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Performance by Fussbett 07/20/2006, 3:16pm PDT
I hatched my MAME cabinet plan after installing MAME on the Motherhead 8800 and seeing every game perform flawlessly. I'm now in the testing stages of the cabinet, on an older Barton 2500+ chip computer... and sometimes it can't keep up! The list of troublesome games is bizzarre -- I've gotta drop 4 frames on Chelnov, Tetris and Robotron? I've gotta drop 10 frames on Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move?!?! Meanwhile some impressive "higher end" 16-bit games like Mazinger Z and 1943 run perfectly without dropped frames.

Seeing as the original MAME cabinet builders were using P3 500s back in 1999, I just assumed that horespower was no longer an issue. I'm hoping I'm right about that and something is just amiss in my current setup. I'll be crossposting this on a MAME forum and keeping you all updated!!!
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Performance by Fussbett 07/20/2006, 3:16pm PDT NEW
    I'm already getting distracted!!! by Fussbett 07/20/2006, 4:57pm PDT NEW
    Solved by Fussbett 07/20/2006, 7:24pm PDT NEW
        Re: Solved by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/20/2006, 10:28pm PDT NEW
            Re: Solved by Fussbett 07/21/2006, 12:54am PDT NEW
                Re: Solved by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/21/2006, 3:26pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Solved by Fussbett 07/27/2006, 4:39am PDT NEW
                        Re: Solved by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/27/2006, 11:41pm PDT NEW
                            WAIT A SEC by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/27/2006, 11:44pm PDT NEW
                                Re: WAIT A SEC by Entropy Stew 07/28/2006, 12:36am PDT NEW
                                    Re: WAIT A SEC by Fussbett 07/28/2006, 1:49am PDT NEW
                    MAME Resolution Tool by Fussbett 10/09/2006, 11:09am PDT NEW
 
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