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agent4877:
Hi All,

 I'm new at the hobby and was hoping to get some help. I'm currently building the computer for my first MAME cabinet, I currently have a 3GHz Core 2 Duo with 4GB of RAM .. Now I need to get a video card. Are there any suggestions? I plan on running HyperSpin as a front end and will play wide range of games from the classics to newer games like killer instinct. My cabinet will have an LCD monitor. I've read about the arcadeVGA card, but is that pointless with an LCD monitor?

I appriciate all the help!
Thanks

paigeoliver:
Any budget card should do, mame doesn't really make much use of your video card and while hyperspin does it has been around long enough that an off the shelf $70 card should handle it fine.

cmoses:
If your running on a LCD monitor you may want to consider running mame's HLSL feature. It will allow your LCD to emulate some of the features of a crt monitor. You don't need a top of the line card but something in the middle would be good (around $50 - $70).  I am building a cocktail cabinet and will be using a 19" LCD monitor. My PC has a nVidia 9600 GT in it and it runs HLSL fine at 1280x1024. HLSL requires directx 9.0c and pixel shader 3.0. So keep that in mind.

Do some searching for HLSL and you will see that it can make a LCD look more respectable.


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Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 11, 2013, 01:17:05 pm ---Any budget card should do, mame doesn't really make much use of your video card and while hyperspin does it has been around long enough that an off the shelf $70 card should handle it fine.

--- End quote ---

MAME handles more than ever, particulary effects and artwork shown in-game (bezels, etc). There are some other things I've seen Arby mention....so, for current MAME, no GPU use is becoming a myth.

LeedsFan:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on May 12, 2013, 06:07:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 11, 2013, 01:17:05 pm ---Any budget card should do, mame doesn't really make much use of your video card and while hyperspin does it has been around long enough that an off the shelf $70 card should handle it fine.

--- End quote ---

MAME handles more than ever, particulary effects and artwork shown in-game (bezels, etc). There are some other things I've seen Arby mention....so, for current MAME, no GPU use is becoming a myth.

--- End quote ---

I would tend to agree with this, certainly if you want to use the HLSL feature.

I bought a GeForce 6200 carb as it has Pixel Shader 3.0 supprt (needed for HLSL) but in reality the card cannot handle it. With HLSL turned off Mame works like a charm. 100% speed etc. and I'll probably just end up using the old scanlines effect.

For the actual ROM emulation and the gameplay on screen then it is totally CPU related.

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