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MAME V0.130 - Stuttering sound - Advice please!
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slapaham:
Just installed my compiled Mame v0.130 on my new computer (I had 0.84 previously installed on it and thought it was about time I got up-to-date!)

The computer is 2.39GHZ with only a poor 256 RAM. Now, the games seem to run well on the whole (havent tried anything silly mind you... I really can't see it running Tekken, can you?)... however, when trying some of my old favs from 0.84 (that previously worked fine) they didn't run quite as smoothly...

Examples -

Mortal Kombat 2 - plays just as well but stutter-y sound

Grand Striker 2 (love this game - probably the only one !;D) - this has got a bit slow and stuttery in sound and gameplay

Now, I understand MAME is now more system hungry than it used to be but my question is - from the examples given - if I was to upgrade my RAM to 1gig (that is the max you can go on this PC!) - would that solve the problem? Would it be enough to return the cab to smooth operating on most games? (obviously not including the 3D games!!)

Please help... really need advice on this, its concerning me and don't want to fork out for the extra RAM if it isn't going to solve the problem!
Turnarcades:

--- Quote ---if I was to upgrade my RAM to 1gig (that is the max you can go on this PC!) - would that solve the problem? Would it be enough to return the cab to smooth operating on most games?
--- End quote ---

Doubtful. It's mostly due to the post-0.106 graphics and sound core. There are still a few classics that inexplicably went tits-up with the big re-write too, look at my other recent posts for my comments on the performance in MAME/PC spec argument.

It's things like that that have kept me sticking with 0.105. Nothing worth bothering with was really added after 0.100 and I don't see the point of having to effectively double your PC spec (and hence cost) after this point for a few games. I'm especially bored with the lack of consistency with performance in Midway games that use those boards, so instead stick with the console versions.
severdhed:
i dont know if that will fix your problem entirely, but upgrading the ram will definitely help with your mame performance.  what version of windows are you running?  256mb of ram just isnt enough to properly run anything above win98.  max that thing out..ram is cheap.  i noticed a difference in performance in MK2 going from 512mb to 1gb in my old motherboard.  (athlon xp 2500+).   i have since upgraded again to a different board and  3ghz p4, with 2gb of ram, and once again, i noticed performance increases, especially with mk3 and umk3. 

definitely go for the ram upgrade...i dont know what type of ram your pc takes...but if it maxes out a 1gb, then it is probably either two 512mb sticks of either  PC100/PC133 SDRAM, or DDR.  looking at newegg.com, PC100/133 is more expensive than DDR, and you can get 512mb sticks for about $32 each....DDR is about half that.  so either way it is pretty cheap to max that thing out, which will make everything run better.

if it matters, i'm running mame .124

ViciousXUSMC:
I know MK2 works fine for me on the pre-compiled .129
slapaham:
Darn it! I only just figured out how to compile v0.130 so I'm really going to struggle with downgrading to 0.105 - I think that, from the sounds of it, I should still consider upgrading the RAM when I have the disposable income but downgrade to MAME before the big update!

Turnarcades - would you be able to help me - I really just want a compiled version of 0.105 which doesn't have nag screens, rom loading boxes, white boxes, error messages on roms which don't quite run at full emulation (this one was really important to me!!) and hi score support. It sounds as though the MAME you compiled is just this? Is there any possibility you could send it me? I would be very grateful if you could! It would be a massive help.

Thanks for the feedback guys - kind of bad news but its best to know these things!
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