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Should I upgrade with a cpu or ram to play mame???
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Tiger-Heli:

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--- Quote from: gonzo90017 on May 09, 2006, 10:02:55 pm ---I have 400mhz celeron with 128mb ram and everything runs full speed even the metal slug games.
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We talk about MAME. Do you have full speed on MAME (for example version 105) in Metal Slug 5?

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If you are wanting to run MAME 105, plan on at least a 1.2 Ghz processor, more would be better.

If you are talking about a P3 600 or Celeron 400, then use an older MAME or the alternative emulators as previously posted.

Your choice on which way to go.  It really isn't that hard a concept to grasp.
Negativecreep0:
also its good to note that some games like a metal slug have slowdown on the real arcade machines at time. This was carried over to the mame emulation just like in the arcade, so no matter what your speed there will be slow down, this is just the way the neo geo bios handles the rom
divemaster127:
I would at least have 256 meg of ram, memory is so cheap & i would get the fastest processor i could
thanks
dm
Lilwolf:
for the prices these days, you might consider looking around (ebay ect) for a super cheap faster computer.  You can get a MUCH better computer for less then 30 bucks these days...  Your talking ancient there.

But as it comes... look for a mame version that was made around when your computer was 'current'.  You loose a lot of games but mame was optimized for your system.  v.36 is much faster then v.37 because of the color depth internal to mame changed.  And around .57 or .56 or so there was another system wide slowdown. 

But I wouldn't upgrade anything on that computer... NO money should go into it.  You might find someone who has memory to fit it... but I wouldn't spend more then 1 or 2 bucks for extra ram... heck, they should give it to you if you know them.

So optimize EVERYTHING for your computer... DOS will help a bit.  And optimized mame builds (fastmame) will help...  But don't expect much on that system.
krick:
BEWARE!

Memory for older computers can be VERY expensive for larger sized modules.  In addition, you have the whole low-density vs high-density compatability thing to worry about.

I wouldn't bother putting money into any system that isn't using at least a socket 478 on the Intel side, or a socket 754 on the AMD side.

Anything older is just not cost effective to upgrade.

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