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Title: CHD help
Post by: urbecrisch on May 22, 2007, 06:43:52 pm: I'm running Mame v106 in a P4 2.8g 512MB 128MB onboard graphics.

1. Will CHD games run smoothly on my CPU?

2. If I order the CHD files on line, does it matter that they are advertised as Mame v0115 CHD. Will the files still work on my older Mame version (106)?
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: 8way on May 22, 2007, 07:29:13 pm: That setup should run most games nicely. And yes get the latest CHD’s. You can still run them on older MAME’s by just using a rom manager like clrmame to rename and convert your CHD’s to whatever version you want to run them on.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: tomsurfnj on May 22, 2007, 08:06:16 pm: I tried a bunch of chd games. In mame32 ver .100 I had to put my chd's in the same folder as the roms. In .112 I had to put them in thier own folder inside of the rom folder. Some game worked in the older version while the same game did not work in the newer version. Area 51 for example. Some games worked fine while other ran slow/laggy. I couldn't get simpsons bowling to work at all. Good luck.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: SirPeale on May 22, 2007, 08:28:00 pm: Quote from: urbecrisch on May 22, 2007, 06:43:52 pm
I'm running Mame v106 in a P4 2.8g 512MB 128MB onboard graphics.

1. Will CHD games run smoothly on my CPU?

It depends on which game you're talking about. Just because a game has a corresponding CHD file does not automatically mean it'll play slow.

The Area51, Max Force and Area 51/Maxforce games were all running well with decent hardware last I knew. So are Killer Instinct 1 & 2 and the Beatmania games.

Any game that uses a 3D processor (Gretsky 3D Hockey, Blitz, Gauntlet Legends) won't.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: urbecrisch on May 23, 2007, 08:04:32 am: Quote from: Peale on May 22, 2007, 08:28:00 pm
Any game that uses a 3D processor (Gretsky 3D Hockey, Blitz, Gauntlet Legends) won't.

:angry: So they don't work cause of the system I'm running or they don't work cause they just don't work?

Is there a list of working CHD games I can check out? I just want to make sure the DVD is worth the purchase price.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: BobA on May 23, 2007, 08:07:41 am: The games Peale mentioned do not work on any existing PC at this time. They rune too slow to be useable.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: shorthair on May 23, 2007, 02:19:31 pm: uber: these are thoroughly-discussed issues at mameworld. MAWS probly also has this information.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: urbecrisch on May 23, 2007, 03:08:07 pm: TX shorthair!
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: moriartyds on May 24, 2007, 03:58:09 pm: CHD's worth trying on your rig are:

HyperAthlete
Nagano Winter Olypic
Area51
Killer Instinct 1,2
Simpsons Bowling.
Beatmania

Edit - forgot:
- Maximum Force
- Vicious Circle

Not saying they'll work for sure, just some people have reported sucess with a similar setup.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: Mr. Greenjeans on May 24, 2007, 06:56:04 pm: I can confirm that Simpsons Bowling works well.
(make sure you hold down f2 at boot up the first time to write eeprom).
:cheers:
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: suits00 on May 25, 2007, 10:03:42 am: does anybody know if street fighter 3 (CP III games) will be playable any time soon.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: hypernova on May 25, 2007, 12:05:52 pm: nullDC runs SF III 3rd Strike nicely. Otherwise, it'll be awhile.
Title: Re: CHD help
Post by: hypernova on May 25, 2007, 06:09:37 pm: Of course, you'll need to find the cd images yourself, and have a relatively up-to-date pc to have it run at full speed.