I'm using MAME .66, the games that run slow are like mortal kombat. and I've only got 256mb RAM does this sound right?
So let's recap :
800mhz P3
256 MB RAM
OnBoard video (likely with 8 MB shared RAM)
MAME-XP
MAME .66 and a .66 ROMset (with Mala front end)
Is that all correct?
Adding a GeForce card to that would surely help.
Alright .. I'll review my notes and see how we can speed that rig up as is ...
OK, as I've said switching from MAME 66 to FastMAME 66 can help. Here is FastMAME 66 :
http://tinyurl.com/4zjevrAlright, I have set up FastMAME 66 + Mortal Kombat ROM from a .61 ROMset, let's see what I can do to make it hyper-speed...
OK, to test FPS I make a batch file (go.bat) that reads :
fastmame mk
pause
I start the game and press f10 (disable frame rate throttle) and f11 (display frame rate) right away, then let it run until it reads "Goro lives".
Mortal Kombat? Yuck! I would have preferred Dig Dug.After exiting MAME a DOS box appears and displays the average frame rate.
OK, right out of the box it runs @ 207 FPS.
I make another batch file that reads :
fastmame -cc
This tells fastMAME to create a config file that I can edit.
Now fastmame.ini exists, I can edit it and hopefully speed up Mortal Kombat ...
I changed the resolution from "auto" to 640x480, new framerate 198 FPS ...
I changed the resolution from "auto" to 320x240, new framerate 219 FPS ...
So it seems that "auto resolution" works OK, let's see what else we can adjust ...
OK, resolution back to "auto" and now "resamplefilter 0" let's see if that's a winner ...
OK, now 247 FPS rather than 207 FPS, so that was a winner. Let's see what else ...
OK, I change the samplerate to 22050 rather than 44100 ... now 243 FPS ... Hmmmm
OK, samplerate back to 44100 ... How about "sound 0" I bet that'll be dramatic ...
OK, with sound disabled the frame rate is 578, that's good but there is no audio at all ...
Hmmmmm .... Well I guess FastMAME already has the best options by default, logically it would.
Let's compare our FastMAME framerate of 247, achieved by disabling "ReSampleFilter", to regular MAME 66 ...
FastMAME 66 with all default options except "ReSampleFilter" disabled : 257 FPS
MAME 66 with all default options except "ReSampleFilter" disabled : 244 FPS
Well that was less dramatic than I anticipated.
I guess the best you can do is install FastMAME rather than MAME and disable ReSampleFilter.
I will now concede and wait for the IT guy to chime in
This post needs a picture! I have been hanging around the photography forum too much... Here is a lovely lighthouse I captured with my little pocket camera :
And the same lighthouse modeled by my little boss :
Cheers,
Craig