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| Jeff AMN:
Has anybody been able to tell if there's a noticeable performance difference between Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, or Vista? I was just curious if this had any sort of impact at all on things. I did a search and couldn't find an answer. |
| u_rebelscum:
Depends what you mean by "performance". If you just mean speed, not really but that depends on drivers, amount of memory, etc. There are some user differences that might be big enough to make a difference to some people (like me). The ones I know about have to do with mouse-type inputs: 9598 & ME2000xpvistausb micenot reallyyesyesyesyesmultiple micenot reallyUSB onlynoyesI assume yesAPI used for multiple mouse inputDIDI(DI)RII assume RIdoes win desktop mouse speed effect mame?yesyesyesnono "DI" = directInput "RI" = RawInput |
| Tiger-Heli:
Not performance, but there are some other ones worth mentioning. Chankast and many newer emulators only work under XP (and maybe NT/2k, not 9X) If you want to use AutoHotKey to call Johnny5 to display controls when MAME is paused, that doesn't work under 9x. If you have a PS/2 keyboard encoder it does not have to be plugged in at bootup under Win9x, so if you have a desktop controller, you can use a USB keyboard and hot-plug the PS/2 encoder. Under WinX, it must be plugged in at boot-up, or you need a PS/2 keyboard plugged in so you can hot-swap it. (Neither method is spec-compliant, I have never had any problems with either one.) |
| Howard_Casto:
The short answer is on very low end pcs 98se... anything else xp. Me, 2k and 95 are crap so avoid them at all costs. (Please no posts about how you use 95, me and 2k on your system... they are serviceable and might work but there are inherant issues with each.) Xp uses more ram, you can't avoid that, but ram isn't a huge consideration for a mame cab so long as you have enough to run the os well with some to spare. |
| AlexKidd:
The main advantage of win2k is there is no activation so you can install it on multiple machines. |
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