> But that's the thing. Common knowledge seems to indicate so but, in practice, if I'm
> running only MAME and a frontend in the background, not a lot of memory is being
> used. This is why I'm interested in this little experiment.
In practice, Windows 7 with 1 GB on 32-bit or 2 GB on 64-bit is nearly unusable just running a browser or something, especially if your HDD is 5400 RPM (e.g. a laptop). Fact, not common knowledge. I've personally experienced this.
Also, you're asking the wrong question. Where insufficient RAM hurts you on MAME is start-up time, not runtime. The framerate will be the same, it's just a matter of "mame mace" appearing right away vs. grinding the disk for 45 seconds first.
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