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aliveon2legs:

Does having a high powered video card help play high end M.A.M.E. games?  I was told once that it didn't matter what kind of card you have, because the games are not coded to take advantage of the card's technology.

I have a 3.2 Ghz Pentium D processor with 2 gb 800 Mhz RAM, but I'm using an old 64mb GeForce video card.  Games like Ridge Racer play but are extremely choppy and slow.  I'm wondering if upgrading to a more modern 512mb card would help, or maybe I just need to upgrade to 4gb of RAM?

emerica:

Upgrading your card will do nothing for mame. MAME is a CPU intensive program.

There is a thread on benchmarks for an overclocked dual core or quad processor. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72776.msg750709#msg750709

Ummon:

More acurately, only 3D games are starting, or are planned, to take advantage of GPUs.

aliveon2legs:


--- Quote from: Ummon on December 23, 2008, 09:51:04 pm ---More acurately, only 3D games are starting, or are planned, to take advantage of GPUs.

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So there is at least some motivation to have a decent card then?  My processor is certainly fast enough to handle any 2D games, so it is the 3D variety that I would like to get some improvement.  I think I will look into overclocking as well.

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