markyboy782 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 so I was looking at trying to buy cheap but it didn't seem though it was going to work out, I have now bought a pc which is much better than I was originally going to buy (but I still got a good deal), please please tell me it's ok. The specs are: Cool Master Gaming PC Intel Core i7 2.67 x 8 GHZ Processor 6144 MB DDR3 RAM 1000GB Hard Drive ATI Radeon HD4800 1024MB Graphics Card O/s is windows 7 Pro Will this be ok and will the graphics card be ok to run the DMD if I buy a gtx650 to run the playfield and backglass Also will the RAM be ok, if not am happy to purchase and extra 2MB or something. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromlostdays Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The processor is overkill, plenty of ram, you may need more hard drive space depending on how prolific you are, stick with windows 7, and I'm not sure about the Radeon. I use Nvid. You should have no trouble at all running hyperspin. If you want to test to see capability, try running the Dolphin emulator, as its one of the most intensive emulators to run. You shouldn't have any problems though. I run everything thrown at me with an I5 and a GTX 660. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparton Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Most emulators are (as far as I have found out so far) CPU hungry. This is because they are with all due respect badly written or not what you would call optimised when compared to the original hardware and bios of a console. It's like reverse engineering. It works, but it takes a lot of grunt to get it to run as it was originally designed. With that in mind what you want to be doing is looking to get a good clock speed on your CPU (3.0GHZ+ for things like Gamecube, PS2 etc) and a half decent GPU. My focus would be on making sure I have a good CPU clock to deal with what is (again, all due respect) a badly written emulator. Anything under Playstation 1 and you don't really need to worry to be honest. A modern CPU and A modern GPU will do the job fine. from the looks of it you have an i7 with Hyperthreading. You should be able to overclock that if you have any half decent motherboard. I would. As aletterfromthelostdays says, try Dolphin: Gamecube games, Wii games, etc. Hyperspin will run on a Pentium 2. it's the emulators you should be focusing on. Hyperspin is pretty basic. XML files pointing to images, video, themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marxkemp Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 How about this one CPU wise? http://www.zotac.com/news/press-releases/article/archive/2014/may/article/zotac-ushers-in-new-era-of-gaming-with-zbox-en760-mini-pcs.html CPU Intel Core i5 4200U (dual-core, 1.6 GHz, 3MB L2) (Turbo up to 2.6 GHz) Its a U version integrated so i dont think this is a htpc + dolphin solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromlostdays Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Try to find one with a higher GHz. 3 or above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marxkemp Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I was just reading up on the dolpin emu forums. Its pretty demanding on the high end games Im running this myself http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ROG_G750JX/specifications/ But was looking for a new htpc build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubZero Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I think he is asking for Hyperpin, not spin, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marxkemp Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I think he is asking for Hyperpin, not spin, Woops! Indeed!! Didn't mean to hijack this thread hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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