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yotsuya:


--- Quote from: dkersten on September 12, 2014, 12:18:41 pm ---Although I have built one cab that runs 2gb with windows 7 and it seems to run just fine, I tend to agree with you, if at all possible, I don't use less than 4gb.  I was running into performance issues on the latest cab PC (caused by using a .154 ini with a .153 mame build) and in troubleshooting I dug up 2 more sticks of ram and bumped it from 2gb to 4gb.  No difference in performance, and in both cases I had plenty of ram free still. 

But I didn't try it with the FE fully loaded with 2 LED controllers each running different animations, and the amount of free memory was only around 500 megs with 2gig in the machine, nor did I try to run a game with a large CHD file.  And windows DOES use a little more if it has it, which theoretically means it should help in bottleneck situations (my free ram while running mame off the FE went from 500 megs to around 1.5 gigs after adding 2 more gigs).

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Exactly.


--- Quote from: Vigo on September 12, 2014, 12:28:11 pm ---There is no point to examine the best configuration of ram for your motherboard, simply fill up on enough from the get-go, and fill evenly. If you underestimate your RAM need, then you end up wasting a lot more time and money than overkilling on RAM.


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I am reminded of the  :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: son-of-a-motherless :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: previous IT director my district had running the show. He INSISTED that we'd be fine with only 2GB of RAM on our new Windows 7 machines to save something like $10 per computer. Every time the students sit there and wait for programs to load, every time Photoshop bogs down, they curse his name.

lamprey:


--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 12, 2014, 12:35:21 pm ---
<snip> only 2GB of RAM on our new Windows 7 machines <snip> Photoshop <snip>
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WAAAHHH?!?!

Damn, That's just crazy! Luckily, on my home workstation, I have gobs of memory. I just wish the faster Xeon procs were cheaper!  >:D




yotsuya:


--- Quote from: lamprey on September 12, 2014, 01:21:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 12, 2014, 12:35:21 pm ---
<snip> only 2GB of RAM on our new Windows 7 machines <snip> Photoshop <snip>
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WAAAHHH?!?!

Damn, That's just crazy! Luckily, on my home workstation, I have gobs of memory. I just wish the faster Xeon procs were cheaper!  >:D


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I know, right? Dude ran our district IT into the ground, then bailed.

lamprey:


--- Quote from: cools on September 12, 2014, 03:52:59 am ---It'll be GroovyMAME 154 64bit. I'll grab those and give them a try when I can - hopefully this weekend.

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I sound like a broken record, but apparently, a lot of people don't know.. if you have any issues playing gauntlet, I assume you are talking the 3D ones, then try an older version of mame (like 0145). That plays about 20-30% faster than the latest version of mame (0154) for those types of 3D games.

Vigo:


--- Quote from: lamprey on September 12, 2014, 01:21:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 12, 2014, 12:35:21 pm ---
<snip> only 2GB of RAM on our new Windows 7 machines <snip> Photoshop <snip>
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WAAAHHH?!?!

Damn, That's just crazy! Luckily, on my home workstation, I have gobs of memory. I just wish the faster Xeon procs were cheaper!  >:D

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Damn, and I have been complaining about my work Computer. I am the only employee in my company who works with the Adobe creative suite, and because my work has a "fairness" philosophy, we are all stuck on dell laptops from 2007. It has been fun trying to explain to my boss why the software that costs $600 a year is useless for me to make training videos with because Adobe Premiere and after effects will not work with a 32 bit system. At least I was able to get upgraded to 4gb or Ram so photoshop and indesign are not too terrible. I just can't run them both at the same time.

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