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archagon:
Thanks! Now for the hard part...getting a cabinet :P

paigeoliver:
1. Arcade monitors are MUCH better than TVs. The main problem with TVs is that they overscan, and might very well cut off part of your game. I personally always use VGA monitors, as that makes it simpler.

2. Perfect 360s are just 8-ways (or 4-ways). Don't recall if they click or not.

3. My first reaction is just to attack the entire idea, but if that is what you want to do, then hey, whatever. Never heard of a PCI extension cable, it probably does not exist though. You can just get a motherboard with onboard video and sound, and then not have to worry about having any cards at all.

4. Once again, mame IS NOT video card dependent. A 2MB video card will suffice. It literally does not matter, it is a 2D program, and 2D capablities of video cards have remained pretty much unchanged since 1996. I have a Mame cabinet with 2MB onboard video and it looks no different than Mame does on my main computer which has a 32 MB GeForce II. Anyone reccomending major video card upgrades for Mame is incorrect. There is exactly one reason to get a new video card for Mame, and that is to buy a card that supports the display you want to use (example, buying an "arcadeVGA card, or a card with TV out).

How much RAM you need really depends on the operating system. 128 is actually fine for windows 95/98, for XP you should have more.




--- Quote from: archagon on February 17, 2004, 06:38:06 pm ---Dammit, dammit, DAMMIT!! I HATE WINDOWS!! I wrote up this entire post, and then clicked some JPG. WHERE THE HELL DID IMAGE PREVIEW GO?! Noooo...it HAD to open it in THIS window...needless to say, when I went back, my ENTIRE POST WAS DELETED!! ~Sorry, need to let off some steam.

Thanks! This stuff helped me a lot. A few more questions, though.

1) How do arcade monitors compare to TV's? Which is better and why?
2) Are Happ 360 Opticals 8-way or 360 degree? I assume the latter...in that case, they don't click, do they?
3) I plan to make my motherboard visible through a side window, but my PCI/AGP cards would hinder that. Are there any card extention cables out there?
4) What would be a good computer for MAMEing? 1Ghz? 2Ghz? Also, I have a bunch of video cards, but they're all 64MB. Should I "upgrade" to 128? And what about RAM? Will 256MB suffice?
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What are the things connected to the monitor in 1), what materials are 2) and 3), and how is the panel in 4) held up? Yes, this is from that new Maximum PC article...very nicely written.

Sorry for the bluntness...this would have been much politer had my computer not decided to get on my nerves.

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