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The Next PC for MAME
#298001 - 10/25/12 03:21 AM
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| R. Belmont |
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Re: The Next PC for MAME
[Re: edcosta]
#298046 - 10/25/12 05:07 PM
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Re: The Next PC for MAME
[Re: R. Belmont]
#298108 - 10/27/12 01:12 AM
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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eULFf6F5Ri8&feature=g-vrec
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> Given the old Core 2 Extremes they show that machine would be much better for MAME
> with a nice new Ivy Bridge CPU, 1 modern SSD, and a big HDD for ROMs
I remember asking the forums if adding an SSD would improve speed in MAME.
I also remember R Belmont telling me that Mame entirely loads itself and the roms/chds into memory, so having SSDs wouldn't make any difference. Obviously, the CPU you described would make a big difference, though.
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Re: The Next PC for MAME
[Re: Master O]
#298109 - 10/27/12 02:34 AM
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> I also remember R Belmont telling me that Mame entirely loads itself and the
> roms/chds into memory, so having SSDs wouldn't make any difference.
I don't believe that he said it loads chd's into memory, because it doesn't do that.
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Re: The Next PC for MAME
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#298110 - 10/27/12 03:03 AM
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> I also remember R Belmont telling me that Mame entirely loads itself and the
> roms/chds into memory, so having SSDs wouldn't make any difference. Obviously, the
> CPU you described would make a big difference, though.
That's a really strange interpretation of what I've said on the subject.
MAME doesn't entirely load itself into memory (just the parts necessary for the game you're actually playing), and CHDs similarly stream off the disk. An SSD won't make an interesting difference in either case (the I/O's just not heavy enough to stress even a slow laptop drive). And of course it won't affect the frame rate at all (which is what some people want to know). Where it *does* help is keeping your OS on it so boot times are fast and applications launch quickly.
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Re: The Next PC for MAME
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#298130 - 10/27/12 07:02 AM
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> > I also remember R Belmont telling me that Mame entirely loads itself and the
> > roms/chds into memory, so having SSDs wouldn't make any difference.
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> I don't believe that he said it loads chd's into memory, because it doesn't do that.
He did at least at one time, when somebody here was zipping up his CHDs... 
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#298136 - 10/27/12 10:15 AM
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> > > I also remember R Belmont telling me that Mame entirely loads itself and the
> > > roms/chds into memory, so having SSDs wouldn't make any difference.
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> > I don't believe that he said it loads chd's into memory, because it doesn't do
> that.
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> He did at least at one time, when somebody here was zipping up his CHDs...
That is just because mame has auto loading of files from zip's, nothing in the chd code requires the entire chd to be in ram at once.
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Re: The Next PC for MAME
[Re: R. Belmont]
#298165 - 10/28/12 12:33 AM
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> > I also remember R Belmont telling me that Mame entirely loads itself and the
> > roms/chds into memory, so having SSDs wouldn't make any difference. Obviously, the
> > CPU you described would make a big difference, though.
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> That's a really strange interpretation of what I've said on the subject.
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> MAME doesn't entirely load itself into memory (just the parts necessary for the game
> you're actually playing), and CHDs similarly stream off the disk. An SSD won't make
> an interesting difference in either case (the I/O's just not heavy enough to stress
> even a slow laptop drive). And of course it won't affect the frame rate at all (which
> is what some people want to know). Where it *does* help is keeping your OS on it so
> boot times are fast and applications launch quickly.
Thanks for clarifying, R. Belmont.
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Re: The Next PC for MAME
[Re: edcosta]
#298167 - 10/28/12 03:25 AM
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> He did at least at one time, when somebody here was zipping up his CHDs...
Which is precisely why you shouldn't zip (or worse, 7zip) your CHDs - it defeats the normal streaming.
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