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I purchased a pre-built cabinet that was about 2/3rds the size of a real cabinet, but it pissed off my girlfriend (we live in a small apartment) so I had to pass it off to a family member until I get into a bigger place.
My virtual pinball obsession is so strong, however, that I’m going to have to build one of my own that is smaller (and blow lots of money). I need it to be small enough so that I can detach or fold down the backglass enclosure and put the playfield encloser + backglass enclosure away in a closet, and ideally take up a very small space. So I’m thinking 24 inch playfield (1080p, freesync, 144hz, 1ms response), and a single 4:3 aspect ratio 19 inch backglass, and no DMD or external speakers on the backglass. I want to keep it simple, just two monitors, the PC, arcade buttons, a power strip to plug the monitors and PC into, and that’s it.
So, with those rough specs in mind, I’m thinking about going with this Intel Nuc that has a real gaming graphics card in it:
So I have a simple question for you all: if money is no object, is that PC a bad idea to base a virtual pinball system on? Do you see any downsides from a performance perspective, or other “technical” perspectives?
Also, as mentioned above I was thinking the playfield specs should be 24 inch, 1080p, freesync, 144hz, 1ms response. *HOWEVER*, I would consider doing a bigger cabinet with 27 inch 4K playfield, but I’ve never done any 4K gaming and I don’t know what sort of implications there are in the context of Pinball FX3. First of all, would the PC I’m looking at here (Intel Nuc Hades Canyon linked to above) be able to do 4K *well*? And does 4K have any unavoidable dowsides such as input lag/flipper lag?
My virtual pinball obsession is so strong, however, that I’m going to have to build one of my own that is smaller (and blow lots of money). I need it to be small enough so that I can detach or fold down the backglass enclosure and put the playfield encloser + backglass enclosure away in a closet, and ideally take up a very small space. So I’m thinking 24 inch playfield (1080p, freesync, 144hz, 1ms response), and a single 4:3 aspect ratio 19 inch backglass, and no DMD or external speakers on the backglass. I want to keep it simple, just two monitors, the PC, arcade buttons, a power strip to plug the monitors and PC into, and that’s it.
So, with those rough specs in mind, I’m thinking about going with this Intel Nuc that has a real gaming graphics card in it:
So I have a simple question for you all: if money is no object, is that PC a bad idea to base a virtual pinball system on? Do you see any downsides from a performance perspective, or other “technical” perspectives?
Also, as mentioned above I was thinking the playfield specs should be 24 inch, 1080p, freesync, 144hz, 1ms response. *HOWEVER*, I would consider doing a bigger cabinet with 27 inch 4K playfield, but I’ve never done any 4K gaming and I don’t know what sort of implications there are in the context of Pinball FX3. First of all, would the PC I’m looking at here (Intel Nuc Hades Canyon linked to above) be able to do 4K *well*? And does 4K have any unavoidable dowsides such as input lag/flipper lag?
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