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Any way to speed up MAME on old PC?

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Malenko:
Im all about re-using old hardware as much as you can, but for literally a couple hundred dollars or less you can get a dell optiplex from craigslist and save yourself quite the headache

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Malenko on June 09, 2014, 05:23:51 pm ---Im all about re-using old hardware as much as you can, but for literally a couple hundred dollars or less you can get a dell optiplex from craigslist and save yourself quite the headache

--- End quote ---

Yeah I got mine for $20 at a garage sale and it is a P4.  AMD K6....brings back memories...

keilmillerjr:
Time to switch to a lightweight distro of Linux and add more ram.

Try livemamecab or lubuntu?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133636.0.html

Generic Eric:

--- Quote from: 1500points on June 09, 2014, 04:00:31 pm ---Recently was given an old Compaq Presario 5070
AMD-K6 3D processor
350Mhz
156Mb RAM
Running Windows XP Pro (no SP2)

Installed WolfMAME .106, (MAME32 Plus!)
Star Wars runs very slow, like a frame or two a second.

I have turned on Use DirectDraw.   Direct3D is unchecked.

Is this PC just too underpowered to run SW in old MAME?
I have no use for the PC if it can't do any MAME stuff.

Thanks for any tips or insights.

--- End quote ---
Nothing *but* bad jokes here.  I think any money you were going to spend rehabilitating this PC would get you half way to a new PC.

pbj:
It'll run Star Wars fine if you flop it back to Windows 98 and run it in DOS mode. 

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