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| bluevolume:
I'm moving forward with my MAME project, and I picked up a motherboard/cpu/memory combo off of Craigslist. I'm starting to think that I might have made a mistake; didn't realize that the latest versions of MAME are so CPU hungry. Here are the specs: AMD x64 3000+ (1.8GHz) 1gb PC3200 RAM MSI MSI RS482M4-ILD board Integrated ATI x300 graphics (though I will probably replace this with an ArcadeVGA) I loaded up a clean version of XP and ran through all of the performance tweaks that I know of. My benchmark game is MK2, and no matter what configurations I try this game sits at 100% CPU all the time. I know that means that MAME is throttling itself, this is not what I want to see in a project that I'm just starting. Any ideas? On paper does it sound like this board should be fast enough? If I have to go with something else, I found a deal on a Pentium D 2.6ghz -- would that get me there? Thanks! Blue |
| ahofle:
--- Quote from: bluevolume on August 09, 2007, 05:58:52 pm ---I loaded up a clean version of XP and ran through all of the performance tweaks that I know of. My benchmark game is MK2, and no matter what configurations I try this game sits at 100% CPU all the time. I know that means that MAME is throttling itself, this is not what I want to see in a project that I'm just starting. --- End quote --- I'm not sure why you are concerned with CPU utilization while MAME is running. Are you planning on encoding video while you are running MAME? Load up MK2 and press F10 to unthrottle and see how fast it goes. That's all the matters on a MAME rig. Your system should be fine for the vast majority of games IMO. |
| torez:
Did you try updating the drivers or just use default ones that came with Windows XP? Check mobo manufacturer's website for any updates, then go to ATI, etc. Integrated video card is not the best choice, as it takes cpu cycles as well. Make sure your ram has matching cass latency (CL, that would be either 2.5 or 3). |
| bluevolume:
--- Quote from: torez on August 09, 2007, 06:27:17 pm ---Did you try updating the drivers or just use default ones that came with Windows XP? Check mobo manufacturer's website for any updates, then go to ATI, etc. Integrated video card is not the best choice, as it takes cpu cycles as well. Make sure your ram has matching cass latency (CL, that would be either 2.5 or 3). --- End quote --- I think I'm good with the drivers. Hopefully the ArcadeVGA card will help, I'll be disabling the integrated video at that point. |
| Neilyboy:
I would guess with those spec's if you are experiencing and hiccups in playback its more than likely due to the onboard video. Let us know how things roll after the ArcadeVGA installation. Im rather curious myself. Neil |
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