CHD games

[deano728]

What is the most economical PC I can build in order to run all/most CHD games?  I really need blitz, gauntlet legends, and the star wars games to work well...

[TPB]

economical PC ... gauntlet legends

What would you like to hear, that you can run these resource-hungry games on an old dusty 286 ?

Unfortunately, that just won't cut the mustard.

If you need Gauntlet Legends to run "really well", you won't achieve that goal with a thrifty budget PC.  You'll need the best PC you can afford.

[deano728]

"What would you like to hear, that you can run these resource-hungry games on an old dusty 286 ?"

NOt exactly a helpful response and after rereading it, I am pretty sure my question was pretty striaght forward. I am not sure why you thought you needed to make any assumptions about what I was thinking.

I asked what is the most economical components I would need in order to run these games.  I never implied I wanted to hear that a budget PC would do the trick. 

If anyone has a particular setup that works well with most CHD games, I would love to hear about it.  I plan on buying good components, but if I can do it for $1,500 instead of $2,000 then the question was worth asking. 

[Timstuff]

For Guantlet Legend and Blitz, you'd be best off just using NullDC and running the Dreamcast versions. That's what I plan to do to run MVC2 and a host of other Naomi-era arcade games, once I can afford to build an adequate dual core computer.

[taz-nz]

"What would you like to hear, that you can run these resource-hungry games on an old dusty 286 ?"

NOt exactly a helpful response and after rereading it, I am pretty sure my question was pretty striaght forward. I am not sure why you thought you needed to make any assumptions about what I was thinking.

I asked what is the most economical components I would need in order to run these games.  I never implied I wanted to hear that a budget PC would do the trick. 

If anyone has a particular setup that works well with most CHD games, I would love to hear about it.  I plan on buying good components, but if I can do it for $1,500 instead of $2,000 then the question was worth asking. 

You need a overclocked Intel core2duo @ 4ghz+, check out my benchmark thread for more details http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72776.0, it can be done for under $600 USD if your on a budget, have a look at the Newegg public Wish List I wiped up a few months back for a mame machine http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=7781332, the E7300 will be a better option once it's available.

[TPB]

I am pretty sure my question was pretty striaght forward.

Your question had two competing and incompatible goals.

If you need to have Gauntlet Legends running well, it won't be achieved in this manner :

What is the most economical PC I can build

The answer is to compromise ... do you really NEED to run every CHD game in existence ?

If you have a tight budget, that's OK, join the club     ... there's plenty of (non CHD) games you'll be able to play well on a cheap PC, as long as you're realistic in your expectations.

[TPB]

For Guantlet Legend and Blitz, you'd be best off just using NullDC and running the Dreamcast versions. That's what I plan to do to run MVC2 and a host of other Naomi-era arcade games, once I can afford to build an adequate dual core computer.

I like your thinking.   

[CheffoJeffo]

Does SWT even run properly yet ? (an honest question since it is about the only reason I would have to move to a recent MAME build).

[deano728]

Taz nz, exactly what I was looking for, thanks for the post...

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Your question had two competing and incompatible goals.

If you need to have Gauntlet Legends running well, it won't be achieved in this manner :

a porsche is economical compared to a lamborghini.  Asking for the most economical way to do something does not imply that I am trying to do anything in any manner.  I also understand that with the many different PC components, there are different ways to do things and a $600 vid card may be overkill with the type of graphics that these games utilize.