pc spec

[loofy123]

hi , what would the  recommended pc spec be to run a virtual fruit machine smoothly.

[Savage]

Hi Loofy,

This probably doesn't help at all but it does seem to depend on the machine being emulated. I have a rather high end PC and it copes with 99% of fruit machines. There are, however, a couple of fruitees which don't cope well - it seems to be related to those with lots of visual effects using blended lamps but I haven't explored it properly to be certain of this.

Are you experiencing problems at the moment?

S

 

 

[wearecity]

12 hours ago, Savage said:

Hi Loofy,

This probably doesn't help at all but it does seem to depend on the machine being emulated. I have a rather high end PC and it copes with 99% of fruit machines. There are, however, a couple of fruitees which don't cope well - it seems to be related to those with lots of visual effects using blended lamps but I haven't explored it properly to be certain of this.

Are you experiencing problems at the moment?

S

 

 

You are correct I have an I9 Extreme processor, 32GB Ram and a 3800GTX.

For me it's pretty much just attract sequences that run slower, mainly the sweeping lamp part of the sequence, where tons of lamps are present and particularly blended lamps.

It also largely depends on the size of the layout. MFME reduces the size to desktop resolution, if you have the option set, but if you go into edit mode, you'll see some layouts are in excess of 4K resolution.

It's a bit like, a video game, where shadows and shaders are a real drain on even the most powerful systems at high resolutions.

Eventually everyone will be using a powerful enough PC with 16K res or higher screens lol.

[rafters]

I think I need a new computer looking at them specs lol

[slotsmagic]

On 29/07/2021 at 09:03, wearecity said:

You are correct I have an I9 Extreme processor, 32GB Ram and a 3800GTX.

Should that be RTX3080?

My old Alienware Alpha, a 'tiny pc' (which I thought had bit the dust but turned out to just be a flat BIOS battery!) uses pretty old components - a 4th Gen lower power i5 CPU (I think it's a 4590T), combined with a modified Geforce 860M. Seems to play most things fine at 1920x1080.

My tiny PC which will be going into my MFME cabinet when I get my finger out of my arse and actually finish it off is also nothing special - an Intel i3 6100T, so a few gens newer than the one in my Alienware Alpha, but lacking the dedicated graphics, also seems to run most things fine.

There may well be the odd demanding layout which will slow down a bit during jackpot sequences, but what I'm getting at is you don't need to spend silly money unless you want things to be absolutely perfect, some of the most demanding layouts will be a bit slower in places simply due to the methods used to put the layouts together. 

What I'm saying then @loofy123is, in my opinion, you can get a perfectly good desktop PC, starting around £100 for the tower (pre-owned, and you can probably get cheaper if the right setup turns up) and it'll be fine. I'd try and get either decent integrated GPU or a dedicated GPU but the market is still a bit of a joke with the chip shortage and mining issues, so you may well end up paying over the odds on GPUs until the market settles down.

If you want to spend more and get the absolute best performance, the sky really is the limit, but you'll not be talking a night and day difference, certainly in MFME. Modern 3D computer games though certainly benefit from more powerful hardware.

Now, that applies to MFME only. I've still yet to play with the Virtual Arcade simulator being worked on elsewhere on the forums, and if you are looking at running that then you might need to budget up a bit.

 

 

Edited August 31, 2021 by slotsmagic