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--- Quote from: GameGeezer on June 26, 2011, 08:40:51 pm ---
The notion that a graphics card doesn't improve MAME is nonsense in my experience.

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The notion is usually in reference to buying high end cards vs low end cards. Sometimes that point isn't articulated well.
I've seen similar performance discrepancies with onboard SIS chips. Going from maxing out neogeo games at 70% to unthrottled at 180% with a cheap agp radeon.

Gray_Area:

Since the re-write, the artwork and such *has* needed a decent GPU (though not remarkable, depending on your desktop resolution). Basic MAME performance hasn't - until now with HLSL.

GameGeezer:

Right. This is why I selected the lowest-end non-brand ATi card that I could get for my configuration, and it works perfectly.

I run in super-high-resolution mode, with bezels, overlays and screen effects. That combination permits very crisp, life-like artwork and with the screen effects the actual game looks quite realistic/accurate despite being on a high-res CRT. -GG

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