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runninblue:

--- Quote from: Blanka on August 22, 2010, 05:27:29 am ---Is there no graphics card included?
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It didn't state if it has a graphics card or on board graphics and since it's a budget pc i assumed it didn't.

Eddie_Brock:
You only need a graphics card if you need a specific output that the on-board does not (ie S-Video).
MAME does all of its graphical processing through your CPU and RAM, so having a top of the line video card will not help you greatly.

JohnEDollar:

--- Quote from: shfifty on August 22, 2010, 06:20:35 am ---yeah i would just stick with the onboard graphics. It should have it, even my crappy asrock MB has it.


--- Quote from: Blanka on August 22, 2010, 05:27:29 am ---399 AUSD? Isn't that already the price for a non OEM Windows license there?

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isnt windows free? :o

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Micro$oft Windows has never been free....

JODY:
Your proposed setup is way more than enough for most games.  If you like the newer ones some tweaking can make them fully playable too.

Different AMD dual core's running at 2.9 GHz will yield different results so I'm not sure which one they include.  I built a PC a few months ago.  It includes what was a cheap AMD thriple core at the time.  I think it has since been replaced with another model.  It is an AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 95W at 2.9 GHz.  I used 4 GB of DDR3 1600 Ram and a Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AM3 and 785G HDMI motherboard.  Note this super high speed RAM is not fully supported by many motherboards but is on this one.  The motherboard, CPU, and RAM cost me $275 in the US.  It is outputing onboard graphics via HDMI to an HD TV at full HD resolution for Windows but Mameuifx32 is set to auto resolution and decreases the resolution for games.  E.g. 1280 x 720 for Cruis'n USA.  Due to the onboard graphics, it uses 500MB of RAM for the graphics leaving 3.5 GB for Windows 7.  Windows 7's Windows Experience Index maxes out at a low memory figure when less than 4 GB is available to windows so these next figures are not fully accurate.

The Windows 7 experience figures are:
Processor 6.7
Memory 5.9 (but if I added just a little more RAM I've read it would max out the memory test score as this is very high speed RAM)
Graphics 4.4
Gaming Graphics 5.4

MAME makes heavy use of RAM so RAM is very important too...besides the CPU.
I'm able to run Cruisin' USA at 89 - 103% according to Mameuifx32.  During play is it mostly in the 96 - 100% range.  I'm running the CPU at normal speed.  No overclocking.

Note the above is for Windows 7 64 bit.

oyama82:
my friend dont buy the amd they are not good for mame
buy an intel dual core 3.0 ghz with 2 gb ram(more is not needed)and a cheap video card
run windows xp64 or 7-64  and you will be fine

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