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Video Card for MAME
sandheaver:
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--- 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.
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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.
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Original post said nothing about HLSL, don't blame paigeoliver for not bringing it up. He's right if you don't worry about HLSL, and and maybe he's right anyway.
Artwork doesn't tax the GPU much at all. You're right that HLSL does, though.
agent4877:
Thanks for all the help .. I was able to get an nvidia GT630 cheap. It really made a difference running hyperspin
Just have a follow up question regarding the following
--- Quote from: cmoses on May 12, 2013, 01:08:33 am ---HLSL requires directx 9.0c and pixel shader 3.0. So keep that in mind.
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Do I need directx 9.0c? Or can it be higher? .. directx 11 is also good?
Thanks
Gray_Area:
Good. No reason not to go with something somewhat contemporary. Higher's fine, if the card can handle it. The card specs'll say what it supports.
By the way, resolution is a big factor in HLSL dogging a system or no. Basically, above 1024x768 you need at least a Geforce 7 card.
Angus:
Does anyone have an examples of a sub 200 dollar card that can currently be purchased that would work well? Some of these cards look older and can no longer be found and i don't know how to compare them to current offerings.
Thaks!
EMDB:
You could just use a simple card and run MAME without any effects and let this be handled by an additional piece of hardware like the mini SLG (scan line generator) : http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,128970.0.html
The screen images are from my personal build: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,130690.msg1358280.html#msg1358280
It looks great and your PC is not burdened by this and all for a fraction of the cost of a hi-end graphics card.
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