emulator newb

[strykr]

I'd say your looking at a quad core or i5/i7 pc, at least 4 gig ram, a fairly decent graphics card that can output soft 15khz

Fair chunk of overkill there, model 2 works fine with a core2 dual core and old DX9 ATI (I think it was an X1600 I had, about a tenner on Ebay) and does Soft 15k. The same PC but with a newer (but cheaper end) DX11 ATI card runs Model 3 just fine (2 gig ram win 7), most new cards don't work with soft15k but there is another option (since you say you are going to use TVs anyway) and that's one of the VGA to S-vid convertors you can find on Ebay for 10/15 quid, not a perfect pic but still as good as ya average arcade tube (better than the one I've just picked up in a cab) and to fine tune you just find the hidden service menu for ya TV.

Frontend wise you will want to go with Hyperspin (more about that later when you get there but with good reason).

Only speaking from experience, I had a dual core, with a fairly decent gfx card and got a really poor frame rate with supermodel. Got hold of a reasonably inexpensive quad core and the performance was bang on. If your gonna splash a lot of notes on a pc based driving setup. I still suggest a quad core.

Second the Hyperspin recommendation tho. bling and great functionality! (once your through the setup mare

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strykr2013-03-08 23:50:15

 

[ZedEx48K]

What version of the emulator were you using? Earlier ones weren't as fast so did demand some grunt, latest version works fine though plus did you adjust the cpu speed for games too as that affected them.

Hyperspin isn't chosen for the bling (I have most of that stripped out) it's because you can have multiple emulators/games in one list, so for the sake of 40/50 games I'm not switching between several sections.

 

[Deathrow]

Hyperspin sounds great to me. I like the idea that ZedEx48K has pointed out of having multiple emulators.

Im still very early on in the project and I am yet to find/buy the pc's I will need.

I'm thankful for the advice and help.

 

[Deathrow]

Im so confused.

If I only go for model 2 games and a hyperspin front... what will I need? one computer? two computers? a budgie in a cage with a blow torch?

I can engineer anything, I can paint/restore anything and I can pull my hair out with the best of em but I really dont know computers or the funny codes they speak.

Please can someone speak understandable language to me of pro's/cons of what I need and need it to do?

I can hack things and get my head around most things if explained to me from the beginning in normal people speak. Super genius gamer talk just goes 'Cheesburger' lol

 

[ZedEx48K]

One PC will run 2 copies of the Emu, but I expect there would be problems making a frontend launch 2 copies on to 2 displays and exiting them etc (without writing batch files) and windows dealing with 2 of the same wheel, I expect it to be a bit of a headache.

I would just set one PC up the clone it to another, saves a lot of time and is easy to do, spec wise I would have to try the model 2 emu on some different spec PCs to find out, or you could try the M2 site/forums for recommended.