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Decent PC for MAME?
mark shaker:
Over the past few days, I bought a couple new Video Cards from New Egg. Assuming I actually receive my rebates, I got a:
GIGABYTE GV-N240D5-512I GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $30.
ASUS EN9500GT/DI/1GD2/V2/A GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card for $35
How will they perform with MAME?
Which is the better card?
- Mark
newmanfamilyvlogs:
I can't imagine you'd see any difference at all between the those two in mame.
mark shaker:
--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on August 26, 2010, 02:09:12 pm ---I can't imagine you'd see any difference at all between the those two in mame.
--- End quote ---
Their specs (clock speeds and such) are *real* close.
I know they are cheap cards, are they better than the onboard video of a modern motherboard?
- Mark
Rick:
--- Quote from: mark shaker on August 26, 2010, 01:46:16 pm ---GIGABYTE GV-N240D5-512I GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $30.
ASUS EN9500GT/DI/1GD2/V2/A GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card for $35
--- End quote ---
I would go with the ASUS, if only because it has more onboard RAM. I cannot be certain if this will make a noticeable difference, but every little bit helps.
--- Quote from: mark shaker on August 26, 2010, 02:13:45 pm ---I know they are cheap cards, are they better than the onboard video of a modern motherboard?
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Yes, simply because (as previously stated, I believe) onboard cards will steal some CPU cycles and onboard RAM to run, and that MAME (as most programs do) relies on mainly on the CPU speed and RAM available.
mmb:
--- Quote from: mark shaker on August 26, 2010, 02:13:45 pm ---I know they are cheap cards, are they better than the onboard video of a modern motherboard?
- Mark
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Anything included on-board is a much cheaper chip. ;)
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