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VIA EPIA + C3 good for running MAME?
Lilwolf:
what problems? just speed?
you should probably look at running other emulators whenever possible. Most smaller emulators run much faster then mame.
Also look at running older versions of mame.
the 800 is probably the same as a 500mhz intel. So I would look around .36 and see how it does.
aumameman:
What Ive found boosts the power of an AMD K6-2 500, 256mb ram is running it in pure DOS (win 98/95 dos) with arcadeos and mame 0.65 The only trouble is you cannot use a act labs light gun on this setup but it doesnt run area51 very well anyhow.
starbug1234:
The problem Im having is that when selecting the ROM, the screen blacks out as if about to go into game, then just comes back to the GUI again :S
I prefureably would like to run under dos, but have never managed to get anything working using a standard PC monitor, and non-soundblaster/ati cards.
Any idea's appreciated.
S.
AlanS17:
Sounds like a video card issue (even though it's onboard video). Try forcing a resolution. Hmmm... What version of MAME and Windows are you running? EPIA's were designed with WinXP in mind. They were never meant to run Win98 so I hope that's not what you're using.
Pretty soon this may turn into a Monitor/Video thread.
Though I've never used them, I'm confident they will work as I've heard of other people using them before. I'm confident of the processing power to run games full-speed. If video is your only problem I'm sure that can be resolved.
Are you using video through TV or monitor?
Jakobud:
I think you guys are overestimating the speed of that thing. I have read numerous times that the 933MHz EPIA is comparable in speed to about a P3-450.. :(