mini-itx platform

[16el]

Anyone use this platform to run mame.  Looking to run at the most games like MvsC, Street fighter etc...

[rampy]

sure, people have... but do you really need a form factor that small for your application?  Especially if you have concerns about speed, wouldn't you do better bang for buck-wise with a standard size board?

What's your application/project goals?

Rampy

Ps there was alink not too long ago about someone who took the sega arcade astro city looking stand alone control panel and modded it to included the motherboard, encoder/etc... pretty cool little project (ha! little, get it?!)

[16el]

I'm looking at practicing my woodworking skills on a smaller scale first, probablely something similar to the minimame.

Thanks.

[rampy]

Here's the link to the CP i was talking about

http://www.gamesx.com/stick/

Do you have a specific model ... mini-itx is a quasi standard, not really a "type" or "speed" mobo.

Linkage?  WHICH itx board where you looking at?

The general guideline is that a 1.something gigahz machine (regardless of form factor -- unless it's a real dog) should play I dunno 97% of all mame games well.

Some games will play choppy no matter what, at the moment.   But I got to imagine MvsC, SFII etc all should run swimmingly on anything remotely modern/recent chip speed.

You can of course get by with less... and still be happy, but we're speaking in very broad general terms.

Rampy

[Spaced Invader]

Why not a Flex ATX MB? Almost as small and a whole lot more powerfull. I've built systems around both (I'm writing this on a 2GHZ P4 Flex ATX machine (about the size of a large toaster)), and from my experience the Flex ATX is the way to go unless you are trying to put it in something REALLY tiny...like that SEGA CP!

Just my two cents...opinions vary!  

[Smittydc]

I have a mini-itx m9000.  Most games play great.  It starts to bog down when you get into the Mortal Kombat series.