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==Why do some games run so slowly on my system?==
==Why do some games run so slowly on my system?==
You are comparing apples and oranges.
MAME emulates every function of the emulated CPU(s), video hardware, audio hardware, and anything else on the board (including potentially IDE or SCSI harddisks and CD-ROMs).  This is simply not something that can be done quickly in a high-quality fashion.
==How can I get games to run faster?==
==How can I get games to run faster?==
==There are occasional speed problems.==
==There are occasional speed problems.==

Revision as of 22:21, 30 March 2007

Return to the main Frequently Asked Questions page.

Why do some games run so slowly on my system?

You are comparing apples and oranges.

MAME emulates every function of the emulated CPU(s), video hardware, audio hardware, and anything else on the board (including potentially IDE or SCSI harddisks and CD-ROMs). This is simply not something that can be done quickly in a high-quality fashion.

How can I get games to run faster?

There are occasional speed problems.

Does MAME benefit from SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) / HT (Hyper-Threading) / dual cores?

Why is MAME so slow? These games ran at less than 10 MHz, and my CPU is 500 MHz!

Why don't the developers put more hacks in MAME?

Why does MAME become slower all the time?