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| loadman:
--- Quote ---Quote It IS the same as regular MAME Not exactly ,it consumes more memory. it can make a difference on low powered computers. If you want use another front end it always better to use MAME not MAME32 , even if it works with MAME32. --- End quote --- Thanks Youki. I knew there had to be a reason :-) |
| darthbane2k:
--- Quote from: youki on February 24, 2006, 06:31:09 am --- --- Quote ---It IS the same as regular MAME --- End quote --- Not exactly ,it consumes more memory. it can make a difference on low powered computers. If you want use another front end it always better to use MAME not MAME32 , even if it works with MAME32. --- End quote --- again this I believe is pure myth. HOW much memory difference are we talking about here.. because I did a few tests last night and the difference between the two apps running the SAME game was hardly noticable |
| youki:
That 's clear , the difference is not very noticeable. On older version of mame (0.7x) when i 've tested fes time ago the difference was few hundreds of Kb . That is not a big problem for most of time. But if you running on very low power PC. (lot of my user recycle their very old PC , to run old classic like donkey kong , pacman.. etc).. when you have only 32 mega of ram. These few Kb can make a difference. At few Kb you can pass the limit where Windows 98 is beginning to swap memory to HD and slow down dractiscally your performance... But that sure, you're totally right , in most of the case it doesn't make difference. |
| darthbane2k:
--- Quote from: youki on February 27, 2006, 06:38:50 am ---That 's clear , the difference is not very noticeable. On older version of mame (0.7x) when i 've tested fes time ago the difference was few hundreds of Kb . That is not a big problem for most of time. But if you running on very low power PC. (lot of my user recycle their very old PC , to run old classic like donkey kong , pacman.. etc).. when you have only 32 mega of ram. These few Kb can make a difference. At few Kb you can pass the limit where Windows 98 is beginning to swap memory to HD and slow down dractiscally your performance... But that sure, you're totally right , in most of the case it doesn't make difference. --- End quote --- Ahh - point taken :-) |
| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Brad on February 23, 2006, 11:59:45 pm ---Yep, I use Mame32 on my desktop but mame (win32) on my cab with Mamewah. Why anyone would use Mame32 in a cab is a complete mystery to me. Just navigating, especially with no trackball would be a pain the backside. Brad --- End quote --- no mystery, people like me are just too scared to use anything more complicated! mame32 IS navigable on a cab. that is, you can scroll up and down and select a game with your joystick and buttons. when i built my cab a couple of years ago, thats all i could figure out how to work. probably still all i can work out but now i have become aware of some front ends that work with mame32 as is. my next projects will use atomic fe and when i get a chance to i will set that up in my cocktail cab (i live some thousands of kms away from it now :( ) |
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