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4Ghz Core 2 Duo vs M.A.M.E. 0.120 (benchmark results)
taz-nz:
--- Quote from: Popcorrin on March 06, 2008, 10:38:21 am ---I see that there are big increases with running 64bit mame under 64bit vista. What about 64bit mame under 64bit xp has anybody tried that?
I'm guessing that these benchmarks don't take into account the speed decrease for ingame as compared to attract mode. In most 3d games I have noticed anywhere up to 50% decrease in speed during ingame gameplay.
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I run the benchmarks for 240 and not 100 game secs for this reason, While many games display title and high score screens when running attract mode that can bump the average benchmark, they only make up a small part of the attract mode. Most games run in game within 20% on the final average benchmark score, that's why you want atleast 120% average if possible to be sure it will be playable, there are some games where the framerate is higher ingame than it is in parts of the attract mode, also many of the 3D games are limted by the CPU emulation, not the graphics chip emulation, so run the same ingame as they do in attract mode.
Benchmarks are just a guide to preformance requirements in the end, they only way to confirm the result is to load the ROM and play the game.
MAME 64 works well under XP Pro 64 by all accounts.
Silver:
--- Quote from: Popcorrin on March 06, 2008, 10:38:21 am ---I see that there are big increases with running 64bit mame under 64bit vista. What about 64bit mame under 64bit xp has anybody tried that?
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Mame is fine but practically everything else on my system can not work due to lack of hardware support.
trustno1:
Hello,I was wondering how a a system with two xeon 64bit 3.4GHZ with 2mb l2 cache and 800 mhz front side bus with ddr2 2gb sdram 400mhz would compare to some of the systems that you guys have tested. My buddy is selling this and I would like to use it for my mame cab but this is a first for me and this seems like the only place where people have any knowledge on this subject. Thanks. Would hate to throw away money for system when taz has posted how to build one comparable to his =)
divemaster127:
I'm curious how vista sp1 will affect performance, in reading I have seen statements of upwards 25% performance boost, should be interesting how this works out.
taz-nz:
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--- Quote from: divemaster127 on March 12, 2008, 05:33:34 pm ---I'm curious how vista sp1 will affect performance, in reading I have seen statements of upwards 25% performance boost, should be interesting how this works out.
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I don't think the preformance jump will be that great, most of the preformance tweaks were to do with file copying etc. I've got a Vista SP1 update disk, If I get a chance on the weekend I'll do a before and after benchmark test on Vista. I've been really busy of late and so haven't had time to run as many test as I have in the past, but I see what I can do.
--- Quote from: trustno1 on March 12, 2008, 03:19:06 pm ---Hello,I was wondering how a a system with two xeon 64bit 3.4GHZ with 2mb l2 cache and 800 mhz front side bus with ddr2 2gb sdram 400mhz would compare to some of the systems that you guys have tested. My buddy is selling this and I would like to use it for my mame cab but this is a first for me and this seems like the only place where people have any knowledge on this subject. Thanks. Would hate to throw away money for system when taz has posted how to build one comparable to his =)
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A 3.4ghz Xeon has the same basic CPU architecture as a Pentium 4, so the sytem would likely have comparable MAME preformance to a Pentium D of around the same speed, possibly a little fast due to the large cache memory the Xeons have. I would expect a Core 2 Duo at anything over 2.5ghz to beat it in MAME I'm sorry to say.
If decide to go with a new system, hit me any questions you have about what to get.
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