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Phenom II vs Core 2 Duo - Benchmarks
Malenko:
you tell me what I got...
no time to run tests tonight, but tomorrow I will. I need to copy the roms and CHDs across the network and I havent eaten yet.
mlalena:
Question for the OP and anyone else who has overclocked...
Most overclocks show well over 100% for gauntleg.
I am running a Core 2 Duo @ 4 GHz and I get ~80% when playing the game, and it locks up after about 2 minutes.
I've tried other similar games (like NFL Blitz) and still around 80% frame rate.
I've read that others have had the same problem but haven't seen a solution.
I'm running MAME 64 130b (vmame64.exe) on Windows 7 64 bit.
Any ideas?
Popcorrin:
--- Quote from: mlalena on February 13, 2010, 06:49:05 pm ---Question for the OP and anyone else who has overclocked...
Most overclocks show well over 100% for gauntleg.
I am running a Core 2 Duo @ 4 GHz and I get ~80% when playing the game, and it locks up after about 2 minutes.
I've tried other similar games (like NFL Blitz) and still around 80% frame rate.
I've read that others have had the same problem but haven't seen a solution.
I'm running MAME 64 130b (vmame64.exe) on Windows 7 64 bit.
Any ideas?
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Alot of the benchmarks are measuring the frame rates during attract modes. Actual gameplay creates a considerable drop in speeds. That being said, I would still think you would get full speed on NFL Blitz with a 4GHz core 2 with mame 64, though I do not have a 4GHz core 2 to test with. :'(
UberCade:
I can provide some Athlon II benchmarks once I get the system parts I ordered, which should be here by Tuesday. I'm going to overclock it as far as I can and do some testing, so if someone has a similar Phenom II system to benchmark we can compare. I chose AMD over Intel because I already have 2 Core 2 Duo systems in my house, as well as a Core i7 system and I just wanted a cheap build for my MAME cabinet. I got the whole system for $380 after tax and shipping, and I should be able to get it to 4 GHz or pretty darn close, so it should be a good comparison.
mlalena:
OK. My bad. The mobo had a bad post and reset the overclock back to default state - 3GHz.
I think the kids repeatedly pushing the power button on the computer made it think the OC settings were bad - they like to press shiny buttons.
So now that I am back at 4GHz, the Gauntlet Legends intro / attract mode runs well over 200% and I can get 100% when playing the game, but every so often it dips below 100%. When there are a lot of enemies on the screen the game will still lock up.
I tried putting it into the AUTO frame rate skip and it took longer to lock up (got past the first level) but
the game still eventually locks up.
Are there any audio settings I can tweak or anything else that will reduce the CPU load?