HyperSpin requirements explained

[BadBoyBill]

For those interested i integrated XBMC into the Control4 Home Automation System. This means that you can get cover art on any touchscreen, utilise the OLED display on your remote to pick movies, utilise your panasonic pbx phone to select movies on the LCD display, make lights turn down when you watch movies, curtains open/close, plasma/projector lifts move up/down, etc etc.

Are you a dealer or something for control4? I can't get it where I live without being a dealer, but that was last year when I looked.

[stgdz]

because it's a powerful but cheap GPU for the few emulators that have graphics acceleration (PSX, DC, NAOMI)

So microcenter is having a sale with their amd processors and motherboards.

http://www.microcenter.com/specials/promotions/AMDbundlePROMO.html

What one is the best bang for the buck with mame and hyperspin then? I was thinking of the phenom X2 and the first row board but I wonder if I should spring for the full ATX board which is 10 bucks more.

But other then a video card, these things really don't require any of the other slots to be taken up and I plan on building a separate hyperpin cab. The fullsize MSI board has a lot of USB connections on it compared to the two on the mATX boards

[Ribas]

Hi!

How would perform Hyperspin on a iMac (with windows installed)? Can it run perfectly?

And on a Mac mini?

Thanks!

[Dazz]

Hi!

How would perform Hyperspin on a iMac (with windows installed)? Can it run perfectly?

And on a Mac mini?

Thanks!

I doubt it, but you can always try.

[garwil]

Hi!

How would perform Hyperspin on a iMac (with windows installed)? Can it run perfectly?

And on a Mac mini?

Thanks!

My only computer is a Mac Mini (?)1.87ghz Core Duo with 1Gb of RAM dual booted with OS X & TinyXP. It runs all the 8-16 bit emulators and most PSX/N64 games (depending on the graphics plugin). The old (0.8) version of HS ran fine (except for the slowdown when you first run it) but the current version is very slow unless I turn all the transitions and other graphical options off.

I'm looking forward to seeing whether 2.0 will run when it comes out but plan on building a new PC anyway. If you've got a newer Mac Mini/iMac then you might find it a little bit faster.

HS is certainly useable on my setup, you just don't get all the nice transitions and its a bit slow until it's cached all the images etc.

[Trnzaddict]

My only computer is a Mac Mini (?)1.87ghz Core Duo with 1Gb of RAM dual booted with OS X & TinyXP. It runs all the 8-16 bit emulators and most PSX/N64 games (depending on the graphics plugin). The old (0.8) version of HS ran fine (except for the slowdown when you first run it) but the current version is very slow unless I turn all the transitions and other graphical options off.

I'm looking forward to seeing whether 2.0 will run when it comes out but plan on building a new PC anyway. If you've got a newer Mac Mini/iMac then you might find it a little bit faster.

HS is certainly useable on my setup, you just don't get all the nice transitions and its a bit slow until it's cached all the images etc.

My mac mini is running a 2.53 core2 duo, with the nvidia 9400. It emulates everything very smoothly, however when running project64 at 1080p resolution some games run with occasional dropped frames. I haven't tried dreamcast, and as far as ps2 and gamecube emulation goes, i think not.

As far as the front end goes, i've got it to run at what looks like 60fps is at 1024x768 with transitions off (Fancy intros when selecting new systems). When I upscale to my tv's native 1080p, images flow on the screen more chopily. I'm looking into building a budget htpc and eventually moving all my movies and games onto that.

If you ran Gameex on your older macmini, it would run flawless, but that fe is duller looking than a 50 year old fish hook.

[SophT]

My mac mini is running a 2.53 core2 duo, with the nvidia 9400. It emulates everything very smoothly, however when running project64 at 1080p resolution some games run with occasional dropped frames. I haven't tried dreamcast, and as far as ps2 and gamecube emulation goes, i think not.

As far as the front end goes, i've got it to run at what looks like 60fps is at 1024x768 with transitions off (Fancy intros when selecting new systems). When I upscale to my tv's native 1080p, images flow on the screen more chopily. I'm looking into building a budget htpc and eventually moving all my movies and games onto that.

If you ran Gameex on your older macmini, it would run flawless, but that fe is duller looking than a 50 year old fish hook.

HS runs natively at 1024x768. Most of the emulators run at 640x480 or less. If you keep these native resolutions you'll be fine, let your TV do the filtering. If you force everything to run at 1080 you'll eat more CPU power - and it won't look any better because it's still all being scaled.

[Ribas]

My main intention is to buy a small pc to connect it to an LCD 42' HD and to buy a X-Arcade stick. I simply want to turn my living room tv into an arcade machine with the Hyperspin (hope to have in the future a real arcade machine).

The smallest the pc the better (main use will be for Hyperspin) and if possible to hide it behind the tv with adaptors.

But i really want it to run everything perfect and i don't know wich would be the best choice (without ruin my wallet).

Do you guys have some ideas?

[SophT]

My main intention is to buy a small pc to connect it to an LCD 42' HD and to buy a X-Arcade stick. I simply want to turn my living room tv into an arcade machine with the Hyperspin (hope to have in the future a real arcade machine).

The smallest the pc the better (main use will be for Hyperspin) and if possible to hide it behind the tv with adaptors.

But i really want it to run everything perfect and i don't know wich would be the best choice (without ruin my wallet).

Do you guys have some ideas?

I currently have a lenovo q110 that I use as my HTPC. I bought it because here in China it was like $175 USD. It's VESA mount so you could stick it behind a monitor. That said, it's only an atom 1.6 (like all atoms) so it's probably going to not perform that well - I ahven't tried HS on it yet.

There's a higher model, the Q150, etc... But If I were you, I'd wait to see if something like the atom2 comes out. If I try out the lenovo with HS (shelled from XBMC) I'll post the results here - I'm imagining that it's going to have to be stripped to the minimum, since it only has 1.5 Gb of usable memory (and 512Mb dedicated to the ion)

[Trnzaddict]

My main intention is to buy a small pc to connect it to an LCD 42' HD and to buy a X-Arcade stick. I simply want to turn my living room tv into an arcade machine with the Hyperspin (hope to have in the future a real arcade machine).

The smallest the pc the better (main use will be for Hyperspin) and if possible to hide it behind the tv with adaptors.

But i really want it to run everything perfect and i don't know wich would be the best choice (without ruin my wallet).

Do you guys have some ideas?

I was looking for the same exact thing. A small case but runs everything...

I was talking to Circo and he suggested the new Phenom x2 Black Callisto for a processor. Clocked stock @ 3.2, it's only 90 dollars. With it's low heat and power consumption, this paired with a micro atx mb and 4 gigs of ram, you should be able to squueze this into a nice little console like case and be done with it for cheap, using onboard video. BUT....

The problem is to really have an all in one comp (A system to run Gamecube/wii/ps2 and newer pc games), you would find a processor like the a phenom x4 with a low profile 1 or 2 gb video card.

My system was going to be a x4 phenom with a low profile 2gb video card and 4 gigs of ram. Paired with this case...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208039

I got lectured alot on the eggexpert forums on how heat and airflow would be a serious issue with my setup without upgrading to a larger case, and even standard htpc cases that were low profile would be an issue.

I refuse to have something bigger than a standard htpc case sitting in my living room and so does my wife. So, I'm stuck right now myself too. I'm almost tempted to get my setup and say the hell with it. If I have heat issues, well ya live and learn.

Maybe to save money i'll just stick with the mini for now.

My opinion...

[SophT]

I was looking for the same exact thing. A small case but runs everything...

I was talking to Circo and he suggested the new Phenom x2 Black Callisto for a processor. Clocked stock @ 3.2, it's only 90 dollars. With it's low heat and power consumption, this paired with a micro atx mb and 4 gigs of ram, you should be able to squueze this into a nice little console like case and be done with it for cheap, using onboard video. BUT....

The problem is to really have an all in one comp (A system to run Gamecube/wii/ps2 and newer pc games), you would find a processor like the a phenom x4 with a low profile 1 or 2 gb video card.

My system was going to be a x4 phenom with a low profile 2gb video card and 4 gigs of ram. Paired with this case...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208039

I got lectured alot on the eggexpert forums on how heat and airflow would be a serious issue with my setup without upgrading to a larger case, and even standard htpc cases that were low profile would be an issue.

I refuse to have something bigger than a standard htpc case sitting in my living room and so does my wife. So, I'm stuck right now myself too. I'm almost tempted to get my setup and say the hell with it. If I have heat issues, well ya live and learn.

Maybe to save money i'll just stick with the mini for now.

My opinion...

Get a Zalman HTPC case or liquid cool

[sp3ctr3]

I got a zotac ion mini-itx board in a Lian Li C36 case. The case can also hold a microATX. Theres plenty of room inside amd you can mount fans too.

[3MAM]

I have a a P4 3.6Ghz processor with hyperthreading... would I see considerable gains if I got a intel i3-530?

Hello everyone btw!

[Pepperami]

Yes, its still a P4

[Mister Hat]

My old HP Pavilion a1132n runs HyperSpin almost 100% under 1024x768 with background animations disabled. Single core Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2 GHz.

[miamisurf]

Still a good post .. I needed this in a time of doubt. Fix resolutions and recreate the former PC I was running. Too much sparkle in my new PC

Thanks again

[r3light]

Well I have to say I realized just today that my spare AMD 64 3500+ (ex-ex pc) wouldn't stand a chance with HyperSpin's animations and wheels (emulator run just fine). Even the intro video wasn't running smoothly at all. And to think that I would use it on the first arcade cabinet I currently design.

So I had to switch my previous computer parts-set which is a Q9400 Quad-Core / 4GB DDR3 and see how HyperSpin should be working. I was amazed how it was running. At first I thought "hey its a pity to use this *beast* for just emulation"... Yeah, "just emulation" how silly me... Now I get how it works, especially after reading this topic.

Thanks for pointing it out, now I can feel better using these powerful parts for my cabinet

[joshbarber89]

So, one thing that wasn't mentioned was whether HyperSpin runs on multiple threads or not and whether the processor be 32 or 64 bit. Assuming by the statistics labeled in the original post, HyperSpin is supported on multiple threads and at 64 bits. (Just Assuming... correct me if I am wrong please)

[Marcoqwerty]

Anybody tried the new APU? looks interesting i've put the target over this AMD...but for hyperspin it's good?

http://cpuboss.com/cpu/AMD-A10-7700K

[FNwoz]

Anyone using an SSD instead of a mechanical hard drive? Does that help performance? Running a Core 2 Duo with 4gb of memory quite successfully however I get the occasional hangup that seems to be driven by attract mode on occasion. With SSD's getting so inexpensive, I figure it might be money better spent.

[boohiss]

I have a SSD and it cuts load times down enough to make me glad I got it. Power on to Hyperspin, switching wheels, and loading games is much faster. Anything involving loading .

[ninja2bceen]

So does this overkill then? Is quad 4 even necessary? Ram overkill? I need to replace my Athlon II and need a totally dedicated pc to this and want one that can handle intensive emulators no problem like dolphin or desmule. What do u think, what would u recommend?

Dell · Precision · Tower · Quad-core · Intel CPU · 8 GB RAM · 2 GHz · 250 GB HDD · NVIDIA GPU

[dougan78]

Quad is not necessary imho. 2 cores is plenty i think most emus that support more support 2 max. I use a 3rd gen i7 with 4gb and a nvidia card. I play ps2 fine. Never tested wii because i have one. Hope that helps.

More cores may help in future though.

[ninja2bceen]

Quad is not necessary imho. 2 cores is plenty i think most emus that support more support 2 max. I use a 3rd gen i7 with 4gb and a nvidia card. I play ps2 fine. Never tested wii because i have one. Hope that helps.

More cores may help in future though.

Thanks so u say dual core is fine? Clocked at 3.0 or something, 4 gb of ram? I have an athalon II right now, it struggles sometimes

[dougan78]

Thanks so u say dual core is fine? Clocked at 3.0 or something, 4 gb of ram? I have an athalon II right now, it struggles sometimes

I think that would be similar to a core 2 duo. I had problems with ps2 and gauntlet legends on mame when i had that. so you will want to upgrade for sure. I know that i have read i5 3rd gen or better for ps2 so i went i7. Anything you get now will have 2 or more cores. I think it should be ok 1 gen back.