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mark shaker:


Over the past few days, I bought a couple new Video Cards from New Egg. Assuming I actually receive my rebates, I got a:

GIGABYTE GV-N240D5-512I GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $30.

ASUS EN9500GT/DI/1GD2/V2/A GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card for $35

How will they perform with MAME?

Which is the better card?

   - Mark

newmanfamilyvlogs:

I can't imagine you'd see any difference at all between the those two in mame.

mark shaker:


--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on August 26, 2010, 02:09:12 pm ---I can't imagine you'd see any difference at all between the those two in mame.

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Their specs (clock speeds and such) are *real* close.

I know they are cheap cards, are they better than the onboard video of a modern motherboard?

   - Mark

Rick:


--- Quote from: mark shaker on August 26, 2010, 01:46:16 pm ---GIGABYTE GV-N240D5-512I GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $30.
ASUS EN9500GT/DI/1GD2/V2/A GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card for $35
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I would go with the ASUS, if only because it has more onboard RAM.  I cannot be certain if this will make a noticeable difference, but every little bit helps.


--- Quote from: mark shaker on August 26, 2010, 02:13:45 pm ---I know they are cheap cards, are they better than the onboard video of a modern motherboard?
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Yes, simply because (as previously stated, I believe) onboard cards will steal some CPU cycles and onboard RAM to run, and that MAME (as most programs do) relies on mainly on the CPU speed and RAM available.

mmb:


--- Quote from: mark shaker on August 26, 2010, 02:13:45 pm ---I know they are cheap cards, are they better than the onboard video of a modern motherboard?

   - Mark

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Anything included on-board is a much cheaper chip.  ;)

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