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Why is my new computer running Mame games slow??
GGKoul:
I think its a Ram issues too....
When you start up your machine, does the systems recognized the 600 meg of Ram? Also, does the startup say you have a "1800+ AMD". As you may want to check your BIOS to make sure the mhz & multiplers are set correctly.
Another thing, Compaq mainly uses "cheap" parts to build their systems. As they don't usually put a high end motherboard in their systems. So you may want to get another video card. As most "All in one boards" have a 16 or 32 meg onboard video card and usually aren't the best for gaming. 3D or non-3D.
Also, I wouldn't be surprised in there's a 5400rpm Hard drive in there as well... So check your BIOS setting and/or try another video card.
Hope this helps.
-GGKoul
Sylentwulf:
If you've upped the ram, here's something else you can try.....
If you're running mame IN windows XP...
start up mame
tab out
hit ctrl-alt-del to bring up the Windows Task Manager
Go to processes
Right click mame.exe (mame32, whatever other flavor you use)
Set priority - HIGH (or increase it one notch at a time.)
reebboy:
I borrowed a video card from a friend and installed it and now the games are running full speed. So I've finally narrowed down my problem. Because I just pulled the computer out of the box I have not updated any of the drivers. I'm gonna try that, If it still doesn't function at full speed after the driver updates then I'll know the onboard vid card is junk.
reebboy:
--- Quote ---Set priority - HIGH (or increase it one notch at a time.)
--- End quote ---
When I get back to my computer tomorrow, I'm going to try that.
I was thinking of starting a new post at the end of the week to get peoples inputs as to certain tweaks and hardware configurations that they know of to get a little better performance out of MAME. The reason why I want to do this is because I would like to run many of my games at a higher resolution and I've noticed that many start loosing the performance when I do this. Any extra bit of horsepower helps.
Negativecreep0:
Umm I thought emulation really had nothing to do with video card hardly more so on CPU and PC RAM. So those of us with kick ass 3.2 ghz systems and 1 gig ram running arcadevga old ass vid cards can still run all the games smooth as hell
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