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Processor Upgrade?
ramos8414:
Will upgrading from a 2.66 Ghz pentium 4 to a 3.06 Ghz pentium 4, make games like killer instinct play better?
I have 1.5gb pc27000 ddr ram
Nvidea GeForce FX5200.
05SRT4:
Yes, But I am not sure by how much. Someone else correct me if I am incorrect but isn't MAME mostly run off CPU power anyways? So I figure the better CPU the better game performance.
ark_ader:
I would increase the RAM to 8gb and install a RAMDISK. Load your OS in the RAMDISK and you will see a huge improvement.
Haze:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on September 16, 2013, 05:39:39 am ---I would increase the RAM to 8gb and install a RAMDISK. Load your OS in the RAMDISK and you will see a huge improvement.
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Running from a RAMDISK will not change MAME runtime performance at all, not even for CHD based titles. This is just bad advice.
Upgrading to a 3ghz P4 from a 2.something one will make a minor difference, but probably not one significant enough to be worthwhile, no other upgrade to the machine will make any noticeable difference to MAME.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: Haze on September 16, 2013, 08:00:57 am ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on September 16, 2013, 05:39:39 am ---I would increase the RAM to 8gb and install a RAMDISK. Load your OS in the RAMDISK and you will see a huge improvement.
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Running from a RAMDISK will not change MAME runtime performance at all, not even for CHD based titles. This is just bad advice.
Upgrading to a 3ghz P4 from a 2.something one will make a minor difference, but probably not one significant enough to be worthwhile, no other upgrade to the machine will make any noticeable difference to MAME.
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I'm not referring to MAME but to the OS. IF there is no bottleneck then the system performance will run applications faster. This includes Solid State HDD.
When I run Linux in Ram I see a huge improvement. Care to back that up Haze?