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blitz roms are jittery
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: kiddk1 on June 26, 2006, 09:36:51 pm ---so i guess i should plan on not playing blitz :'(
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Either get the PC version or buy a Dreamcast and get the Dreamcast version.
Havok:
--- Quote from: Peale on June 26, 2006, 07:50:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: samshaw946 on June 26, 2006, 04:47:42 pm ---I think you'll find that the hard drive games are still far from perfect, even in the latest releases of MAME.
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Doesn't have anything to do with using a hard drive. It's the level of technology.
Emulation takes a LOT of pony power. There was an analogy I saw once that went something like "if the original CPU ran @ 1MHz, you'll need at least 25 times that to achieve decent frame rate" or something like that.
So for your Blitz board running @ 200MHz, you'll need a 5,000 MHz computer to run JUST the CPU. Graphics processing is extra, since that was a different CPU on the board.
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Raw CPU cycles do not necessarily compare properly. What about dual core? Hyperthreading? Mame does not take advantage of many of the contemporary improvements in processing power. Hopefully with the latest release (once it's stable) this will change.
The graphics on modern video cards are already much more powerful than the older video on NFL Blitz and such. Hopefully the Mame team standardizes on a couple of newer cards and supports them. Especially with the unified driver theme that Nvidia and ATI seem to be adhering to now. The power is already here, it's just if the Mame team decides to take advantage of it. Unfortunately, they are not really concerned about playability or computer optimization, just exact emulation.
We've just got to sit back and wait, and enjoy what we've got.
Unless you want to start programming? (A Zinc alternative, but for non-Sony hardware)?
Q*Bert_OP:
--- Quote from: Peale on June 26, 2006, 10:08:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: kiddk1 on June 26, 2006, 09:36:51 pm ---so i guess i should plan on not playing blitz :'(
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Either get the PC version or buy a Dreamcast and get the Dreamcast version.
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Or buy the PCB and disk...
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