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Title: Which computer will work for mame
Post by: wooowman93 on December 25, 2008, 12:50:35 pm

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it needs to be able to run sf 3 fight for future


what should i pick

Title: Re: Which computer will work for mame
Post by: Ginsu Victim on December 25, 2008, 04:28:56 pm

Any of them. The real question is "Which MAME is best for which computer?"

Title: Re: Which computer will work for mame
Post by: wooowman93 on December 26, 2008, 04:22:46 pm

bump

Title: Re: Which computer will work for mame
Post by: TelcoLou on December 26, 2008, 04:46:22 pm

Why did you bump this? Your question was answered already.

Title: Re: Which computer will work for mame
Post by: Ginsu Victim on December 28, 2008, 12:10:14 pm

Yeah, it might've sounded like a smartass answer, but it was a serious answer. (And the right one)

Title: Re: Which computer will work for mame
Post by: u_rebelscum on December 28, 2008, 09:40:40 pm

Quote from: wooowman93 on December 25, 2008, 12:50:35 pm

it needs to be able to run sf 3 fight for future

Well, first off, sf3(fff) is a cps3 game and imperfectly emulated in mame.  Besides that, currently cps3 isn't that hard to emulate, especially after 0.126u1 (see benchmarks (http://mameui.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Bench.htm)).

So, if you consider that today's mame is "able to run" sf3(fff), then it looks like p4 @ 2.8Ghz, Athlon @ 2.6Ghz, or c2 @ 2Ghz should be able to run that game at 350-450% speeds, plently enough power wise.

If you mean you want a future proof computer, so it will play that game when mame emulates it "perfectly", we can't see the future.  Just get the best CPU you can and hope it's enough for if/when that happens.  Hint: core2duo @ 2 Ghz is about as good as dual core P4 at 3.8 Ghz.

But as the first answer said, they're all "good enough", depending on which mame you use.