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Pentium D vs Anthlon 4400 for MAME
genesim:
Is there any way a Pentium D 3.0 is going to be faster then and Anthlon 64 X2 4400 with dual core 2.3??
It is my understanding that both are dual core, and the Pentium D is much faster then my old Pentium 4 at 2.6gig.
But it sure as hell looks like the Pentium D is faster! This really makes me angry because I have opened the box. It just doesn't make sense to me. Is ram the issue? How the hell would Mortal Kombat be slower.
All this is so upsetting and anyone that could shed light would make my day.
I have read over and over how AMD's are sooooo fast. And yet the Pentium D seems to run something as simple as Mortal Kombat so smooth.
Is there an option that would improve this fact on my AMD? It just doesn't make sense at all. Matter of fact, it seems to be worse then my 2.6 gig Pentium 4!!!
rockin_rick:
--- Quote from: genesim on August 01, 2007, 11:44:03 am ---Is there any way a Pentium D 3.0 is going to be faster then and Anthlon 64 X2 4400 with dual core 2.3??
It is my understanding that both are dual core, and the Pentium D is much faster then my old Pentium 4 at 2.6gig.
But it sure as hell looks like the Pentium D is faster! This really makes me angry because I have opened the box. It just doesn't make sense to me. Is ram the issue? How the hell would Mortal Kombat be slower.
All this is so upsetting and anyone that could shed light would make my day.
I have read over and over how AMD's are sooooo fast. And yet the Pentium D seems to run something as simple as Mortal Kombat so smooth.
Is there an option that would improve this fact on my AMD? It just doesn't make sense at all. Matter of fact, it seems to be worse then my 2.6 gig Pentium 4!!!
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I don't understand what you are saying. Are you asking which is faster? It seems that you have tested those? What results did you get/which is faster?
Rick
Green Giant:
I have an AMD 64 3500 in my cab. I havn't had trouble playing mortal kombat at all. Of course I can't play tekken, but oh well.
Are you having trouble with mame on that AMD cpu? What version of mame are you running and what frontend are you using? All that stuff matters too. Need more info...
genesim:
No front end. Simply MAME32 or MAME32 PLUS newest version 117u2.
It isn't MAME.
The Pentium D is super fast compared to the AMD. I hate this crap. I drop mad cash on a new system only to find out the outdated Pentium D is the better chip for MAME.
My question is how could this be true? It is dual core as well. Is it because it is rated at 3 gig? Is it true 3 gig or is it like all the rest where the CPU is split apart?
I have even tried the affinity thing where I dedicate one core to MAME alone. Same difference.
All I know is MK is running slower on this supposed beast over the Pentium 4's as well as the Pentium D. This is going to cause me to pay 90 dollar restocking fee. Any help is greatly appreciated.
xmenxmen:
--- Quote from: genesim on August 01, 2007, 12:25:41 pm ---No front end. Simply MAME32 or MAME32 PLUS newest version 117u2.
It isn't MAME.
The Pentium D is super fast compared to the AMD. I hate this crap. I drop mad cash on a new system only to find out the outdated Pentium D is the better chip for MAME.
My question is how could this be true? It is dual core as well. Is it because it is rated at 3 gig? Is it true 3 gig or is it like all the rest where the CPU is split apart?
I have even tried the affinity thing where I dedicate one core to MAME alone. Same difference.
All I know is MK is running slower on this supposed beast over the Pentium 4's as well as the Pentium D. This is going to cause me to pay 90 dollar restocking fee. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Not sure what you are smoking here. Almost all benchmark shows the 4400 beating out the Pentium D. It was until the Core 2 came around when AMD got their smacking.
At either speed, there should be no slowdown of any when running MK, so there's probably other problems with your settings. Try a fresh install or something....
Attach is a quick tomshardware showing the speed different in the 2 cpu.
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