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Title: Please check my mame pc spec
Post by: Hyperfan on January 19, 2008, 11:17:33 am

Hi

I plan to use these parts from a 3 years old server for mame, is this spec going to run the latest version adn be ok with most games, i know some of the later chd games may struggle?

Amd Athlon 64 3000+
2 gig ram
Arcade vga pci

Title: Re: Please check my mame pc spec
Post by: Turnarcades on January 19, 2008, 12:07:16 pm

More than enough. We're at that that point in time in terms of emulator progress where we are trying to emulate 6th-gen consoles and beyond. High demand games from recent years aren't emulated well by any standards, so performance isn't really the issue.

I run Pentium 3's between 600-1000Mhz with no problems up to the polygon era (with a few exceptions like Midway games MK etc.) so your spec is more than enough to run most classic games, a fairly graphical front-end and some additional software. To get the most in terms of speed, as always, think about using a faster OS like XP Lite or Tiny XP, Linux etc. and remove any unnecessary running apps.