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core i3 vs core i5 2500k
JoeB:
--- Quote from: PIZZ on February 05, 2012, 08:43:13 am ---I've tested these emulators on my friends i3 and my i5 and we saw a difference in the n64 and ps1/2. That said if youre just running mame go for i3 but you can get an i5 now for the price of what an i3 cost when it first launched.
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That's very subjective. Did you guys use the same video card, mother board, amount of RAM, hard drive, background processes? Did you compare a laptop to a desktop? (laptops are typically tuned for longer battery life at the cost of top performance) etc etc.
I personally went with i3 (paid 200$ for i3 550 + 1156 asus MB + 4GB ram + power supply). With the $$$ savings, I got a JPAC and ArcadeVGA. Connected it all to a 300GB 2.5" SATA laptop harddrive.
The system is SILENT. I can only hear the buzzing from the 29" arcade monitor. :)
Turnarcades:
It's a tricky situation cos I've always been of the opinion that it's nice to have a lot, but not worth breaking the bank to squeeze a few negligible titles into a machine. I'm warming to the idea of higher performance machines for things like SF4 and newer arcade titles, but even these can be run on modest specs so again I don't see the benefit. If you really want later systems I'd just say go with the best you can get for normal performance PC money, without going to extreme gamer prices over 4 figures. The problem facing those after newer emulation though is that it's more an issue of software coding and arcade environment integration than simply performance. For example I can run Wii OK on my modest home dual-core, but things like Saturn and Dreamcast (much older now) are still an issue with the complication of bios environments, disc emulation, encryption decoding and of course whether emulators are coded for specific hardware accelerators like graphics cards or not. Sure there's some great games that would be great with arcade controls, but could be very expensive and time consuming to look and play right.
JoeB:
Turnarcades: all great points.
For me, the original experience is very important. MAME on a real arcade machine using soft15 or arcadeVGA works great for that. If I want to play NES, PSX, XBOX or DC .. I play it on the real system using original controllers (I own all those as well as others)
PIZZ:
Or you can mod an Xbox 360 to run virtually all the good system emulators and have the best of both worlds. And that will only run you $299 or less if you can get one used.
JoeB:
--- Quote from: PIZZ on February 05, 2012, 07:38:59 pm ---Or you can mod an Xbox 360 to run virtually all the good system emulators and have the best of both worlds. And that will only run you $299 or less if you can get one used.
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I think you missed my original point. There a difference between playing NES or PSX games on the real hardware vs emulator on another system. If you don't notice it, then you should be perfectly contempt playing arcade games as 1600x1400 resolution on an LCD monitor, keyboard and on a laptop rather than using real arcade monitor and real arcade joysticks/buttons.
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