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Re: Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers?
04/06/12 02:44 PM


> This is Nvidia's fault all the way. It generally happens with older cards on the
> latest drivers, which isn't entirely surprising given the wide range of hardware NV
> now has to support from one codebase. More to the point, reverting MAME versions has
> no effect, while reverting the Nvidia drivers always does.
>
> > At first, I was pointing the finger of blame at Nvidia, but I've become curious as
> to
> > exactly which version of MAME this started in. Is it possible that MAME code is
> doing
> > something wrong with D3D that's causing the crashes?
>
> As per my devquote, MAME is about as close to a reference D3D app as you're going to
> get. With HLSL off it uses a hilariously tiny amount of the resources of any GPU made
> in the last 5 years - during normal gameplay without artwork it draws 2 triangles at
> 60 frames per second. 2. If that's crashing your graphics drivers, they have problems
> MAMEdev can't help you with

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Subject Posted by Posted on
* Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers? krick 04/06/12 07:10 AM
. * Re: Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers? VirtuaIceMan  04/07/12 10:46 PM
. * Don't use 296.10 driver. There is a bug in it. Rush out release without fully tested. Dullaron  04/07/12 12:37 PM
. * Re: Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers? R. Belmont  04/06/12 02:41 PM
. * Re: Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers? ReadOnly  04/07/12 11:31 PM
. * Re: Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers? MAMu_  04/06/12 02:44 PM
. * Re: Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers? DMala  04/06/12 07:48 AM
. * Re: Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers? B2K24  04/06/12 07:47 AM
. * Re: Why is MAME crashing with new Nvidia drivers? Anonymous  04/08/12 12:46 AM

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