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councilface:
On my PC whilst playing games like strider 2 and MK. Im a newbie so please dont flame too much.

Im guessing its because of my NVDIA vanta 16mb video card.

What sort of card would I need to get my PC running the latest MAME compatible games?  :dunno
AtomSmasher:
From my little understanding of Mame, I believe video cards have little to nothing to do with game performance, its almost entirely dependant on processor speed.

Another option is to run an older version of mame, which would help the games run faster.  The original MK ran great on an old 800mhz machine I had that ran something around mame version 0.95
DaveMMR:
What are the rest of your computer specs?  The processor speed is usually the biggest culprit in MAME running slow.  But yeah, I would try an older version of MAME before upgrading.
u_rebelscum:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on November 07, 2007, 04:32:42 pm ---... video cards have little to nothing to do with game performance, its almost entirely mostly dependant on processor speed.

--- End quote ---

Used to be no effect, but Mame is now using the video card, but mostly for non-emulating stuff like resizing to the PC screen's resolution and artwork. 

Your TNT2 Vanta card probably is causing some slow down if you are using mame's default settings, but we'd need more specs to be sure.  The two mame settings you might want to try changing to see if it's the video card is change the resolution to lower numbers, and use directdraw instead of direct3d.  See, umm, here and here for detailed info on this, or post your specs and you'll give you more specific help. 
councilface:
Thanks Guys, Im running a P4 so it shouldnt really be my processor (I would have thought). I will post my other specs when I get home from work.

In other news my girlfriend is adamant on becoming a Robotron hero. I may have converted her  :cheers:
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