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Re: Will this be good enough for my first MAME cabinet build?
02/14/14 05:45 PM
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> I don't think you're going to be happy with this board unless you run a really old
> version of MAME.
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> According to the Passmark CPU benchmark, an AMD E-350D is slower (score: 696) than an
> AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (score: 704), which came out in 2005.
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> Check out their list of "Low Mid Range CPUs", it's near the bottom...
> http://www.cpubenchmark.net/midlow_range_cpus.html
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> Also Hyperspin requires more CPU power than most people realize and some of the
> reviews I've seen claim that this board doesn't run flash content very well, and
> Hyperspin is flash based.
Not to say he can't find a better system, but my current MAME system *is* an Athlon 64 from 2005. I always run the latest build and I can run most early games at 100%. Is it the ideal platform for a kick-ass emulation system? Definitely not, but if it gets the job done and you can put a system together for ~$150USD, I feel like you could do worse.
I've never used Hyperspin, so I can't speak to that, but I wouldn't let a frontend dictate my hardware choice. There are enough of them out there, and some are pretty lightweight.
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