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External HD for MAME
blind_dado:
LD games work fine. Can't speak to idea of having everything on a network though.
bkenobi:
I ran into someone using a NAS to store his collection a while back. Even though he had a good network setup, he seemed to be running into problems of network latency. There may be some tweaks to improve this, so storing your roms on a network drive might be ok. I wouldn't recommend storing the emulators there though. Be aware that even a GB network is going to run slower than a USB drive.
massive88:
Arent non-laser disc Mame roms basically loaded to memory? I would think the storage site of the roms would not be a big difference as they arent accessed during gameplay.
The emulator itself I would have on a local drive for sure though.
thecheat:
--- Quote from: bkenobi on May 21, 2009, 01:43:07 pm ---I ran into someone using a NAS to store his collection a while back. Even though he had a good network setup, he seemed to be running into problems of network latency. There may be some tweaks to improve this, so storing your roms on a network drive might be ok. I wouldn't recommend storing the emulators there though. Be aware that even a GB network is going to run slower than a USB drive.
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I was going to do this but over Wireless-G, it wasn't too laggy in my tests on CHD based games. For simplicity's sake, and a change of hardware, I decided to just store them locally on a 2nd internal drive.
Chadwick:
All my emulation is on an external mybook also. I have no noticeable performance problems.