Amithlon cpu speeds and emulator for games?

[haywirepc]

Can someone with an amithlon machine tell me, what cpu speed do you suggest as the lowest really workable solution for an amithlon machine if it will also be used to play games through emulation?
 
As I understand, amithlon screams running system friendly apps, but while thats great, I may also want to run games through the emulator.
 
In my experience with windows and linux, some more demanding amiga games did not run well on 1.5ghz and 2.0ghz machines. on 2.4 or 3.0ghz machines, all seemed fine.
 
I am wondering if amithlon can get away with a 1.5 or 1.8ghz processor speed. Anyone who has some experience with using amithlon and running emulator for the more demanding games, could you please chime in with your thoughts on this?

I suppose alot of this depends on your settings as well, so any thoughts on tweaking an older amithlon based machine for max performance so games won't be choppy would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Steven

[haywirepc]

Yes I was thinking the same thing myself. I do suppose alot has to do with having a supported accellerated graphics card.
 
Can anyone suggest an easy to find on ebay graphics card that amithlon fully supports?
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

Dreamcast sounds great, find a supported video card on ebay, I'll send you a paypal for it. The system is bound to run better with a fast supported video card.
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

Thanks Fishy, lots to think about in building or buying a pre-assembled amithlon machine. I think I agree with you that 3ghz should be the bottom end. Anything less I think aga games will not be a pleasant experience.
 
I don't want to sink money into a machine only to have to upgrade to a faster cpu later because it won't quite run well for all amiga classic software.
 
Maybe its better to just go 3ghz+ from the start and avoid problems.
If you use a supported network, video and sound card with that, I think you'll have a much more pleasant experience using it.
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

Amithon seems to be quite an adventure getting a box working, unless its just that I never had all the required bits in one box. There is something to be said for aros or windows and winuae...
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

Fishy, yes I'd really like a machine that can handle anything I can throw at it, including aga games or quake or whatever. I don't want to dump alot of time or money into a project then realize it won't handle aga games or whatever.
 
I think I will begin collecting components in the next few weeks. Very busy with other projects right now. Once I have a 3ghz machine, supported network, video and soundcards I will give a go at installing it. I have an installation guide somewhere.
 
I agree it was a fantastic idea that could have been a great way forward. Too bad the amiga grave robbers killed it.
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

I think I will get some components and try building my own amithlon box.
 
I've heard sblive isn't as well supported as sb128pci, so I think I'd rather have sb128pci.
 
Whats the best inexpensive video card and network card?

Any help would be appreciated. I have a couple of 2ghz boxes here for testing, but I think I will get a dell 3ghz hyperthreading pc that a friend of mine offered me recently for the main box. I have to check to make sure it has enough slots first, its a slimline kinda desktop case.

Steven

[haywirepc]

Now bidding on nvidia geforce 4 and also a soundblaster 128pci.
 
Now I need a network card. Does anyone know which network cards work the best with amithlon?

Steven

[haywirepc]

I think I'm going to stick with winuae installed on a stripped down winxp installed with windows shell removed, but upgrade to a better box.
 
My current system is ghz, and plays all but the very demanding aga games just fine in winuae. It runs all other software fine too. Seems like this is a nice idea but an awful lot of aggravation to get going.