demonseed Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Guys I am just finishing loading an external drive with Hyperspin and wondered if there is a mini pc that can run Hyperspin, including PS2 games down? I have not used hyper spin or built a pc in some time... any advice??? thanks jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phulshof Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I'm running my emulation platform on a http://www.zotac.com/uk/products/mini-pcs/zbox-nano-series/zbox-nano/product/zbox-nano/detail/zbox-nano-id68.html (with SDD for boot speed), and am quite satisfied with it. Unfortunately, I'm not running Windows, and as such not running Hyperspin on it either, so I can't testify as to how well it performs on that machine. Neither am I running PS2 emulation on it (yet). Perhaps someone here with experience could have a look at the specs to make an estimate as to how it would perform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phulshof Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 From my tests I conclude that I would need twice the performance to run PS2 games at full speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice999 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Zotac are expensive and not powerfull at all. You better buy hardwares separately, CPU/GPU etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phulshof Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 True; you pay the price for the small size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfo Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 My current HTPC is a Gigabyte Brix Pro (i7) and it runs everything including Dreamcast, Gamecube, and Wii games just fine. I haven't messed with any Sony systems yet, though. I was hesitant to deal with Intel's Iris 5200 graphics, but everything is working great --- after tweaking the video with a small utility or else I got garbled videos in Hyperspin. http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4888#ov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybersnuff Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I also use the Brix Pro I7 and mostly everything works great. PS2, PSP and Wii works. There are a few GameCube games like F-Zero GX where a faster graphics card would be better. This ones must be startet without Hyperspin using Razors Game Booster.... Then they also work great... Whats not working great is when you make low level emulation of N64 Graphics. Then you need a really fast PC... There are now already better Mini HTPCs with more Graphics Power out from Alienware, Zotac, Asus.. So think they will run also the Powerful GameCube Games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reznnate Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I already have a big PC-based cabinet with arcade monitor and it's _awesome_ but I don't play it often enough. The thing burns nearly 400W when powered and my electrical bills have been BRUTAL. (may look into solar soon too...) I'm building a new cabinet with a 32" LED display and Android device inside so with the built-in power management (sleep display, etc.), I can just leave it on. Whenever I have time for a quick game of Zookeeper or Robotron, I'll just wiggle the controller to take it out of standby. I'll post updates soon... nearly done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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