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Celeron D 345 3.06Ghz as a MAME Brain?
Jeffy:
Specifically MSI PM8M-V Socket 478 / Intel Celeron D 345 3Ghz/ 512MB DDR PC3200
How would this rig fare for a mame computer?
Thoughts?
rackoon:
I am not an expert but it would be just fine. In fact it would be overkill. From what I have read, even the most demanding games would work with this set up. There are several QandA sections that you might want to look at.
This question is asked so often that nobody will respond. There are only a few games that will play between an old computer and a new one. The money you spend on a better system dont comnpare to the added games from a Pll to a p4.
If ya want to play CP games also then we have a whole other story. >:D :blah: :-* ;D
tore-:
Don't even THINK about buying a celeron. They perform equal to a AMD T-Bird @ 1.3 Ghz. Read around the subject at toms hardware.
I was also in the beliving that a Celeron isn't all that bad, but yeah, it is.
A really cheap P4 is almost as cheap as a Celeron. Go P4!
Havok:
--- Quote from: tore- on June 09, 2006, 07:35:09 am ---Don't even THINK about buying a celeron. They perform equal to a AMD T-Bird @ 1.3 Ghz. Read around the subject at toms hardware.
I was also in the beliving that a Celeron isn't all that bad, but yeah, it is.
A really cheap P4 is almost as cheap as a Celeron. Go P4!
--- End quote ---
You're thinking Windows games performance. Almost all those advantages are lost with MAME - it only relies on CPU cycles. I think Tore is basing his bias on the old Celeron performance. I believe they have upped the cache and optimized it a bit since then.
If you're really wanting to save money and want to skip the Celeron, go AMD - you'll get more for less...
tore-:
Thanks for correcting me, forgot about that issue. Im just seing black each time someone wants to buy a Celeron.
Here in Norway at least, you can get a Intel Pentium 4 506 (2.66 GHz) for around 110 dollars, and a Intel Celeron D 326 (2.53 GHz) for around 60 bucks. There isn't a big leap between them, but if your on a tight budchet, celeron is maybe the way to go.
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