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acidblue0:
I found a good deal on a AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz Quad Core. Will this run blitz?
northerngames:
uhh that link showed all the blitz ruuning in over drive with a cpu way less then what you guys are into now.
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: acidblue0 on January 22, 2010, 04:32:51 pm ---I found a good deal on a AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz Quad Core. Will this run blitz?
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Check this thread benching a phenom II x3 3.2 Ghz out. I think your 3.0 Ghz will be fast enough in general if you use a 64 bit OS & mame, but will have a few slow down spots. Overclocking might help.
--- Quote from: saurian333 on January 22, 2010, 05:55:23 am ---This actually reminds me of an idea I had; if it doesn't already exist (if it does, where is it?), there should be a wiki page or some other outlet where we can submit and compile our results for things like this....
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Well, there's the old mame benchmark site. The problems with it are:
* The recomended options are out of date, and don't reflect what most people use anymore
* You have to convert from the 100% current mame outputs to fps that older mame's output
* It doesn't have much data on current versions of mame
* It doesn't have much data on current computer hardware
If it was updated to match current mame better, I might give it a go again.
A simple wiki page IMO isn't enough to hold benchmarks for dozens of games, on a dozen different CPUs with dozens of different Ghz, over dozens of different versions of mame, some in 32 bit, some 64. This is database territory.
saurian333:
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on January 22, 2010, 05:31:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: acidblue0 on January 22, 2010, 04:32:51 pm ---I found a good deal on a AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz Quad Core. Will this run blitz?
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Check this thread benching a phenom II x3 3.2 Ghz out. I think your 3.0 Ghz will be fast enough in general if you use a 64 bit OS & mame, but will have a few slow down spots. Overclocking might help.
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In reading that thread, note that there is little improvement in 3 cores over 2 cores. A quad-core is probably not going to make much difference. Better to go with a dual-core at a higher speed. The games just can't all take advantage of multiple cores, and the ones that can generally don't go over 2.
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on January 22, 2010, 05:31:58 pm ---A simple wiki page IMO isn't enough to hold benchmarks for dozens of games, on a dozen different CPUs with dozens of different Ghz, over dozens of different versions of mame, some in 32 bit, some 64. This is database territory.
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Maybe not a "simple" page; you're right, a DB would be a much better medium for that. I was thinking a wiki-like interface (and user-edibility) would be well-suited, but there could certainly be a SQL DB as the backend. I might work on something like that when I have time. Thanks for the link - it will be helpful seeing how it's been organized in the past, to get an idea of what to include. (Also, I've actually been looking for specs for older MAME versions, so I can use that anyway. :))
My idea for a search interface would be something allowing you to select items from the "CPU," "Graphics," and "Memory" categories, etc. The only combinations of options allowed would be those of the systems people have submitted results for. As more people submit, those who are searching can choose a better match for their own PC. It would be tough to get going, but I have a feeling a lot of people might use it.
acidblue0:
I went ahead and bought it. AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz Quad + Asus M3A78-EM NIB
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320468626099&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT