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Why is my new computer running Mame games slow??
reebboy:
I just bought a new Compaq computer with an Athalon 2400 and 128mg and running Win XP. According to what I have read this should be good enough to run most early Mame game but for some reason may games are still skipping frames. I am running the most recent version of MAME 32.
For example Asteroids Deluxe is only getting up to about 45 FPS. That is with basic settings. If I try to up the resolution it drops down to about 5 FPS. Cyberball 2020 is even slower.
I boosted the memory to over 600mg and there doesn't seem to be much difference. I would like to know if adding an video card will help or should I just stick with the onboard video card. Also will downgrading to WIN 98 make much difference.
I'm at a loss as to why it is running many games so slow.
Edgedamage:
Try these settings. Sometimes if you set scanlines to on the vector games start sucking wind. So make sure scanlines are off for vector.
reebboy:
I have no effects on at all and I'm using auto resolution . Compaq loads their computers full of junk programs, I'm wondering if one of them is eating up my processing power. I thought I deleted most of them out but maybe one is slipping by. It seems I should have no problem running Asteroids Deluxe or just about any other older game. Out of curiosity, what type of system are you using?
Edgedamage:
Homemade system with athalon 1800. But I just built a system with an all in one board and was using mame32 for a quick test before I went through the steps of installing mame080b and a front end. And found that I had set scanlines on and the vector games ran like crap. As soon as they were disabled the games ran full speed.
JustMichael:
I would suggest you kill stuff running in the background. Second, buy a video card. Most of those video-on-board systems have crap for video. The manufacturer uses the cheapest chips so they can to boost their profit.