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Title: minimum pc requirements for mame????
Post by: Petesie on August 01, 2008, 07:59:22 am

just wondering what everyone thinks is the minimum requirement to run mame?
not really interested in the newer games, just pacman - street fighter era.
so can anyone let me know wot is i need to buy re motherboard etc.
i will be using an arcade vga card from ultimarc if that helps along with i-pac.

keep postin

peter

Title: Re: minimum pc requirements for mame????
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 01, 2008, 08:21:51 am

New computer, new mame.
Old computer, old mame.

Title: Re: minimum pc requirements for mame????
Post by: Petesie on August 01, 2008, 08:29:50 am

i have a 1999 pc running win 98 2nd edition but ive been told that it doesnt have the port to connect my avga card to the pc?
it has 8.4g hard drive i think with 256 mb ram.  this type of gigs and mega hertz just baffle me.

Title: Re: minimum pc requirements for mame????
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 01, 2008, 09:18:41 am

Definitely need an older MAME for that, but I suggest buying a cheap computer online, because the lowest end you can find online will probably be better than what you have.

Title: Re: minimum pc requirements for mame????
Post by: Petesie on August 01, 2008, 10:27:27 am

so just a matter of swoping the mobo over and upgrading the power supply to a 400 watter?