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4Ghz Core 2 Duo vs M.A.M.E. 0.120 (benchmark results)
equlizer:
is mame setup for multiple cores? I think its just about the speed of the cpu.
smalltownguy:
Regardless of whether or not you're using multiple cores, with the i7 2600k, you've got 4 pipelines to work with, so even if MAME is running in a single one, the rest of the cores can handle all of the other OS activities going on. And you can OC each of the cores separately.
I'm about to do some formal benchmarking on my i7 2600k soon.
First blush reports show MK4 running for 180 seconds at an average of 89% with the chip clocked to 4.5ghz.
I'm putting the finishing touches on my test rig and I'm hoping to get 5.1ghz stable on air cooling. Then I'll start my benchmark tests.
smalltownguy:
Alright, finally some results. My core i7 gets pretty flaky after 4.8ghz, so I chose to keep it there for now.
5346.38% - 1942
735.65% - Area 51
352.60% - gauntleg12
272.67% - Blitz
387.44% - Gradius4
177.67% - Propcycl
142.97% - radikalb
121.86% - starsldr
Not too shabby :)
My system setup: ASUS P8P67M-Pro, 8 Gigs Ripjaw 12800 RAM, 64GB SATA III SSD, I7 2600k clocked to 4.8 on air, NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 256mb PCIe, running XP 64bit.
brad808:
--- Quote from: smalltownguy on February 25, 2012, 02:28:50 pm ---Alright, finally some results. My core i7 gets pretty flaky after 4.8ghz, so I chose to keep it there for now.
5346.38% - 1942
735.65% - Area 51
327.25% - gauntleg
272.67% - Blitz
387.44% - Gradius4
177.67% - Propcycl
142.97% - radikalb
121.86% - starsldr
Not too shabby :)
My system setup: ASUS P8P67M-Pro, 8 Gigs Ripjaw 12800 RAM, 64GB SATA III SSD, I7 2600k clocked to 4.8 on air, NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 256mb PCIe, running XP 64bit.
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I've been curious about this actually. When you have benchmark numbers like that on games such as gauntlet legends and blitz are you able to play them without any sound stuttering?
smalltownguy:
Both games play perfectly with no audio issues. I played a full half of football in Blitz and it plays perfectly.
Gauntlet legends crashes randomly after I start gameplay. My cpu is nowhere near maxed out - the game is running in 4 out of 8 cores, and each of them is at best 60% utilized.
Is Gauntlet Legends emulated properly in MAME?
EDIT: I tried version 1.2 of Gauntlet Legends, and it plays perfectly. Wow, fun game. I'll have to get a few guys together and beat the crap out of that one :)