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Title: Memory
Post by: Avinitlarge on October 04, 2009, 03:54:37 pm

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.

Title: Re: Memory
Post by: Turnarcades on October 04, 2009, 04:01:07 pm

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.

Title: Re: Memory
Post by: severdhed on October 04, 2009, 04:03:04 pm

memory is cheap...go for it

Title: Re: Memory
Post by: 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

Title: Re: Memory
Post by: Turnarcades on October 04, 2009, 08:08:02 pm

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

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.

Title: Re: Memory
Post by: severdhed on October 04, 2009, 08:13:31 pm

i noticed that MK3 runs better after i upgraded from 1gb of ram to 2gb

Title: Re: Memory
Post by: Avinitlarge on October 05, 2009, 02:33:56 pm

Ive ordered 3Gb of RAM. 2Gb for the MAME computer and another for my desktop. I will see if it makes any difference. Ive got nothing to loose