Iori Yagami Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 (edited) Well I don't know much about building computers, but I know somebody who does. My computer, while old, does everything I want it to do except emulate well. It can barely run GBA games at playable speed, PSX emulation bring my computer to a crawl, and let's not get into DC emulation. Basically what kind of computer should I get so I can run DC games at a good speed? what's the most important in terms of good emulation speed? also, I know a getting it as a laptop would cost quite a bit more, but just for the sake of knowing, how much more would it cost if I decided to build a laptop. Edited September 3, 2004 by Iori Yagami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 To run a Chankast your processor must support SSE which are the Pentiums 3 and beyond and the Athlon XP and beyond. The faster processor the better and the better video card the better. How much are you willing to spend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iori Yagami Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 How much are you willing to spend?$2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 (edited) AMD XP 2800+ or AMD 64 3000+ / Pentium 4 2.1 GHz or better512 RAM or more My guess list for chankast :\ Edited September 3, 2004 by K`dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 How much are you willing to spend?$2000 Oh damn, you can get a VERY nice desktop computer for that price. Do you plan on buying a monitor or just using the one you have? Because with $2000 you can pretty much get top of the line everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iori Yagami Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 (edited) How much are you willing to spend?$2000 Oh damn, you can get a VERY nice desktop computer for that price. Do you plan on buying a monitor or just using the one you have? Because with $2000 you can pretty much get top of the line everything. I will be getting a new printer (my old one is ****) and a new monitor. eh, I don't need top of the line everything, I don't plan to buy the newest PC games(I've never played a PC exculsive game in my life, ever), I just need something that will be able to emulate GBA, DC, and N64. I also need a good DVD/CD burner for...erm... "backing up" Xbox and PS2 games. Edited September 3, 2004 by Iori Yagami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 How much are you willing to spend?$2000 Oh damn, you can get a VERY nice desktop computer for that price. Do you plan on buying a monitor or just using the one you have? Because with $2000 you can pretty much get top of the line everything. I will be getting a new printer (my old one is ****) and a new monitor. eh, I don't need top of the line everything, I don't plan to buy the newest PC games(I've never played a PC exculsive game in my life, ever), I just need something that will be able to emulate GBA, DC, and N64. I also need a good DVD/CD burner for...erm... "backing up" Xbox and PS2 games. Whuat! So sorry to hear that, you're missing out. PC exclusives are teh pwn. But with $2000 you can still get a very nice mid range computer with monitor and printer. But why do Dreamcast emulation when you can buy a DC for extremely cheap and get the games for free? Anti aliasing and anisoptoric filtering aren't really that important for Dreamcast games. But when I get home I'll be able to make a list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iori Yagami Posted September 4, 2004 Author Share Posted September 4, 2004 But why do Dreamcast emulation when you can buy a DC for extremely cheap and get the games for free?I'm currently learning to program games in C++ and Java. I'm hoping in about 2 years to make my own street fighter game. I want to have a computer that will be able to emulate at full speed: Street Fighter Alpha 3Street Fighter 3 3rd StrikeStreet Fighter EX2 PlusSuper Street Fighter 2 Turbo Revival So I can study the mechanics of the fighting systems and make the system of my game as authentic as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 That would be up to Chankast it self to emulate at full speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iori Yagami Posted September 4, 2004 Author Share Posted September 4, 2004 That would be up to Chankast it self to emulate at full speed.eh, I heard that 3rd Strike for DC has lag issues. So I plan to get the PS2 version and just record myself playing then play back the video on my PC. I want it to be able to. I don't need it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iori Yagami Posted September 4, 2004 Author Share Posted September 4, 2004 Also what's a good TV card? I want to be able to get video input from a PS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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