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| pbGames:
Hi, Can someone please tell me if a pentium 4 with 512M memory is good enough for mame? |
| CoryBee:
--- Quote from: pbGames on September 19, 2013, 03:12:13 am ---Hi, Can someone please tell me if a pentium 4 with 512M memory is good enough for mame? --- End quote --- Simple answer. Yes. Don't use newer versions of mame if you want better performance. Find one pre .100 |
| Haze:
Question comes up all the time. There is no real answer. 'A Pentium 4' is a very loose definition of the system although if it's only got 512MB ram then I'd guess it's a very low-end one in the first place. Like I've said every time this subject comes up, you can rewind versions a bit to find slightly faster ones, but you'll also lose out on bug fixes made along the way, even to classic titles. Personally I'd never be seen dead wanting to run anything but the latest version (unless there was a specific bug preventing me from doing so) but I'd also not really recommend anything less than a good Core2 for that. Keep in mind that even in the very latest version released yesterday (0.150) we've seen important fixes to older drivers like Double Dragon, the sound in Top Speed/Full Throttle and protection fixes for a whole bunch of Data East drivers. If you decide to use older hardware, and have to use older versions you'll be missing out on those fixes and hundreds of countless others that have been made between the versions. |
| rpgposer:
My cab has a 3.4 ghz p4 with 2gb of ram and a discrete agp video card. It runs most 2d games fine using mame version .148. I plan on updating to .149 or .150 (didn't know it was released) when I have time. |
| pbGames:
Thanks for everyones comments. I am sure lots of people ask the same kind of questions... I assume when you mention .1x. I mean the version? And the current version is .149? I was going to install hypersin too. Looking at the size of the download I assume 1G memory is probably better. With possibly a core 2... |
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