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| diverdown:
I have just put together a dedicated mame system to run in a cab. As above it is a P111 600 with 380mb RAM, a 40GB HDD, running winxpBEAST - with everything stripped. I am using the on board sound controller. I am running MaLa FE (8) and mame 110. I have at this moment installed a full romset but will delete those not compatible with the 3 sided cocktail cab it is in. There is about 20GB free on HDD. My problem is this: When playing games the sound is "jerky and repeats" on even the less demanding games. Basically there is an echo to most sounds when playing. The game play I think may be a little jerky but it is hard to tell. Should I be having these problems with the above hardware/software? Should I be using a Sound blaster sound card? Any solutions? Ta GB |
| Dmod:
I have similar problems on my PIII 933 MHz. After investigating, I found that this is caused when the PC can't draw the video frames fast enough. The video lags the sound, and as a result, the sound is repeated. Setting the auto-frameskip feature in Mame will reduce the problem, but there's going to be a lot of games that the PIII 600 MHz machine is just not fast enough to emulate. |
| Havok:
Just drop down to an older version of Mame and you'll be fine... |
| Dmod:
--- Quote from: Havok on February 25, 2007, 12:01:49 am ---Just drop down to an older version of Mame and you'll be fine... --- End quote --- Thanks for the tip Havok. I just tried version 0.78, which Texasmame was recommending based on tests with his PII machine and it definitely improved frame rate and sound quality on games like SFA3 and MSLUG3. The downside is I can't run Bubble Bobble anymore (which I just got my daughter hooked on) and maybe some others. Any recommendation on how far back we roll back on the PIII? |
| diverdown:
thanks to you both i will wait until the "how far to roll back" question is answered and then give it a go. The machine is not for me and the new wont know what he is missing if i drop a few games. For me metal slug just HAS to work |
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