Computing power noob question

[acvieluf]

Forgive me if this is in the wrong forum, but if I'm experiencing slow down, and I've narrowed it down to not quite enough computing power, is there a standard place to start with upgrading?

Ie - does mame really put much stress on a video card? The only slow down is some of the newer sprite-based games. (The Metal slugs, ninja baseball batman, and maybe more) I'm not running any 3d games.

I recently found a more powerful video card locally, but didn't know if it would help.

Here are my current specs:

Pentium D 2.8 Ghz
3.11 GB RAM
Raedon 7000 card
Win XP


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[butanebob]

CPU is the main culprit. Emulation is mostly CPU dependent, avoid AMD and stick with Intel.

[acvieluf]

Excellent, thank you!

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