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FrizzleFried:


--- Quote from: Visitor Q on October 22, 2008, 01:22:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on October 22, 2008, 12:32:41 pm ---Blitz and Gauntlet Legends are already playable...with the right processor.  The problem isn't with MAME but with the speed of the computer playing MAME when it comes to these games.

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Really?

4 gigs of ram, Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz & a ATI 4850 which has 512 megs on the card.

How much more do I need?

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4GHZ gets Gauntlet Legends at about 80%...I do believe Blitz should already be playable for you at that speed.



Martijn:


--- Quote from: Visitor Q on October 22, 2008, 01:22:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on October 22, 2008, 12:32:41 pm ---Blitz and Gauntlet Legends are already playable...with the right processor.  The problem isn't with MAME but with the speed of the computer playing MAME when it comes to these games.

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Really?

4 gigs of ram, Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz & a ATI 4850 which has 512 megs on the card.

How much more do I need?

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all that videocard horsepower is not needed, only if you want to play emulators for newer consoles.

also anything above the ati x800 cant display all the lower resolutions using soft15khz and a vga-scart cable rgb on a tv

ahofle:

The broken walking sound in Mario Bros kills me the most.  :banghead:

DeLuSioNal29:

Like I said, I'm sticking with .119.

jharris:

I can think of a couple that may or may not be the case for everyone:


* Save yourself the trouble of updating/tweaking your front end to work with the newer MAME.
* Save yourself the time and effort to compile or download a message nag-free version of the latest MAME.
* Save yourself the time and effort required to download or update your rom collection.
* Save yourself the time and effort spent looking for picture or  movie packs for the latest games.
* Save yourself the time and effort to re-map your arcade controls (assuming your control setup isn't compatible with MAME's default).
* On that same note, saving yourself the trouble of creating/copying your game profiles for those game's with special needs or hiscores.
* Newer MAMEs may run slow on your machine
* Newer MAMEs may introduce software related bugs that may interfere with your favorite games (eg, sound/controller problems, things getting turned off and devs forgetting to re-enable them. hiscore not working, etc).
* Your machine does not meet the hardware requirements of the newer MAMEs but works just fine with the old ones.
* If it ain't broken, why fix it?

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