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n88n:
Hello all,
I am sure this has been covered but my searching did not really yield any solid responses.
I have recently found, bought and fixed a Centipede arcade machine and I love it. I have always wanted a street fighter and MK machine as well. I thought it would be a great idea to build my own MAME machine.
What are the specs for a PC that I need to get to run smoothly? As stated above I am real interested in fighting games and I imagine that is pretty hard on a PC.
what do you think?
thanks!
Nate
shardian:
A P4 pc will run all of your fighting games no problem. Even my budget 1.3ghc celeron home pc can run 90% of them. It does have problems with UMK3 with a little lag and sound tearing.
gonzo90017:
For Capcom or SNK fighters you really don't need much. I'm using a 400mhz pc with a stripped down version of XP I created using Nlite http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=59373.0 and they all run full speed with no frameskip. I just use Nebula for Capcom and Winkawaks for NeoGeo. Mortal Kombat is another story I think you need something like 1ghz.
n88n:
thanks for the fast responses guys!
I have an older machine that I use for testing programming projects. The processor is like 1.4, not sure what gen of intel it is. There is about .9 gig of RAM. The video card sucks as it is the built in hardwired mother board one. I think all the slots are normal PCI and not PCI express.
Does that sound like it will cut it? Do i need a better video card?
Again my most important games would be old school Street fighter and MK's along with the classic games like pacman, Q-bert and all that oldschool crap.
am I in good shape with that PC?
Nate
ahofle:
Not to sound rude, but why don't you just try playing the games on it and see for yourself?
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