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Processor Upgrade?
JDFan:
Also that FX5200 is not helping any -- The Nvidia FX line had alot of problems with their implementation of shaders as Nvidia made some tweaks to get better benchmark results that caused problems since they did not work properly and certain shader calls brought the FPS down to >1 FPS in some games (ie. Oblivion any time you got near any fire in game - causing Bethesda to develop a patch for the game to remove shaders and introduce an Ultra low setting for those cards since they were listed as able to run the game.) You may find that even a small investment in a different GPU to get away from the FX line of cards might help (even though Mame is not really that GPU dependent in this case it might help)
ark_ader:
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--- 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?
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His question was about Killer Instinct in MAME, not the OS. The performance of the OS is completely irrelevant here.
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I beg to differ.
But for everyone's sanity I will in future just agree with you, like I treat my bombastic uncle. :cheers:
Haze:
Given that it's our software you're talking about it would be wise to stop acting like you know more about it than us at every turn, yes. Also if you want to drop the sarcastic comments, that would be nice.
This is why I can't block you on here unfortunately, because tragic advice like this is only going to get the hopes of somebody up to unreal levels, when the reality is what you're suggesting won't change a thing.
The only way MAME is going to be affected by the underlying OS is if it's degraded to a state of having spyware, adware and other random programs running in the background randomly eating up CPU time, and in that case the OS should just be reinstalled. The Windows install on one of my secondary boxes is what, 5-6 years old, it's gone through so much Windows churn it takes a good 10 minutes to boot, but it runs MAME exactly the same as it did 6 years ago because once you're running MAME very few things actually matter.
Your intention here is clearly just to give bad advice and waste time, plus drop the odd sarcastic insult, you are detrimental to progress, and bad for this forum.
ppv:
p4 3 ghz
1.5 gig ram
GeForce 6200
KI2 speed: 99.82%.
Never had trouble running those games before.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: Haze on September 16, 2013, 11:12:18 am ---Given that it's our software you're talking about it would be wise to stop acting like you know more about it than us at every turn, yes. Also if you want to drop the sarcastic comments, that would be nice.
This is why I can't block you on here unfortunately, because tragic advice like this is only going to get the hopes of somebody up to unreal levels, when the reality is what you're suggesting won't change a thing.
The only way MAME is going to be affected by the underlying OS is if it's degraded to a state of having spyware, adware and other random programs running in the background randomly eating up CPU time, and in that case the OS should just be reinstalled. The Windows install on one of my secondary boxes is what, 5-6 years old, it's gone through so much Windows churn it takes a good 10 minutes to boot, but it runs MAME exactly the same as it did 6 years ago because once you're running MAME very few things actually matter.
Your intention here is clearly just to give bad advice and waste time, plus drop the odd sarcastic insult, you are detrimental to progress, and bad for this forum.
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Yes Haze. You are right. Thanks for letting us know.