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Title: ATI rage Card
Post by: Dillsta on October 04, 2008, 02:55:24 am

At the moment i have a p3 800mhz, 256mb sdram and onboard graphics and sound. Most of my mame games run ok but the 1v1 fighters are really bad and slow. I was wondering if i got a ATI Rage 128 Pro 32mb, would it speed it up to a reasonable level?

Thanks Dylan

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: gonzo90017 on October 04, 2008, 01:45:22 pm

What fighters are you talking about?

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: MrMojoZ on October 04, 2008, 03:31:48 pm

I'd say CPU is holding you back more than anything unless your emulator just isn't compatible with your onboard video.

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: ChadTower on October 04, 2008, 04:49:28 pm

That's not a huge graphics card upgrade, most likely.  Your CPU and RAM are the limiting factors here.

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: Dillsta on October 05, 2008, 02:57:54 am

I'm trying to play games like street fighter. but the games that run slow don't work when i have directx turned on in the mame config. I just get an arror that says

Error creating dirextX7 device: 887602eb
Video emulation was not started.

Thats why i think a graphics card might help!

but when directX is turned on  i get a framerate of 5-10fps. which is shocking. :banghead:

Does this help at all?

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: vidmouse on October 05, 2008, 08:08:26 am

What version of MAME are you using?
You may have better luck with older versions

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: SirPeale on October 05, 2008, 08:47:53 am

Quote from: vidmouse on October 05, 2008, 08:08:26 am

What version of MAME are you using?
You may have better luck with older versions

Agreed.  This and your CPU are limiting factors.  Video card matters little.  How it's used, OTOH, does matter.

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: gonzo90017 on October 05, 2008, 01:18:44 pm

Just use Nebula (http://nebula.emulatronia.com/). It runs all CPS2 games which includes street fighter full speed on my 400mhz Celeron 128mb ram.

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: Dillsta on October 06, 2008, 02:24:43 am

I have used Multiple Versions of mame from 0.66 up to .104 with all the same results. the only problem with the cpu is that i have an old mother board so it is hard to get a better p4 cpu. But i think i need a graphics card to fix the directX error. What do you guys think?

Thanks Dylan

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: MrMojoZ on October 07, 2008, 05:05:27 pm

Oh I'd say you would have a VERY hard time putting a P4 on your P3 motherboard....

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: Jack Burton on October 07, 2008, 08:30:28 pm

Try these emulators for 2d fighters in this order

Final Burn Evolution
Nebula
Final Burn
Kawaks
NeoRageX

the last two ran 100% on my PII 350 MHZ with 128MB of ram.

Title: Re: ATI rage Card
Post by: Dillsta on October 08, 2008, 03:04:38 am

Thanks Jack for them but none of them seem to run through mala!!!

Does any one know of any that will???