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Mame vs Mame32
loadman:
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It IS the same as regular MAME
Not exactly ,it consumes more memory. it can make a difference on low powered computers.
If you want use another front end it always better to use MAME not MAME32 , even if it works with MAME32.
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Thanks Youki. I knew there had to be a reason :-)
darthbane2k:
--- Quote from: youki on February 24, 2006, 06:31:09 am ---
--- Quote ---It IS the same as regular MAME
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Not exactly ,it consumes more memory. it can make a difference on low powered computers.
If you want use another front end it always better to use MAME not MAME32 , even if it works with MAME32.
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again this I believe is pure myth.
HOW much memory difference are we talking about here.. because I did a few tests last night and the difference between the two apps running the SAME game was hardly noticable
youki:
That 's clear , the difference is not very noticeable.
On older version of mame (0.7x) when i 've tested fes time ago the difference was few hundreds of Kb .
That is not a big problem for most of time. But if you running on very low power PC. (lot of my user recycle their very old PC , to run old classic like donkey kong , pacman.. etc).. when you have only 32 mega of ram. These few Kb can make a difference. At few Kb you can pass the limit where Windows 98 is beginning to swap memory to HD and slow down dractiscally your performance...
But that sure, you're totally right , in most of the case it doesn't make difference.
darthbane2k:
--- Quote from: youki on February 27, 2006, 06:38:50 am ---That 's clear , the difference is not very noticeable.
On older version of mame (0.7x) when i 've tested fes time ago the difference was few hundreds of Kb .
That is not a big problem for most of time. But if you running on very low power PC. (lot of my user recycle their very old PC , to run old classic like donkey kong , pacman.. etc).. when you have only 32 mega of ram. These few Kb can make a difference. At few Kb you can pass the limit where Windows 98 is beginning to swap memory to HD and slow down dractiscally your performance...
But that sure, you're totally right , in most of the case it doesn't make difference.
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Ahh - point taken :-)
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Brad on February 23, 2006, 11:59:45 pm ---Yep, I use Mame32 on my desktop but mame (win32) on my cab with Mamewah. Why anyone would use Mame32 in a cab is a complete mystery to me. Just navigating, especially with no trackball would be a pain the backside.
Brad
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no mystery, people like me are just too scared to use anything more complicated! mame32 IS navigable on a cab. that is, you can scroll up and down and select a game with your joystick and buttons. when i built my cab a couple of years ago, thats all i could figure out how to work. probably still all i can work out but now i have become aware of some front ends that work with mame32 as is. my next projects will use atomic fe and when i get a chance to i will set that up in my cocktail cab (i live some thousands of kms away from it now :( )
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