Speed comparison, mame.92 vs mame.94?

[Popcorrin]

I was thinking of upgrading from 92 to 94 but before I did I wanted to get some feedback on how much the soundcore changes affected the speed of mame.  Is it very noticeable?  Also, I was wondering if the soundcore changes broke any games that previously worked?

[paigeoliver]

I was thinking of upgrading from 92 to 94 but before I did I wanted to get some feedback on how much the soundcore changes affected the speed of mame.  Is it very noticeable?  Also, I was wondering if the soundcore changes broke any games that previously worked?

I can't answer your specific questions, but it is hard to notice any overall speed changes between 2 versions that close, as some games will be slower, a few will be faster, and many will remain unchanged.

[SirPeale]

I can't answer your specific questions, but it is hard to notice any overall speed changes between 2 versions that close, as some games will be slower, a few will be faster, and many will remain unchanged.

Perhaps not in this case.  The sound core recently underwent a MAJOR revision.  Aaron Giles pretty much just took the old one out, and replaced it with a much 'simpler' system.  Simpler in terms of how it interacts with the rest of the programming, that is.  He says it's supposed to actually slow things down a bit.  How much is subjective, and I don't know of anyone that's actually done any testing.