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squirrellydw:
what core should I go with venice, san fran, manchester, etc..

krick:

--- Quote from: squirrellydw on August 20, 2006, 12:13:05 am ---
What CPU would you guys suggest for under $200


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Pentium M 730 or Pentium M 750

With the appropriate ASUS motherboard and a CT-479 adapter, you can overlock it to 2.6-2.8GHz very easily and get better performance than an Athlon FX-57 in most MAME games.

More info: http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Number=83699

Last time I checked, you could get a Pentium M 730 and a CT-479 adapter for about $170.  Then, you'd just have to track down a CT-479 compatible ASUS motherboard.


People are also reporting fantastic results in MAME with the new Intel Core 2 Duo processors which are descended from the Pentium M.  The E6300 can be had for under $200 and I hear they overclock really well.


Note that regardless of CPU, dual cores and/or hyperthreading doesn't benefit MAME at all.

dudebozo:
i'm not too sure krick, but it sounds like squirrellydw is an AMD dude.  and if that's the case...

 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

sorry, i don't find too many other AMD dudes like me out there.  i picked up a cpu/mobo combo at fry's about a month ago.  i got the 3200+ socket 939, and an ECS mobo.  ECS is a fairly "economical" mobo, (a term i learned in one of my business composition classes), but my rig is running like a champ.  i did get that typical response from my friends, "dude, you are a bozo for buying an A64 for your mame rig."  as far as the core type, i'm not too sure.  though if you do go with an A64, i hear the socket 939 are the way to go, rather than the socket 754. 

squirrellydw:
honestly, I don't care if its AMD or Intel.  I have just heard that the AMD 3200 is a great CPU, I might go with a 3700 or 4000 now that they are so cheap.  I will look at the Intel's also.  I was originally going to get the 3200 but I wasn't sure if anything changed in v107 or if anything was going to change to take affect of the duel core CPUs coming out.

ArtMAME:

--- Quote from: dudebozo on August 20, 2006, 01:44:55 pm ---
sorry, i don't find too many other AMD dudes like me out there.  i picked up a cpu/mobo combo at fry's about a month ago. 


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Yo...what up my bro... I am an AMD dude also...  :cheers:

I got a Sempron 3000 Socket A / ECS mobo combo for $79 at Fry's over a year ago and I have never had any problems with it for my rig...

The A64 with 939 sockets seem overkill for emulation, but hey, they are nice and cheap nowadays, plus it is actually harder to find Socket A Semprons than it is to get an A64 939.

Like Robert Zimmerman once said:

"The times they are a changin'..."

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