Core i5 3570K and rom speed

[Tzakiel]

Just a quick question... I need to upgrade my mame PC and just trying to get an idea - with this 3570 or 3570K CPU, can I reasonably expect to be playing Radiant Silvergun, cave shooters, basic 3d fighters, etc at 100% speed?  I am testing on my normal desktop which has a core i5 2500K OC'd to 3.8ghz, Mame 1.5 64 bit, and Radiant Silvergun is dipping down to 74% in some spots on the first level. Or is this just inevitable and nothing that can be done without spending for an i7?

[Brian74]

I have a 3750k, I will check.

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[Tzakiel]

I wait with baited breath. What are some other intense roms to test? I am aware of RS, cave shooters, radiant silvergun, SF EX, gauntlet dark legacy... and I think some of the racing games have been brought up as good test cases.

[Brian74]

For roms, the blitz series, gauntlet legends, area 51, time crisis, cruzin usa. Most of your 3d games. For emulators, demul, nulldc, ttx/ttx2, dolphin and psx2. I just updated my video card. Been running lots of tests until I decided to rearrange my arcade )

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[Tzakiel]

Cool... I will test some of those on my desktop. Let me know your findings with Radiant. If I turn on frameskipping to auto it's better but still dips a bit.

[Brian74]

So I ran that game. Played til level 2, mine dropped to 99% for just a second. But then again, I just upgraded my video card to a gtx 770  This card is wicked fast!

[Tzakiel]

Brian, appreciate your report. However, I'm pretty sure mame doesn't use much or any of your video card. If it did, we wouldn't be worried about getting almost 4 ghz .

[Brian74]

Very true, think im going to try to overclock mine.


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