Main Restorations Software Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Everything Else Buy/Sell/Trade
Project Announcements Monitor/Video GroovyMAME Merit/JVL Touchscreen Meet Up Retail Vendors
Driving & Racing Woodworking Software Support Forums Consoles Project Arcade Reviews
Automated Projects Artwork Frontend Support Forums Pinball Forum Discussion Old Boards
Raspberry Pi & Dev Board controls.dat Linux Miscellaneous Arcade Wiki Discussion Old Archives
Lightguns Arcade1Up Try the site in https mode Site News

Unread posts | New Replies | Recent posts | Rules | Chatroom | Wiki | File Repository | RSS | Submit news

« previous next »
Pages: [1]
  
Go Down

Author Topic: ATI rage Card  (Read 2240 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Dillsta

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 45
  • Last login:August 15, 2009, 02:35:05 am
ATI rage Card
« on: October 04, 2008, 02:55:24 am »
At the moment i have a p3 800mhz, 256mb sdram and onboard graphics and sound. Most of my mame games run ok but the 1v1 fighters are really bad and slow. I was wondering if i got a ATI Rage 128 Pro 32mb, would it speed it up to a reasonable level?

Thanks Dylan
Logged

gonzo90017

  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1034
  • Last login:June 23, 2019, 02:41:07 pm
  • I'm a llama!
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2008, 01:45:22 pm »
What fighters are you talking about?
Logged

MrMojoZ

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 291
  • Last login:June 25, 2009, 11:34:56 pm
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2008, 03:31:48 pm »
I'd say CPU is holding you back more than anything unless your emulator just isn't compatible with your onboard video.
Logged

ChadTower

  • Chief Kicker - Nobody's perfect, including me. Fantastic body.
  • Trade Count: (+12)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 38212
  • Last login:June 22, 2025, 04:57:38 pm
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2008, 04:49:28 pm »

That's not a huge graphics card upgrade, most likely.  Your CPU and RAM are the limiting factors here.
Logged

Dillsta

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 45
  • Last login:August 15, 2009, 02:35:05 am
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2008, 02:57:54 am »
I'm trying to play games like street fighter. but the games that run slow don't work when i have directx turned on in the mame config. I just get an arror that says

Error creating dirextX7 device: 887602eb
Video emulation was not started.

Thats why i think a graphics card might help!

but when directX is turned on  i get a framerate of 5-10fps. which is shocking. :banghead:

Does this help at all?
Logged

vidmouse

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 588
  • Last login:November 08, 2021, 10:13:41 am
  • Oop! Ack! Thppphbt!
    • Vidmouse's Arcade
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2008, 08:08:26 am »
What version of MAME are you using?
You may have better luck with older versions
Logged

SirPeale

  • Green Mountain Man
  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (+23)
  • Full Member
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 12963
  • Last login:August 04, 2023, 09:51:57 am
  • Arcade Repair in New England
    • Arcade Game and Other Coin-Op Projects
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2008, 08:47:53 am »
Quote from: vidmouse on October 05, 2008, 08:08:26 am
What version of MAME are you using?
You may have better luck with older versions

Agreed.  This and your CPU are limiting factors.  Video card matters little.  How it's used, OTOH, does matter.
Logged

gonzo90017

  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1034
  • Last login:June 23, 2019, 02:41:07 pm
  • I'm a llama!
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2008, 01:18:44 pm »
Just use Nebula. It runs all CPS2 games which includes street fighter full speed on my 400mhz Celeron 128mb ram.
Logged

Dillsta

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 45
  • Last login:August 15, 2009, 02:35:05 am
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2008, 02:24:43 am »
I have used Multiple Versions of mame from 0.66 up to .104 with all the same results. the only problem with the cpu is that i have an old mother board so it is hard to get a better p4 cpu. But i think i need a graphics card to fix the directX error. What do you guys think?

Thanks Dylan
Logged

MrMojoZ

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 291
  • Last login:June 25, 2009, 11:34:56 pm
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2008, 05:05:27 pm »
Oh I'd say you would have a VERY hard time putting a P4 on your P3 motherboard....
Logged

Jack Burton

  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1384
  • Last login:April 07, 2025, 02:12:05 pm
  • .
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2008, 08:30:28 pm »
Try these emulators for 2d fighters in this order

Final Burn Evolution
Nebula
Final Burn
Kawaks
NeoRageX

the last two ran 100% on my PII 350 MHZ with 128MB of ram.
Logged

Dillsta

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 45
  • Last login:August 15, 2009, 02:35:05 am
Re: ATI rage Card
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2008, 03:04:38 am »
Thanks Jack for them but none of them seem to run through mala!!!

Does any one know of any that will???
Logged
Pages: [1]
  
Go Up
« previous next »