Wondering what minimum pc specs r to run batocera?

Esloudan

I'm new to using batocera. I installed on a thumb drive and works great on my pc. Everything I really want works and works very well. Thank u all for software. It's like McDonald's cause I'm really loving it. What I really wanna know is what is a low spec pc that can run dreamcast and gamecube games. I found on a local craigslist a mini pc with these specs and wondering if it would run those games. I really wanna dedicated mini pc just for this. Like a person console I guess.
Intel T4400 2 X 2.2Ghz Dual Core
4GB DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 9300 with hdmi
Bluetooth
Wifi card not on it but will be added. Anyone got suggestions for the wifi let me know.
Anyone know if it would work under these specs. All I can verify on my own is its windows 10 home and n64 emulator and dreamcast emulator work fine but not sure bout gamecube. Those emulators r the stand alone for windows version. For price it going for I'm tempted to buy it and see.

joinski

For dreamcast and gamecube games i would suggest at least a CPU/GPU-combination like Pentium G3220/Intel HD Graphics GT1.
See this post, where i tested several CPU/GPU combinations:
https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/forum/d/1137-worth-upgrading-to-gt-730/5

The Problem with ATI/AMD or Nvidia GPUs with batocera (and also recalbox) is, that most graphic cards are not supported by the (linux?) drivers and so the performance of these GPUs is not usable.

Esloudan

Thanks for the info. Do u know of an inexpensive mini pc to run batocera on? Like one already built and maybe a link to it lol. I'd love to have batocera on a mini because of issues I have I have to travel a good bit and use the game to pass the time. I use a pi now but getting tied of it being limited on n64 and dreamcast games. No offense to the pi. I really like it just wished a few games I like worked on it.

joinski

Try to find an used Intel NUC with i3 or i5 on ebay. You should get older ones (for example NUC DC3217IYE or DC53427HYE) with a bit of luck for about 100 to 140€.

Cheaper alternatives (for about 50 to 90€) would be an Intel NUC or Zotac Zbox with Celeron or Pentium.
But then you could have slowdowns here and there at some games.

Try to avoid systems with Celeron N or Atom Processors. They are to slow in my opinion.

Esloudan

Thank u. I will look into it. My only real problem I have with batocera is having it on a USB and using different computers the sound has issues on some but not others over hdmi. Like one pc won't have sound another it has it but after leaving a game sound stops. Them on the one I use most sound is fine. Thanks again for the help.