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| jcrouse:
I think Mini addressed this a few replies above. Thry using the file and method he suggested. John |
| MKChamp:
--- Quote from: jcrouse on July 25, 2006, 01:36:41 pm ---I think Mini addressed this a few replies above. Thry using the file and method he suggested. John --- End quote --- Ahhh yes...worked like a charm. Thank you krick...and, of course, Minwah... |
| Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: lokki on July 24, 2006, 10:54:11 am --- --- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on July 24, 2006, 06:34:02 am --- --- Quote from: NightGod on July 24, 2006, 04:09:33 am ---The biggest news is obviously the fact that MAME now actually uses video card acceleration --- End quote --- About time too!! We've had stable Direct3D acceleration available for years. It's well overdue for inclusion as the primary MAME video driver. Lets just hope it's not too bug infested. At last we'll be offloading a large chunk of the graphics work to the video card and freeing up the main processor, instead of wasting all the processing power that we have built into our video cards. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) --- End quote --- Hi, Just wanted to point out that this update does not do what you expect. The only thing that has changed was the OSD (Operating System Dependent) layer no the drivers themselvces. It now can take advantage of the video card capabilities and it uses them for things like artwork. You will likely see no performance improvements. Infact Aaron mentioned some performance degradation . The only games whose performance has improved is the games that use artwork extensively. (invaders now runs at a decent speed). --- End quote --- Well... that sucks bigtime then. What is it with the Mame Devs, that every time they update, they like to add stuff to the software, that actually makes it perform worse than it did in the last release. Yeah! new features are great. New features are always welcome. However when they actually just clog the software up and slow it down even further they don't really do anything for anybody. It's kind of like, they spot a bit of technology they want to play with and just bung it in there regardless of the consequences. Consequences like all of the front ends suddenly have to be re-written again, many of the utilities we use now won't work (yet again).... Screen res problems for most vertical games... etc etc etc Advantages... ermmm nope sorry can't think of any right now. If this doesn't make mame run faster, OR it doesn't actually make more ROMs playable.... I personally fail to see the point of doing it. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) |
| Santoro:
You must know this by now having been here for a while, but performance is not the primary driver of the MAMEdevs. It's all about preservation and accuracy. That we happen to be able to play these games is just a side benefit. edit: fixed inaccurate spelling of the word 'accuracy' |
| Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Santoro on July 26, 2006, 08:02:47 am ---You must know this by now having been here for a while, but performance is not the primary driver of the MAMEdevs. It's all about preservation and accuray. That we happen to be able to play these games is just a side benefit. --- End quote --- Yes.... Noted and appreciated. They do have quite different aims and goals to the majority of people on here. I for one am thankful that they do spend so many hours, selflessly working on Mame. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) |
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