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Memory
Avinitlarge:
My mame computer has a Athlon 2600XP. Is there any point in having more than 1GB or RAM?? BTW, The mobo I am using can take 2GB of RAM.
Turnarcades:
After building my setup against certain spec, I've found the only real improvements in adding more RAM are front-end smoothness and quicker rom launching (ie. large roms like Neo-Geo) but that's about it.
severdhed:
memory is cheap...go for it
Avinitlarge:
At the moment it only has 256mb fitted. Ive not come across any issues as yet. I just wondered if it will help any of the games them selves
Turnarcades:
--- Quote from: Avinitlarge on October 04, 2009, 05:17:33 pm ---At the moment it only has 256mb fitted. Ive not come across any issues as yet. I just wondered if it will help any of the games them selves
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Probably not. It felt like I got gains in certain games in old builds of MAME, but I'd say your existing CPU spec is already overkill for the games that are working and properly supported. Plus, I still use a pre-0.106 build of MAME, before the graphics core was re-written.