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GGKoul:

--- Quote from: j123vt_99 on March 16, 2005, 10:21:49 pm ---i;m still trying to get a feel for what the minimium requirements are for a suitable mame machine

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I would say a PIII/AMD Duron 1gig will play 95% of the games.

It all depends what type of games you want to play.

DrewKaree:
Isn't there a thread in the sticky/FAQ's about this specific topic?  ::)

To think, Peale went through all that trouble for nothing!

paigeoliver:

--- Quote from: DrewKaree on March 17, 2005, 01:48:55 am ---Isn't there a thread in the sticky/FAQ's about this specific topic?  ::)

To think, Peale went through all that trouble for nothing!

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It has been argued endlessly. But it basically comes down to this, if you are willing to skip the hard drive games and use an older Mame version then the specs I listed run essentially everything in Mame full speed. There are exceptions, but the list of those exceptions is very short and most of them require specialty analog controls.

For most Mame projects you will end up happier if you cut your computer budget way down and move that money over to use on more (or better) controls and a proper display. I have seen way too many Mame cabinets with brand new $500 computers either driving a 17" (or less) PC monitor, or being controlled by an X-Arcade or some other 2 dollar imitation joysticks.

vrf:
So, I could get a mini-itx board with an 1.2 ghz processor, and be able to run most games at full speed? (or do those Epia processors suck for this kind of thing?)

What about two players with stereo sound and some display filters to make my LCD look closer to an arcade monitor? (I'm designing a portable MAME cabinet.)

paigeoliver:

--- Quote from: vrf on March 17, 2005, 03:55:39 am ---So, I could get a mini-itx board with an 1.2 ghz processor, and be able to run most games at full speed? (or do those Epia processors suck for this kind of thing?)

What about two players with stereo sound and some display filters to make my LCD look closer to an arcade monitor? (I'm designing a portable MAME cabinet.)

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Any display filters are going to kill processing speed.

A 1.2 Ghz is over twice what I put in most cabinets.

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