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If you were to build a computer...?
honkey:
And all you wanted to do was use it in an arcade cabinet with MAME, NES, N64, SNES, and Dreamcast emulators with u360 Joysticks, what would you use to do so? I realized today that the computer I am using is only running MAME games at 100% if it skips 7 or 8/10 fps. If I do not use frame skipping, most games run around 50%. It also needs a new video card, so I am thinking of just building something better if the price is right.
codefenix:
--- Quote from: honkey on September 26, 2011, 09:33:02 pm ---all you wanted to do was use it in an arcade cabinet with MAME, NES, N64, SNES, and Dreamcast emulators
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Emulators generally aren't all that demanding. All of those you listed have worked wonderfully at full speed for me on an Athlon XP 3000+, 1 GB RAM.
--- Quote from: honkey on September 26, 2011, 09:33:02 pm ---It also needs a new video card
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??? Depends mostly on what you're using as a monitor, and at what resolution. Right now I'm using an Nvidia 5200fx and a 21" CRT, and I don't go above 1024x768.
honkey:
--- Quote from: codefenix on September 26, 2011, 10:08:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: honkey on September 26, 2011, 09:33:02 pm ---all you wanted to do was use it in an arcade cabinet with MAME, NES, N64, SNES, and Dreamcast emulators
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Emulators generally aren't all that demanding. All of those you listed have worked wonderfully at full speed for me on an Athlon XP 3000+, 1 GB RAM.
--- Quote from: honkey on September 26, 2011, 09:33:02 pm ---It also needs a new video card
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Well, I guess I do not know if I have a setting on MAME that I should change or if I should go to an older vision of MAME instead of building a new computer then. My processor is an intel pentium 4- 2.66 GHz. My video card is not working at all.
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Diet_Pepsi:
--- Quote from: honkey on September 26, 2011, 09:33:02 pm ---And all you wanted to do was use it in an arcade cabinet with MAME, NES, N64, SNES, and Dreamcast emulators with u360 Joysticks, what would you use to do so? I realized today that the computer I am using is only running MAME games at 100% if it skips 7 or 8/10 fps. If I do not use frame skipping, most games run around 50%. It also needs a new video card, so I am thinking of just building something better if the price is right.
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I asked myself that very same question recently -- I wanted to build the most efficient computer (bang for the buck) that would run mame and my emulators (project64, gens, nostalgia, etc, etc). Based on my research, and benchmarks that I have done on my own systems, any chip with the intel wolfdale core is the best bang for the buck. I ended up settling on a core 2 duo e7500, but thats because I got a great deal -- I would think that a pentium or even a centrino (with a wolfdale core) would work just as well. If you shop around I would guess that you could end up with a wolfdale cpu + decent motherboard for close to (or under) $100.
For the video card I settled on an ATI 5570. Probably a little overkill.
I invite others to comment.
honkey:
I am eyeing this, what do you guys think? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.735688
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