on WinXP Pro. Not many games I can't play.
Odonadon
Apollo:
Thanks for your input, a great help. Anyone else got any ideas?
paigeoliver:
You may want to consider not running XP with only 128 RAM. If you are just making a dedicated Mame cabinet, then use 98, which has a much smaller RAM footprint.
Richy:
ive got a PII 350 with 320 mb Ram. Most old games work, but i think i need a faster processor for it, because neogeo and 90s midway games don't work. 10GB hard drive should be enough for just mame roms.