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Reged: 12/27/03
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Loc: Boise, Idaho
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Re: Inexpensive PC setup to run Cruis'n USA
02/16/12 05:28 AM
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> > A while back I saved a gutted Sit Down Cruis'n USA Arcade from the scrapheap. It > now > > has a 26 Samsung LCD and a Logitech Driving Force GT Gaming Wheel inside. It's > > currently running Project 64 and the N64 version of Cruis'n USA on a Sony Vaio > laptop > > on Windows XP. > > I'm using Project 64 because it runs smoothly on the laptop and works with the > > sequential shifter. Running MAME Cruis'n USA on the machine ran the game at 60% > > skipping 10/1 frames. > > > > As I'm not in love with this solution, I'm going to give running MAME Cruis'n USA > and > > getting a friend to hack MAME to work with the sequential shifter one more shot. > > Do you guys have any tips on what kind of pc I should look for? Is putting one > > together a good (inexpensive) idea? Should I look for a common used machine? > > My PC, which is a Core2Duo at 1.8GHz runs it just above halfspeed, about 60%. I'm no > expert but I can guess a 3~GHz would be a lot better. Get a 64-bit OS and the 64-bit > version of MAME for best results.
Intel E8500 Core2Duo on an x64 OS with x64MAME and plenty of RAM will run at 100%.
Thanks, Jason
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