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RacerX:
--- Quote from: the3eyedblindman on May 11, 2004, 10:01:02 pm ---will someone give me like some specs that would be good for a mame computer, like cpu speed, ram ,hard drive, components, ect so i can search on ebay, i searched "pentium computer" and got like 3 billion results, just like an example of some specs of a comp i could look for cheap
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http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=14155
maraxle:
Check your newspaper and see if there's any computer shows coming to your town. You can often get really good deals there.
seibu:
--- Quote from: the3eyedblindman on May 11, 2004, 10:01:02 pm ---will someone give me like some specs that would be good for a mame computer, like cpu speed, ram ,hard drive, components, ect so i can search on ebay, i searched "pentium computer" and got like 3 billion results, just like an example of some specs of a comp i could look for cheap
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MAME PC specifications are completely depend on what you want to play. Some games are unplayable on any PC currently made - some could get by on an original Pentium.
Basically:
P2 = 80s only, really. Not Hardware heavy games (e.g. Out Run / Space Harier, unless you can live without sound)
P3 = 80s and early - mid 90s (e.g. SF2 - but probably not MK2)
P4 = Basically everything up to CHDs & 32 bit systems.
Remember that your CPU speed is by far the most importannt factor with MAME. RAM is useful so the whole game + MAME can fit in memory. Graphics card largely unimportant.
Note that older versions of MAME are faster!
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