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danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: ragnar on October 28, 2010, 04:16:58 pm ---
There are a few breakthroughs that should cause the MHz to start ramping up in the future.  In 5 years, I expect 5 GHz+ to be commonplace in PC hardare.  When that happens, all of our problems are resolved.


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Whatever happened to the idea of diamond based semi conductors? Computer tech seems to have run out of steam.

JODY:

--- Quote from: LeedsFan on October 30, 2010, 01:28:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on October 30, 2010, 12:59:48 pm ---Blitz runs fine on a Core2Duo running 2.8ghz+ on a 64 bit OS running a 64 bit compile of MAME...

FWIW...

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Yeah I've heard that using the 64 bit version of Mame (with a 64 bit OS ofc :p) gives a great boost to the performance of Mame. Not tried it yet myself but that's what I'm aiming for.

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The 64 bit version does improve game performance.  I've found it varies between games.  E.g. one game may yield a 5 - 10% speed improvement while others may be significantly more.

FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: cmoses on October 30, 2010, 03:26:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on October 30, 2010, 12:59:48 pm ---Blitz runs fine on a Core2Duo running 2.8ghz+ on a 64 bit OS running a 64 bit compile of MAME...

FWIW...

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Blitz can really run well on that system?  That would be what I would be running if I upgraded the CPU, Core 2 Duo, 2.93 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB Nvidia card, Windows Tiny XP 64 and 64 bit compile of MAME.  Have you tried running Gauntlet Legends? Wayne Gretzky Hockey?

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Gretzky plays well enough... Gauntlet Legends plays fine but crashes on me after a bit so I stopped playing.

I'd say Gretzky plays 100% about 90% of the time...

VanillaGorilla:
AMD Phenom II 555 @ 3.5Ghz + FREE MSI Mobo was $89, an unadvertised weekly special at Frys. They have them every week. This week they have a 2.93 core II duo for $68:

http://www.frys.com/product/6185909

you have to check here for the weekly specials. They wont be in the print ads.

Blitz runs and plays fine. Audio does the 'max headroom' now and then, and gets stuttered..Blitz 99 & 2000 look like they're gonna be fine, but never progress after the match up screen. The 4 squares close on the screen forever....

Gauntlet Legends plays fine. Audio does the 'max headroom' now and then, and gets stuttered..Game always crashes after first 5-10 minutes of game play.
Gauntlet Dark Legacy plays fine. Audio does the 'max headroom' now and then, and gets stuttered (worse than Legends?)..but gameplay doesn't crash!
Gretzky plays the best of the bunch with no issues obvious to me.

FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: VanillaGorilla on October 31, 2010, 08:39:14 am ---Blitz runs and plays fine. Audio does the 'max headroom' now and then, and gets stuttered..Blitz 99 & 2000 look like they're gonna be fine, but never progress after the match up screen. The 4 squares close on the screen forever....

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This is a known bug... from my recollection you need to let the attract mode start.... once it hits the actual "gameplay" part of the attract you can then coin up and play the game...

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