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SGT:
What a conundrum!  I currently use Mame .111 except for Gorf with which I use Mame .069.   I want to rollback my small set (174) of roms to an earlier Mame version with better performance.

I know that this is a question of personal taste that also depends upon the roms that I run.  I can look up what versions support the roms I want easy enough.

The tough question is, in your opinion, with what versions of Mame was the performance slower than the prior version?  What mame version do you run?

Opinions appreciated. :cheers:

-SGT

P.S.  I know there is no right answer.

WunderCade:
And just to add to your proposition....

Please don't keep saying that the 80's games will work fine with recent releases of Mame....cause last I checked, Pac-Man was from the 80's and it runs slow as heck on newer Mame releases.

u_rebelscum:

--- Quote from: SGT on March 28, 2007, 03:01:20 pm ---The tough question is, in your opinion, with what versions of Mame was the performance slower than the prior version?  What mame version do you run?...

P.S.  I know there is no right answer.

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In general, each new mame is slower than the previous.  There are some that had bigger drops than normal, though.  (And since this was a generalization, there are times when parts of mame are faster in newer than older, and when there is no noticeable changes.)

The more recent "big drops" for mame happened with 0.106u1 (video change) & 0.93 (sound).  Individual games can drop and jump much more often, though; other here might want to note drops for games they like that are separate from the whole mame drops.

I don't worry about speed, usually.  However, I also keep dozens of versions of mame on my harddrive.  That's one of the great things about most FEs; they let you set up specific versions for specific games if you want.


--- Quote from: WunderCade on March 28, 2007, 03:27:57 pm ---...last I checked, Pac-Man was from the 80's and it runs slow as heck on newer Mame releases.

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I bet it's because of the video rewrite, which effected different computers more than others.  If so, use directdraw, turn of bezels, or upgrade your video card.  (It's still fine on my athlon 1GHz computer, and my newer one.)

But yes, there are some 80's games that tax computers (eg: harddrivin), more than most 90's games.  (Pacman, though, shouldn't be one of them.)

SGT:

--- Quote ---In general, each new mame is slower than the previous.
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Sounds like I need to pick the earliest version that runs my roms *and* that I can successfully rollback my roms.


--- Quote ---The more recent "big drops" for mame happened with 0.106u1 (video change) & 0.93 (sound).
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Great to know, u_rebelscum.  Thanks, this is the kind of info I was looking for.


--- Quote ---I don't worry about speed, usually.  However, I also keep dozens of versions of mame on my harddrive.  That's one of the great things about most FEs; they let you set up specific versions for specific games if you want.
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I love Mala, but that's one thing I wish it did differently.  I can run multiple versions of Mame easy enough, but each version of Mame must have its own gamelist.  Therefore, I cannot have all my Mame games together.  Loadman or Swindus may correct me on this or give me a workaround?

-SGT

Aurich:

--- Quote from: WunderCade on March 28, 2007, 03:27:57 pm ---And just to add to your proposition....

Please don't keep saying that the 80's games will work fine with recent releases of Mame....cause last I checked, Pac-Man was from the 80's and it runs slow as heck on newer Mame releases.

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It might help if you list your machine specs. I have zero slowdown issues with Pac-Man and recent MAMEs, it sure doesn't run "slow as heck". Are you using a really old box?

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