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Is this PC adequate for a full Multicade system
DickTurpin:
Arcade games pre-Street Fighter 2. - 3 buttons max. 4 way / 8 way. (Using switch tick)
Neo Geo - 4 ?
C64/Amiga/CPC - 1 button Joystick should do the trick. I hear what you say about old Joysticks but if I can map the keys surely it will work alright ?
I have seen people play Megadrive/Super Famicom using computer keyboards so I should imagine as long as I don't want to use the dedicated Start , Select , Pause I should be alright.
Perhaps PS1 will be awkward. I might come back to that.
I don't like systems that are newer than say 96.
DickTurpin:
I am not into FPS beyond Quake. Doom & W3D were to dogs bollocks but apart from that there's been some awful ones. Max Payne would be good. So would Monkey Island but you have to stop somewhere. Like yer man said draw the line.
stigzler:
Having just gone through 2 mobos and 2 CPU purchases and upgrades due to NOT deciding at the start what emuulators I want to run (ooo... I can run PS2, you say... ) I can shed some light.
Tried running PS2 Emu on Dual Core with 1G GPU and 4Gb RAM (the ram doesn't really matter - as PCSX2 is mainly CPU heavy) - can just about get it there on E8500 Overclocked to 3.7, but it is touch and go.
Demul is useful for Dreamcast, Naomi 1+2and another Sega system (which I can't recall). I tried using Demul for lightgun games on dreamcast, but doesn't run well on XP - new version needs Vista and upwards for the new direct X.
Moral - if you're looking to build a system that can play PS2 games and also accommodate future emulators (Xbox or future arcade boards) then go for newer mobo, with i5 or i7 CPU and fast RAM. If you'recontent with PS1 level games and below, then your setup should be fine.
Me, I bought an i7, new mobo and 6GbDDR ram two days ago. I want the lot! And I want the next lot! :D Specs here:
https://sites.google.com/site/alienarcade74/project-updates/oooops-anothervisittomrvisaforupgrade
I know I will just want to keep expanding this thing, so best to invest at the start by my reaconning.
I now have 4 spare mobo, cpu and ram combos just waiting for new cabinets!! Maybe I should sell them and try and claw some money back from this expensive adventure :D
hope this helps.
lilshawn:
with all that said, a little piece of advice.
Get yourself a processor with the fastest CORE speed you can afford. 2/4/6/8 cores won't do you much good if they are running at 2.5ghz.
most emulators don't take advantage of more than 2 cores. A 3.2ghz dual core will outperform a 4 core at 2ghz in these instances.
Also check out different emulators to see what kind of multi core support you can get...the more you can spread out the load across multiple cores, the better the performance is going to be.
epetti:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on July 11, 2013, 04:30:58 pm ---with all that said, a little piece of advice.
Get yourself a processor with the fastest CORE speed you can afford. 2/4/6/8 cores won't do you much good if they are running at 2.5ghz.
most emulators don't take advantage of more than 2 cores. A 3.2ghz dual core will outperform a 4 core at 2ghz in these instances.
Also check out different emulators to see what kind of multi core support you can get...the more you can spread out the load across multiple cores, the better the performance is going to be.
--- End quote ---
To a point... I have a Pentium 4 3.4 GHz, and I'm pretty sure a Core based processor even at 2.66GHz would be faster just because the base architecture has improved enough.
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