System specs

[Mangledmon]

Hi all,

Just a quick question - I'm giving the PC running GameEx an overhaul in a week or two, with the aim being to upgrade the CPU/GPU/RAM, plonk in the latest version of GameEx and MAME, and add in Model 2 emulation as well.

My current setup is a 3ghz Celeron with 512mb of RAM and a 128mb FX5500. The new rig will be C2D E8500 (@stock speeds), 2gb RAM and a 512mb 9500GT. I want to be able to play at least all the 2D MAME games at full speed without audio skipping and get full speed on Model 2 titles and maybe quasi-playable framerates out of some of the 3D titles on MAME (but mainly all the 2D stuff is what I want covered). I also wouldn't mind getting some Naomi games added to the mix. I'm also keen to enable some of the flashier/newer effects in GameEx, since I have some of the fancy effects in my current version (v8.something) disabled to conserve CPU cycles.

So, how does the new gear stack up? I'm hoping it'll do the job, but since you guys know more than me, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask!

Thanks so much - I'm constantly reading up on the boards and appreciate everyone's help

-Mangledmon-

[Hunk_4TH]

I say your good to go with all the 2D Mame games and some of the 3D games that run at full speed such as Killer Instinct 1 and 2. About Naomi I'm not sure I know it runs perfectly on both of my systems (cabinet and desktop) I get the best performance out of my desktop of course and I'm using an Core 2 Duo 6320 overclocked to 3.6ghz. Hope that helped!

[Mangledmon]

Thanks Hunk_4TH - I've just recently finished the upgrade, and while I haven't tried out some of the newer 3D arcade titles, I can at least get full speed with no audio skipping on STV stuff, so I'm pretty chuffed so far! I'll hopefully have a newer MAME set coming in soon so I'll be able to test out performance with newer games then, but your advice proved spot-on and was very helpful! The new video card has made a huge difference with the quality of the output as well - even though its only SD, it looks absolutely stunning in component video!

-Mangledmon-

[Hunk_4TH]

Thanks Hunk_4TH - I've just recently finished the upgrade, and while I haven't tried out some of the newer 3D arcade titles, I can at least get full speed with no audio skipping on STV stuff, so I'm pretty chuffed so far! I'll hopefully have a newer MAME set coming in soon so I'll be able to test out performance with newer games then, but your advice proved spot-on and was very helpful! The new video card has made a huge difference with the quality of the output as well - even though its only SD, it looks absolutely stunning in component video!

-Mangledmon-

Hey glad to hear you got it going! I think some of the newer 3D titles are still a little slow or still not working. Mortal Kombat 4 seems fine on a good PC.

[chriss]

i had problems running naomi with my radeon 9600 pro

nulldc dreamcast worked really great though!

[Mangledmon]

Well, I finally updated my MAME list to 0.127 (I built an optimised version of mame for C2D processors as well - I've never compiled MAME before, and only noticed the other day that there's a fancypants program on these forums for making it easier to do ), but didn't get a chance to try out some of the more intensive games last night. I'll give MK4, SF Rush and some Model 3 games a whirl tonight and see how they go

-Mangledmon-