Lordmonkus

It uses the GPU for outputting the image to the display but not for rendering any of the graphics, that is all handled by the CPU. I don't know, I wouldn't more than a hundred bucks or so for a 970. At the time what they told you was true and is still mostly true. CPU is the most important component when it comes to emulation, especially Mame. CPUs have not progressed a whole lot in terms of clock speed over the years but they have progressed a lot in terms of IPC and Mames CPU requirements really have not changed since then either. Optimizations can make an emulators requirements go down. It can be hacks but also can just be straight up code optimizations or figuring out how the emulated hardware actually works. You will be waiting a long time then. N64 parallel isn't cycle accurate though it's much better than previous N64 emulation. Demul and PS1 Beetle / Mednafen is not cycle accurate either. Go look up the specs for the games, I am not a one stop shop for every games hardware requirements to run at 4K60. I prefer to run all my modern PC games at 1080P 120 fps, its far better than 4K60.

Technically yes, the 750 could do 4K gaming, it all depends on the game and how demanding it is. The 750 could probably run Quake at 4K60 but no way in hell it is gonna run Cyberpunk at 4K60. Resolution and framerate are hardware and game engine dependent. You can keep bumping the resolution up but as you do the framerate will drop. Also, graphics settings have a say in all this as well. As you enable more fancy graphics options like better quality shadows, higher quality textures, higher quality lighting and post processing effects the lower the framerate will drop. It's all a balancing act and the higher the resolution and graphics settings the higher the GPU requirement becomes. A lot of the questions you ask are very dependent upon several factors, there is very little cut and dry yes or no answers.

Because Mame only utilizes the CPU for running the games, it will only use the GPU when using drivers and Mame shaders are not that demanding. You have to figure what is worth it to you. Period, PS3, WiiU and Switch emulation is demanding on both the CPU and GPU, not to mention the emulation itself is still in fairly early stages with a lot of issues to be worked out. Raw clock speed is not all that matters, instructions per clock cycle or IPC matters almost as much or more. For example my old AMD 8350 runs at 4GHz but is pretty bad when it comes to emulation because of its relatively poor IPC. Also the vast majority of the new CPUs aren't 3.3GHz, that may be their base speeds but they boost to much higher. For example, an Intel i5 12400 has a base clock of only 2.5GHz but boosts up to 4.4GHz. Also you are running a 4th gen Intel CPU while now we are on the 12th gen, there have been a lot of improvements made in the architecture which makes a huge difference in modern PC gaming. Just take a look at this comparison between your older but very good for its time i7 4790K vs a new but budget friendly i5 12400: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-12400/2384vs4122 If you bought a PC capable of running the latest triple a games at 4K60 you would have a system capable of running any emulator as well as it can run as of today. What the future holds for emulation of those systems we don't know yet. The system requirements may go up as they get more accurate or the system requirements may come down if they find some new speed improvements, we simply don't know what will happen.

Not strange at all, most of the shaders are not that demanding on GPUs but there are a couple that are. Some of them have a lot of complicated passes in them and they will strain lower end GPUs. No. Though if you find a cheap GTX 970 o r 1060 series card then you could think about it. No need to get an entirely new system. I doubt it. Wii U, Switch and PS3 emulation are pretty demanding and every other system you mentioned either don't have an emulator or they have a barely functional emulator. That will depend on the game and every game is different, you will have to look up each games recommended hardware. For emulation up to PS2 / Gamecube / Wii era your system is fine. I wouldn't be thinking about a new system or upgrading parts unless you decide that emulating PS3, Wii U and Switch are that important to you.

Yeah, that's a pretty old and slow GPU by todays standards and the heavier Retroarch shaders will struggle with it.

Nope, not important all just personal preference. I wouldn't necessarily run drivers that are years out of date but it's not a big deal if they are several months out of date. This is gonna come down to the GPU you are running and how powerful it is. Some shaders are quite heavy and will require a good video cards. Drivers will have very little impact on performance in this scenario. Nope. As I already said, I use NVCleanInstall to update and install my video drivers. I only let it install the video driver and physx. I don't let it install the audio driver component since I use an external USB sound device. This really is a personal preference thing. A lot of what you are asking really comes down to personal preference and needs at the end of the day.

Ah yes, I remember that was recommended in that guide now. I added it since it was suggested by Brad at the time when I wrote the guide. I have never used it personally though but I would trust Brads word on it. Correct. Every so often I run NVCleanInstall to update my drivers and remove all the telemetry crap as well as GeForce Experience. I have had more issues with GeForce Experience than good experiences with it. Not important at all. I just let Windows do it and if there are problems then I would go looking for a better driver but I haven't had an issue with a Windows driver for anything in a very long time.

I can't tell you if you should or shouldn't keep it, I have never used it or anything like it personally. I just let Windows update when it wants to. It will push urgent security updates. Updated drivers can make new games that just came out work better but it certainly won't make every game perform better and definitely won't fix any bugs with the games. The only bug fixes that would happen would be driver bugs. I keep my video drivers fairly up to date but I do not lose any sleep if I let them slide for a couple of months or so. No.

You should keep Windows up to date for security reasons. No. The only drivers that should really be kept somewhat up to date is video drivers and even then you don't have oto. I wouldn't update to Windows 11 yet. I am on 10 and it works great. Staying on an OS forever is just silly, it eventually will be outdated and unsupported. You should be on the OS that best suits your needs and hardware.

1. It depends, you do not need to unzip them if the zip file contains a single file or the file required to be loaded in the emulator is the first file alphabetically in the zip file. 2. Do not download ECM files unless you want to deal with unECMing them. Look for better disk dumps from reputable dumping groups such as Redump or DarkWater. 3. It's up to you, whatever works best for you. There is zero difference in how they play. Personally none of my games are zipped other than Mame which requires them to be zipped. 4. The newer systems you listed are all CD / disc based and are a different format. The emu devs decide what file formats are supported. 5. Do they need to be updated to function correctly ? Usually not. 6. LB doesn't have a way of comparing files to know if it is up to date or not so it downloads it all anyways. You can always use the undated built into RA on its own.

Way off topic now and I am not sure what GPUs have to do with the discussion and NewEgg is a trash company that shouldn't be dealt with but it's your money. Locking thread.

Moved to appropriate forum section. This implies that there are have no changes or updates made ever when it receives updates all the time. You can have BigBox startup to at the Categories screen already.

You want to have an FBNeo rom set if you don't have one and for arcade games (FBneo and Mame) you never want the "extract rom" box checked, it will break it every time.

If you downloaded a 0.37b5 rom set you will need the version of Mame that goes with it.

You can try them but those settings are for input latency, not frame rate issues.

Email support@unbrokensoftware.com and explain it to them, they will get you sorted out.

Since it was never released as a rom file you have to look for a hacked bios file that auto loads it. If you search for "SMS BIOS V1.3 (UE) [h1]" using DuckDuckGo it should be the first result at a nation. I tried a Google search but the results were different. The [h1] in the brackets is the key to the file, this indicates it is the hacked version. Once you have the file just treat like any other rom file, rename it to Snail Maze and import it.

You want to extract the zip files, recommended to have each game in their own folder. Remove your Sega CD games from LB and re-import but only the files that you need to load in the emulator. With your disc images I am not sure which file that is but with cue + bin images you want to import the cue, not the bin.

A quick Google search shows that it is likely a driver issue, Beyond that I don't know what to tell you.

no

We have always allowed rom site naming and google search terms, just no links has always been the rule here. We have never banned anyone for naming sites and we only remove links when people post them and ask them not to post links.

We don't have any rules about not sharing site names, we just have rules against posting links. I made the guide because there has been an influx of people lately that do not know where to get good Mame sets from.

There is not and there really isn't a need for one either since PS1 emulator is quite good and doesn't require all the little settings tweaks that PCSX2 currently needs. What there is though is Retroarch has its own per game settings if you want and the stand alone version of Duckstation will let you configure each game if you right click the game in the Duckstation GUI and click Properties.