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codefenix:

--- Quote from: honkey on September 27, 2011, 09:42:26 am --- but the video looks blurry.

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Can you define "blurry"?  Sometimes bilinear filtering is perceived as looking blurry (especially on LCDs), when it's actually supposed to smooth out blocky images when upscaled.  Try disabling this in your settings and see if it looks better.

honkey:

--- Quote from: codefenix on September 27, 2011, 09:57:33 am ---
--- Quote from: honkey on September 27, 2011, 09:42:26 am --- but the video looks blurry.

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Can you define "blurry"?  Sometimes bilinear filtering is perceived as looking blurry (especially on LCDs), when it's actually supposed to smooth out blocky images when upscaled.  Try disabling this in your settings and see if it looks better.

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It's when the objects on screen are moving fast. Like in Galaga (the most notable example) the spaceships flying onto the screen look almost like they have streaks. When I started to pay attention, I noticed the same kind of thing in all the other games, but it is not as noticeable because the objects aren't moving as fast. I am using a 19" CRT monitor.

newmanfamilyvlogs:
I think what you're describing is the actual phosphor persistence on the monitor.

honkey:
The reason that I do not think so is that when I display the frameskip with it on auto, it either reads 7/10 100% or 8/10 100%, but it I make it go to 0/10 it only plays around 40-50%.

Diet_Pepsi:

--- Quote from: honkey on September 27, 2011, 02:23:46 am ---I am eyeing this, what do you guys think? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.735688

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That setup will definitely be sufficient. 

I tend to agree with the other posters that you should, in theory, be able to run mame on your existing setup.  I have an old p4 2.8ghz system lying around and just for fun I re-installed the OS and mame runs just fine with onboard graphics.  Many vendors are selling p4 3ghz systems in their arcade cabinets today.

If you do decide to go new then consider the following:

- i have a similar setup (phenom II x4 840) paired with a biostar 760g mobo.  I have benchmarked this system against my C2D (using -bench 90) and the C2D runs approx. 25% faster clock for clock.
- if you would like to build with AMD I would suggest a dual core chip -- if all you are doing is running emulators I do not believe emulators use more than 2 cores.  If you live close to a Microcenter they have a deal that bundles a phenom ii dual core with a 760G motherboard for under $90, and 4gb of ram for $20.

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