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Re: The Next PC for MAME
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. > > 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.
Thanks for clarifying, R. Belmont.
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