Since I could not respond to my original message, I had to create a new thread again.
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sho...amp;o=&vc=1
OK, I need to know if my custom PC with the following components:
AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz ASRock 880GM-LE FX motherboard MSI HD 4350 Radeon 8GB DDR3 RAM Windows XP Professional x86
Is fast enough for MAME emulation.
In response, John IV said: "Games benefit more from x64 builds of MAME running on 64bit operating systems. Some games do *a lot* better on Intel solutions. THat said you should be fine for 90%+ of Mame games at that speed.
See some bench runs below. http://www.mameui.info/Bench.htm%22
The thing that I don't understand is that how can a 31 years old game, such as FROGGER run any faster/better on an Intel platform and 'smoke' an AMD system?
I was under impression that MAME relies on pure CPU speed (and not other fancy modern CPU features). My AMD FX-4100 Zambezi is 3.6GHz which can be run at 4.00Ghz with turbo and proper overclocking. Isn't 4.00GHz not good enough for MAME?
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated!
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