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A few general MAME queries by a relative Noob.
emb:
Generally I have similar specs as you do (except mine are a bit slower). I am running a 1.5ghz AMD Duron with 256MB memory running Windows XP.
I am using mame version .109. All 2-D games (including the ones you specified) run at 100% speed with this version my PC. Any newer versions after .109 I tried I encountered some slight slowdowns (e.g. Mortal Kombat)
If that is still too slow, drop down to about .106. If that's too slow, then give .92 a try. That should do the trick. Odds are .109 would work for you as your PC is faster than mine.
dailygeek:
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on October 23, 2008, 10:57:20 am ---http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=85859.0
See this and my billion other answers recently. Seems like everyone is asking this question at the moment.
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You see I clearly meet that second spec, yet if i switch between a couple of games, or play for 5-10 mins, I start getting slowdown, frameskip and soundstutter?
I'm guessing its the RAM (or lack of) it's a pretty basic fresh xp install so there isn't much else going on. I was using maximus arcade but i'm getting the same thing through the native mame menu too.
jharris:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on October 23, 2008, 09:23:51 am ---Try going to an older version, like in the .60's or .70's.
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--- Quote from: HarumaN on October 23, 2008, 11:05:07 am ---With those PC stats, I would recommend Windows 98 SE. I've built a bartop out of a PC with worse stats, used command line MAME and MALA and had very good results.
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I think the OP's hardware specs are just fine for Windows XP and way overqualified for Windows 98. He should be able to run anything over mame version 0.80 as well. Doubling his RAM wouldn't hurt. Unless the OP wants the latest and greatest his system is okay IMO.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: jharris on October 23, 2008, 06:01:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: HarumaN on October 23, 2008, 09:23:51 am ---Try going to an older version, like in the .60's or .70's.
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--- Quote from: HarumaN on October 23, 2008, 11:05:07 am ---With those PC stats, I would recommend Windows 98 SE. I've built a bartop out of a PC with worse stats, used command line MAME and MALA and had very good results.
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I think the OP's hardware specs are just fine for Windows XP and way overqualified for Windows 98. He should be able to run anything over mame version 0.80 as well. Doubling his RAM wouldn't hurt. Unless the OP wants the latest and greatest his system is okay IMO.
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My cab's first computer was 1.8Mhz P4 and I was able to run a lot from .116 with no problems (though a few games - Donkey Kong comes to mind - were slow enough to necessitate having .99 handy).
Definitely throw some RAM in there. 512MB total is the minimum I would say.
DeLuSioNal29:
My P4 1.7ghz was able to run Donkey Kong in .119 of MAME just fine once I cut the sample rate for sounds in half.
You have to edit your mame.ini file (If you don't have one, type mame -cc at the command prompt to make one).
It defaults to:
--- Code: ---# CORE SOUND OPTIONS
#
sound 1
samplerate 48000
samples 1
volume 0
--- End code ---
Change it to:
--- Code: ---# CORE SOUND OPTIONS
#
sound 1
samplerate 24000
samples 1
volume 0
--- End code ---
That will speed everything up, without having to skip frames.
Tiny XP will help a lot too.
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