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Game & Watch - slowdown
#387143 - 07/19/20 10:30 PM


I've noticed a slowdown in some G&W games I have, I don't know in which MAME version the slowdown begun though. My machine is not top notch but these games used to be faster in previous MAME versions. Does anyone know the reason for this slowdown? My games are running around 32% speed...



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Re: Game & Watch - slowdown new [Re: R.Coltrane]
#387144 - 07/19/20 11:40 PM


> I've noticed a slowdown in some G&W games I have, I don't know in which MAME version
> the slowdown begun though. My machine is not top notch but these games used to be
> faster in previous MAME versions. Does anyone know the reason for this slowdown? My
> games are running around 32% speed...

Specific examples?
Added Artwork?
Checked different video modes?
Enabled HLSL/GLSL Shaders?
Problems with other machines?
Hardware details?

Considering you said it was sudden and affects multiple G+W games, I'd suggest a setting is causing it somewhere.



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Re: Game & Watch - slowdown new [Re: R.Coltrane]
#387147 - 07/20/20 12:57 AM


I play these games quite a bit and I have never experienced anything like that. This includes the most recently added game, Donkey Kong Hockey.



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Re: Game & Watch - slowdown new [Re: Tafoid]
#387148 - 07/20/20 04:14 AM



>
> Specific examples?

Donkey Kong and Chef, the only 2 I have.

> Added Artwork?

I'm using the same artwork since forever, even before the slowdown started.

> Checked different video modes?

Nope, same video mode as before.

> Enabled HLSL/GLSL Shaders?

Nope

> Problems with other machines?

No

> Hardware details?

Lenovo notebook with radeon r5 graphics and 8gb ram. Nothing fancy but it's good enough.

>
> Considering you said it was sudden and affects multiple G+W games, I'd suggest a
> setting is causing it somewhere.

Which setting could be affecting it?



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Re: Game & Watch - slowdown new [Re: R.Coltrane]
#387149 - 07/20/20 04:31 AM


> >
> > Specific examples?
>
> Donkey Kong and Chef, the only 2 I have.
>
> > Added Artwork?
>
> I'm using the same artwork since forever, even before the slowdown started.
>
> > Checked different video modes?
>
> Nope, same video mode as before.
>
> > Enabled HLSL/GLSL Shaders?
>
> Nope
>
> > Problems with other machines?
>
> No
>
> > Hardware details?
>
> Lenovo notebook with radeon r5 graphics and 8gb ram. Nothing fancy but it's good
> enough.
>
> >
> > Considering you said it was sudden and affects multiple G+W games, I'd suggest a
> > setting is causing it somewhere.
>
> Which setting could be affecting it?

Well, you can move your mame.ini or machine.ini/.cfg files elsewhere and then run as normal and use default settings. If that brings your performance back, then check your settings against defaults
Use: mame64 -showusage > output.txt to save what the options are after your files are moved and compare the options to your .ini.
In the end if using defaults doesn't change it, then I'd look at Windows updates or drivers.



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Re: Game & Watch - slowdown new [Re: Tafoid]
#387234 - 07/24/20 08:22 PM


I've managed to get rid of the slowdown. I was using some parameters that were useless to Game & Watch titles and they were the source of the problem.

Thank you Tafoid for your support with this issue!!


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