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| Aurich:
It just goes to show though, that anyone who is complaining that 80's games run too slow is probably using really old hardware. I don't understand where this attitude that recent software should be running great on the 386 you found in your basement comes from. You can build a brand new bare bones PC that will kick ass in MAME for dirt cheap these days, let alone grabbing an older but plenty fast box off eBay etc. BYOAC is about the right tools to make your project work, and a decent PC should just be part of the list. It just shouldn't be a bone of contention in my mind. Personally I love the new video system, I find the overlay flexibility very useful. I'm glad MAME is moving forward and not being stuck tied to old hardware. People with old hardware can just choose not to upgrade if they wish. |
| SGT:
--- Quote from: Aurich on April 03, 2007, 08:07:09 pm ---It just goes to show though, that anyone who is complaining that 80's games run too slow is probably using really old hardware. I don't understand where this attitude that recent software should be running great on the 386 you found in your basement comes from. --- End quote --- Who has expressed this attitude that recent software should be running great on a 386? --- Quote ---People with old hardware can just choose not to upgrade if they wish. --- End quote --- You cannot seem to grasp that is exactly what this thread is about. This is not a pissing contest nor a complaint fest. It is simply a thread asking what version of Mame runs the fastest. I have only a 2 Ghz cpu, not the latest cadillac. I could care less if you upgrade your machine every two years or not. You have not seen a complaint from me that Mame is getting slower. I simply wanted advice regarding older versions of Mame. Try to remove your nose from the Devs backside long enough to understand what this thread is about. |
| dmckean:
--- Quote from: Aurich on April 03, 2007, 08:07:09 pm ---It just goes to show though, that anyone who is complaining that 80's games run too slow is probably using really old hardware. I don't understand where this attitude that recent software should be running great on the 386 you found in your basement comes from. You can build a brand new bare bones PC that will kick ass in MAME for dirt cheap these days, let alone grabbing an older but plenty fast box off eBay etc. BYOAC is about the right tools to make your project work, and a decent PC should just be part of the list. It just shouldn't be a bone of contention in my mind. Personally I love the new video system, I find the overlay flexibility very useful. I'm glad MAME is moving forward and not being stuck tied to old hardware. People with old hardware can just choose not to upgrade if they wish. --- End quote --- I think it's because a MAME cabinet is something that someone thinks about doing with their old computer after they upgrade. It shouldn't require big beefy hardware to run old classics from the 80s. An old Pentium 133 or Celeron you have laying around should be able to handle it. I realize old versions of MAME allow you to do this with most games, but theres a lot of old 80s games in those versions that don't have full sound support or are a little buggy that have since been fixed in later versions. Maybe it would make more sense if the MAME developers split MAME up by decade and had three versions to keep things from getting too bloated and also be able to maintain realistic system requirements for each version. |
| Extreme8:
--- Quote from: dmckean on April 03, 2007, 10:41:07 pm ---Maybe it would make more sense if the MAME developers split MAME up by decade and had three versions to keep things from getting too bloated and also be able to maintain realistic system requirements for each version. --- End quote --- Mamedev wouldn't care if NONE of the games run on current hardware. Their stated mission is to preserve these classics in as close to original form as possible. The fact that hardware has progressed to the point that many of them are usable is just a bonus. Those that don't contribute to the cause (and I consider myself among that number) should just be grateful that we are reaping the benefits of their work. "Boo-hoo-hoo, Pacman is only 3 times faster than it needs to be. If those know nothing devs didn't mess with the code it could be 5 times faster than required, then the world would be all rainbows and lollipops." Gimme a break. There's a saying in American auto racing: "speed costs son. How fast you wanna go?" I guess the same could be said about high frame rates. Which leads us to the next American racing expression:"put up or shut up" |
| Aurich:
--- Quote from: SGT on April 03, 2007, 10:21:04 pm ---Who has expressed this attitude that recent software should be running great on a 386? --- End quote --- I was obviously being somewhat sarcastic, but I was responding to this quote: --- Quote ---Please don't keep saying that the 80's games will work fine with recent releases of Mame....cause last I checked, Pac-Man was from the 80's and it runs slow as heck on newer Mame releases. --- End quote --- If Pac-Man is running "slow as heck" on ANY version of MAME your machine is ancient. You could only update your machine every 5 years and your old computer should still be plenty fast, expecting anything else is less than realistic. It's not a rare expectation though, hence my point. There's a reason Aaron wrote: --- Quote ---I get tired of reading people just blindly saying that MAME gets slower with each release. --- End quote --- it happens all the freaking time, including here. Don't take it so personally, I understand this thread just fine, if you really want some help try losing the attitude and post some details on what exactly you're having trouble with on your 2GHz box. Presumably you can run Pac-Man ok. |
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