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Should I give Groovymame a try?

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Hogie1418:
I keep reading about everyone here using it and loving it. I have my cabinet set up to my likings at this point using mameui32 and I am a little afraid to mess with it. The problem is that I am a stickler for graphics and if I'm not mistaken then groovymame is supposed to improve this area significantly. If it is smoother I think that it is something that I would like to mess with.

Basically do the benefits outweigh the time it would take me to get it up and running?

thanks :-)

krick:
There is a little bit of setup involved, but the results are pretty spectacular if you have the right hardware.
There's still a few rough edges (mainly vector games) but it will eventually get worked out.

Tell us a little about your cabinet:

What is your CPU
What is your graphics card model/chipset
What operating system are you using
Are you using an arcade monitor?  If so, which model?
If not an arcade monitor, what are you using?  PC monitor, LCD, TV, etc...
Are you using a J-PAC?


I've been meaning to put together a step-by-step setup guide based on my cabinet.  I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow morning, but maybe when I get back from vacation, I'll start working on it.

Hogie1418:
Thanks for the response, Let me see what I can do as far as answering those questions, If I miss something let me know

Im using an old dell dimension 4400 1.79 ghz processor running xp
Im using a arcadevga as I have a WG d9800 arcade monitor
running all of my controls off of a ipac

So is groovymame for a more beefy cpu?

Calamity:
Hi Hogie,

Do you mean one of the older AVGA (9250)? That card would be perfect.

GroovyMAME requires as much CPU as normal MAME, bear in mind it's un up-to-date build so it may require a decent processor for many games. Besides, running games with vsync, that is the main goal of using GroovyMAME, requires even more CPU power than just running games with normal CPU based throttle.

Hogie1418:

--- Quote from: Calamity on July 10, 2012, 06:48:52 pm ---
Do you mean one of the older AVGA (9250)? That card would be perfect.


--- End quote ---

How would I know which model I have? I purchased it around 4 years ago....

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