Posted by rosborn on 19, 2001 at 11:33 AM:
Since I see people asking about processors and how they perform with MAME, I figured I share my results with my new Athlon XP 1700+...
So far I have been able to run everything I have tried at a rock-solid 100% speed. That includes S.T.U.N. Runner, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and Street Fighter The Movie. Those are the only ones I could remember that were extremely slow before my upgrade.
CPU: Retail Boxed Athlon 1700+
Memory: 256MB PC133
Motherboard: ECS K7S5A
Outpost.com has the CPU/Motherboard combo for $229 shipped right now.