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mhoes
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Re: Starting Over
01/19/21 09:06 PM


>
> Yeah, that's pretty much the way to go. The general MAME dev suggestion is any
> relatively recent i5, a decent amount of RAM so that Windows doesn't pitch a fit, and
> if you want to run with shaders enabled (which OP probably doesn't due to having a
> proper CRT), a half-decent graphics card.
>
> Nothing even approaching top-of-the-line is necessary. There's a huge performance
> gulf between "games that are playable on halfway-modern PCs" and "games that require
> more horsepower than a PC will likely ever have", so optimize for the former and not
> the latter. Nevertheless, it's important to not buy some worthless shit-box of a
> machine like a Raspberry Pi or a Core 2 Duo either.

What ? NOW he tells me ? And I just bought a 64 core AMD Thread-ripper for my dedicated MAME cabinet ! Darn it !







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Subject Posted by Posted on
* Starting Over Jerry 01/11/21 07:22 AM
. * Re: Starting Over bmd2k1  01/17/21 12:33 AM
. * Re: Starting Over mhoes  01/11/21 05:19 PM
. * Re: Starting Over Jerry  01/11/21 06:17 PM
. * Re: Starting Over Renegade  01/11/21 08:14 PM
. * Re: Starting Over Classic80sGMR  01/12/21 02:15 PM
. * Re: Starting Over MooglyGuy  01/12/21 03:39 PM
. * Re: Starting Over mhoes  01/19/21 09:06 PM
. * Re: Starting Over Firehawke  01/18/21 08:39 PM

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