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acidblue0:
I have a P4 2.8 and it's just not enough to play the games I really wanbt to play. What cpu do I need so I can run games like blitz etc?

protokatie:
You wont be able to play most of the newer 3d games on existing hardware. I have read a few threads here where people had really really souped up machine and could just barely play blitz. You could try FastMAME, you may get more mileage with that.

acidblue0:
So I will be wasting my money and time getting a super fast cpu etc?

saurian333:

--- Quote from: acidblue0 on January 21, 2010, 08:03:55 pm ---So I will be wasting my money and time getting a super fast cpu etc?

--- End quote ---

Depends on which games you're trying to play...

What protokatie was getting at is the fact that many games won't play on even the best machines.  If you list a few specifics, some of us might be able to help you out.

This actually reminds me of an idea I had; if it doesn't already exist (if it does, where is it?), there should be a wiki page or some other outlet where we can submit and compile our results for things like this.  It would be nice to try and get a fairly complete listing of what kind of system a particular game runs well on.  It would be a pretty big undertaking, since that varies a lot by MAME version, and PC hardware varies greatly.  I thought it would be an interesting thing to look into, though.

Perhaps just a thread where people can post their system specs with a list of games that don't run well for them would be a good start...?

HaRuMaN:
Just build the fastest computer your budget will allow, and go from there.

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