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404:
Something has to be wrong somewhere. I run mame, snes, genesis/megadrive etc on a flexatx sized pc with the following specs

p4 era celeron 1ghz with no CPU level cache
512mb ddr1 pc3200
40gig 5400rpm drive
on board intel 845i graphics

I can easily play roughly 70% of games without ever touching a single setting.

Something may not be playing well with mame on that machine (no pun intended) Try a different mame derivative, check your cpu load and memory usage.
Cynicaster:
 Yeah, something doesn't seem right. My MAME machine is some 7-8 year-old PC with single core and 1gig RAM that I bought used for dirt cheap. It runs the classics like a champ, and even plays some proto-3D games like Tekken and Xevious 3DG no problem.
Kangum:
wow you guys were right. my machine was acting really weird. so i did a minimum factory restore. started up mame and it played every game i tried perfectly. I cant figure out for the life of me what caused my issue before. it kept saying my processor was at 25% use but nothing was listed under task manager. everything was really slow. Im glad I did the restore. Its like a whole different machine. woohoo!
404:

--- Quote from: Kangum on January 15, 2012, 01:35:19 pm ---wow you guys were right. my machine was acting really weird. so i did a minimum factory restore. started up mame and it played every game i tried perfectly. I cant figure out for the life of me what caused my issue before. it kept saying my processor was at 25% use but nothing was listed under task manager. everything was really slow. Im glad I did the restore. Its like a whole different machine. woohoo!

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Yeah, that sounds so much better. Something must have been throttling you there. Glad you got it sorted.
Kangum:

--- Quote from: 404 on January 15, 2012, 01:52:36 pm ---Yeah, that sounds so much better. Something must have been throttling you there. Glad you got it sorted.

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Thanks. Its running very smooth now. I tested even more games as some stuff was restored. Neo geo and everything was working perfectly and smooth. I dont know if I had a trojon or what but its gone now. I just hope I dont accidently put back what nerfed my system.
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