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y2k600f4:
Using MAME .116 and trying to optimize setting. I am currently using a PIII 800 MHz 512MB Ram with ATI RAGE 128 GL AGP video (older PC I had laying around) and tried switching from d3d to ddraw as recommended in previous posts (benchmarks actually got worse e.g. spyhunter went from 50% to ~20%). Also tried such things in metalslug as decreasing screen resolution and sound sampling without any noticeable differences. Any suggestion ? Thanks.

gonzo90017:
You should give fastmame 84 a try. http://files-upload.com/files/173598/fastmame084u3.zip Some cards work better with direct3d. Try turning hardware stretch on.

y2k600f4:
does anybody use "auto" frame skipping ? Seems like it helps (slightly) in some games such as metalslug ? However games such as spyhunter is still unplayable.

Kaytrim:
MAME has suffered from bloat over the years.  To run MAME and the games you mentioned on your machine I wold recommend using an older version of MAME pre .92 should do you fine.

y2k600f4:
kaytrim thanks for the tip...i'll give that a try. i am guessing version of roms don't matter for the mame version ?seems like the roms are constantly being changed. right now i have .116u2 thanks.

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