tbrucker Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Does anyone use this Xarcade tankstick - the one with the track ball in the middle. wondering if its compatible and will work with BigBox - Also wondering about system hardware - Is anyone using Launch box with mini PC hardware? specifically the kangaroo mini pc? What is everyone using for hardware? Looking at a build where the PC will run as energy efficient and fan less if possible. Finally question can launch box be configured to startup on machine boot. Hiding windows and just having the front end come up for a true arcade like experience ? Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I know that other users do use the X-Arcade Tank stick and users have even modded it to add 4way joysticks for Pac-Man and spinners so it will work and is even able to be customized. As for hardware I have LaunchBox running on 4 HTPC's/Desktops with everything from a Core i7 4770, 16GB RAM GeForce GTX 960 and 3 Core i5's 2x 6500, 2x16GB RAM both have GeForce GTX 750ti's and 1 with a 3330 8GB RAM. 4 laptops (1 i5 2 i3's and a Core 2 Duo T8300) 1 all in one touch screen desktop with an i3 and 4GB of RAM 3 tablets a 12 inch with an i5 U470 and 4GB of RAM and 2 8 inch tablets 1 with an Atom Z3735F and 1GB or RAM and the other with an Atom 3740 and 2GB of RAM. I have 1 small form factor PC and 1 mini PC the mini PC is a MeeGo Pad with an Atom and 2GB of RAM the SFF is an Asus EEEBox which has a AMD chip and 4GB of RAM. Now all of these systems run Windows 10 and they all run LB to varying degrees. The 1st four run the program excellently and all but the i5 3330 can handle any emulator you throw at them while this one can play GameCube Wii and PS2 games it has issues with keeping up sometimes due to the fact that it is a slim case form factor and there isn't enough room in the case or power from the PSU to have a graphics card. The laptops all work but to varying degrees the Core 2 Duo won't run RetroArch for some reason it crashes it every time. Also on every one of these except for my newest one with the i5 I wouldn't try to even attempt to run Gamecube PS2 or anything of that nature because it just isn't going to happen. The AIO desktop is also limited by the lack of GPU so nothing above PS1 and N64 would probably work on it I may be able to push Dreamcast if I used NullDC instead of Demul but I haven't really tried yet. The i5 tablet is ok for up to N64 but the 2 atoms struggle on some N64 games while playing others fine also none of these will handle Sega Model 2 or Sega Model 3 emulators without considerable lag. The small form factor PC handles PS1 and N64 but nothing past there and the mini pretty much has the same limitations of the 2 tablets that have the atom processors. Sorry this got a little long but you asked about hardware and I have a lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrucker Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Awesome! Thanks for the detailed response! That pretty much answers my question then. I plan to only run old school MAME arcade games for this first build so shouldnt be an issue. I may try to step up to more graphics intensive emulators as I explore. I have been very happy with Launch box since I discovered it a whole 24 hours ago. Seems pretty straight forward and people are actually using it. I tried maximus arcade and that was a complete joke. Thanks Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybonz Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I have a tankstick. They are pretty easy to work on and mod... unfortunately, you will probably want to mod it once you get it because the included joysticks aren't great. I gutted mine and put a pair of Ultrastik 360's in it and a Turbo Twist 2 spinner, and it's pretty much everything I could want now. I would recommend it if you are prepared to do some modding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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