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Title: Is this a good MAME setup ?
Post by: paulwgraber on July 10, 2020, 05:50:13 pm

What about this? Will it be enough to handle Groovy MAME and Hyperspin up to mid 90"s on a WG 7400 25" CRT.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-OptiPlex-Tower-7010-Intel-Quad-i5-3570-3-4Ghz-8GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-Win-10-Pro/174343887640?hash=item2897b49b18:g:WLAAAOSwLhJevZhx:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!34420!US!-1

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-AMD-Radeon-R5-240-1GB-DVI-Display-Port-PCI-E-Standard-Video-Card/274409783940?hash=item3fe4190284:g:V4UAAOSwgHxe9juZ


Or go with something even more powerful.

List examples if so. I want the best bang for the buck I can get for my MAME cab.

Thx

Title: Re: Is this a good MAME setup ?
Post by: JRobATL on July 12, 2020, 10:22:15 pm

I actually bought this same graphics card. I'm running MAME on an i5 as well win 10 32-bit, so only 4gb ram. Not sure about the details on my processor, but it runs Hyperspin and Mame flawlessly. Your other post mentioned Daphne, and I don't use that, so I'm no help there.

Title: Re: Is this a good MAME setup ?
Post by: keilmillerjr on July 13, 2020, 11:12:59 pm

More than enough. But optiplex doesn't use standard components. That may or may not be ok for you. I have bad luck with PC components failing.

Title: Re: Is this a good MAME setup ?
Post by: uptown47 on July 14, 2020, 04:11:17 am

I've had a lot of trouble with Optiplex PCs in the past. They seem very unreliable. I was initially attracted by the price but I've had two fail on me which leads me to believe it's just cheap componentry.

Personally (and this is just a personal opinion) I would rather buy a decent branded second-hand PC than a 'new' Optiplex. (Just my tuppence worth).