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Author Topic: CHD Files. What does it take to play these flawlessly?  (Read 2349 times)

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CHD Files. What does it take to play these flawlessly?
« on: April 26, 2008, 10:56:08 pm »
I've loaded up a few CHD files, only to find they are choppy as heck when played.  The computer has 2gigs of memory and is a AMD Athlon processor.  Video card has 128 mb.  What more do I need to play these at full speed?
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Re: CHD Files. What does it take to play these flawlessly?
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2008, 11:40:29 pm »
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I actually have never tried playing a chd game myself but have heard that the 64 bit version of mame can make a good difference on the chd games. I think I've read they generally aren't quite playable yet but again never tried and never went looking for info on them so I'm sure someone else will chime in with better info.
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Re: CHD Files. What does it take to play these flawlessly?
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2008, 08:48:35 am »
You need more CPU power. Core 2 Duo 3 GHz.

If that still doesn't cut it, Vista 64 bit plus 64-bit MAME.
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Re: CHD Files. What does it take to play these flawlessly?
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2008, 11:18:24 am »
Quote from: Cakemeister on April 27, 2008, 08:48:35 am
You need more CPU power. Core 2 Duo 3 GHz.

If that still doesn't cut it, Vista 64 bit plus 64-bit MAME.


It all depends on the game.  The CPS3 games, which are CHD games in MAME, don't require nearly as much CPU power as Cruisn USA or NFL Blitz and can run on a 2.5 GHz P4 without any issues at all.  I assume that the OP has a very weak Athlon procesor and is trying to play Blitz. 
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