Posted by Mojo2000 on 17, 2001 at 12:14 PM:
In Reply to: Mame Game problems...Help needed... posted by Alan Long on 17, 2001 at 7:43 AM:
: I recently bought a Compaq 450MHz PC with 128Meg RAM. Even so, some MAME games still slow down e.g PANG, Alien Syndrome, POW etc. The computer did not come with any seperate sound or graphics cards...could this be what is causing the problem? If so, what sort of hardware do you either have or recommend.
1) Use a utility like End-It-All, this will help you cut down on all non-essential computer operations while MAME-ing.
2) Integrated audio and video are bad, especially since they draw on your core RAM resources. Try anything plugged in as an alternative. :-)
BTW, in spite of using End-It-All, I still get periodic (but temporary) freezes. For example, in a CPU-heavy game such as Strike Force, my audio just kind of lurches and holds for three to five seconds before resuming. It's really annoying after a while, and keeps coming back. On the other hand, a smaller game like Slap Fight doesn't suffer like that. Any relevance??