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p4 @ 2.53ghz w/ 512mb ddr - which mame version?

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JoeB:

I don't see why this PC will not able to run the latest MAME version, as long as you stick to the older games.  It's not like pacman is not playable on this system with the latest MAME!  If anything, if your CPU is hyperthreaded (which I believe it might be) it should run better of the newest mame.


Hoopz:

Mame went through an audio change around .102 or .104 and an artwork change too.  I'd suggest getting an older version and running it for most of the stuff you want to play.  I have .94 running on P4 1.8 Ghz without any issues.

For games that were added in new versions, grab those roms and those versions of Mame.  It's not an issue to have different versions of Mame running on the same system.  It keeps resources lower for most of the stuff and still allows you to play any newer games that you want. 

mcseforsale:

.143 on GX260 P4 with 512MB of ram, onboard video.  RAM won't help.  It's all proc based.

I run about 200 SNES, 200 N64, Atari 2600 and about 250 MAME games with no effect...until I get to something from Namco with polygon rendering or their 3D audio.  Then it munches.

AJ



tony.silveira:

thanks guys!

I'll try the version I'm running and strip out the newer stuff. 

I also want to strip out clones, I think I can do this with clrmamepro?

my nephew has autism so want to make this as easy as possible for him

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