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Tweaking MAME, 3D games, Tekken
« on: May 12, 2004, 10:31:52 am »
My current MAME config runs 3D games very slow.

I really want to have a game of Tekken but it doesn't get above 5fps at the character select and in game.

My system specs are a Celeron 1.8GHz, 256MB DDR PC2100, ArcadeVGA, Onboard sound + LAN, Windows 2000 SP4.

I know Celerons suck but it was all I had when I was building the system. The Mobo supports 400/533 FSB so I could get a 2.4GHz 533 P4 or something.

I have played with some of the hardware settings including enabling direct3d and triplebuffering, but I don't really know what I'm doing.

What tweaks do I need to get Tekken working, or will I need to upgrade, or is it not really feasible with current CPU's?
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Re:Tweaking MAME, 3D games, Tekken
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2004, 11:07:06 am »
The 'not feasible' thing.  I've got a 2GHz machine, and barely make 30FPS.
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Re:Tweaking MAME, 3D games, Tekken
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2004, 11:14:28 am »
I thought that might be the case, but 30FPS is still a lot better than 5!

I assume you mean in Tekken?

My 3.0GHz Prescott only manages about 10fps.

Surely I can tweak some of these video options?

Or should I be using another version of MAME? I am currently running Windows command line. Should I be running the Pentium Pro optimised version seeing as i'm using an Intel chip?
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Re:Tweaking MAME, 3D games, Tekken
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2004, 12:42:44 pm »
OK I've disabled frame skipping and now get 35-37 fps which isn't bad going.

Anything else I can do to get a few more FPS?
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Re:Tweaking MAME, 3D games, Tekken
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2004, 01:08:02 pm »
You might try tweaking Windows 2000.  If you can free up more RAM, it may help your MAME performance.

http://www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htm
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Re:Tweaking MAME, 3D games, Tekken
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2004, 10:46:37 pm »
Not what you asked but...my solution was to throw in a playstation emulator...not the same but close...and full speed.  ;)
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Re:Tweaking MAME, 3D games, Tekken
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2004, 05:15:47 am »
Turn off vsync and triplebuffer, might make it a bit quicker.

Also make sure sleep is 0, and high_priority is 1 (I think that's right anyway...)
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Re:Tweaking MAME, 3D games, Tekken
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2004, 01:17:19 pm »
Quote from: Spaced Invader on May 12, 2004, 10:46:37 pm
Not what you asked but...my solution was to throw in a playstation emulator...not the same but close...and full speed.  ;)

This was going to be my suggestion as well ;).

You could even go whole-hog, throw a real PS2 in there, and play stuff like Soul Calibur 2.

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