malloc4096
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My experience with MAME is limited. And as I'm looking into it again after a long time I notice it might suffer from slight performance degradation with certain ROM's as the #VERSIONs evolve. Tho I don't have the experience yet to know if that's a natural side effect of more accurate emulation, or simply becoming more bloated and less efficent for certain ROMs.
I know I may not have any issues if I were on a modern high power computer. But for Me and Those who may not be on a modern machine, does anyone perhaps have the experience to know the Ideal #VERSION number ~range or 'sweet spot' in MAME's generation history for optimal performance on low gfx power pc's ?
I ask also cause I suspect its not just the pc, but the Emu itself sometimes... seeing as there are games, just for example - KILLER_INSTINCT 1 and 2, which require a CHD for MAME... which run, but not smooth. If i use u64emu though they run smooth. and yes both at comperable visual settings. I've also seen this (but Rarely) with lesser 2d intensive games as well.
Also making me believe its simply the MAME VERSION, is that oddly it runs CPS3 nocd ROM version surprisingly well and smooth for the most part on my machine (sorry I never tried the CHD CPS3 rom version for comparison sake, i would have if i knew were to find it lol)... but anyway just an example of what seems like flat out inconsistancy Emu wise
Any Input if you have a Favorite mame version. I'd like to hear about it.
EDIT: oh yea... everything I mentioned about ROM performance was with verified ROM's using mame cmd> mame -verifyroms romname
I know I may not have any issues if I were on a modern high power computer. But for Me and Those who may not be on a modern machine, does anyone perhaps have the experience to know the Ideal #VERSION number ~range or 'sweet spot' in MAME's generation history for optimal performance on low gfx power pc's ?
I ask also cause I suspect its not just the pc, but the Emu itself sometimes... seeing as there are games, just for example - KILLER_INSTINCT 1 and 2, which require a CHD for MAME... which run, but not smooth. If i use u64emu though they run smooth. and yes both at comperable visual settings. I've also seen this (but Rarely) with lesser 2d intensive games as well.
Also making me believe its simply the MAME VERSION, is that oddly it runs CPS3 nocd ROM version surprisingly well and smooth for the most part on my machine (sorry I never tried the CHD CPS3 rom version for comparison sake, i would have if i knew were to find it lol)... but anyway just an example of what seems like flat out inconsistancy Emu wise
Any Input if you have a Favorite mame version. I'd like to hear about it.
EDIT: oh yea... everything I mentioned about ROM performance was with verified ROM's using mame cmd> mame -verifyroms romname
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