System Requirements

MameUI runs on Microsoft Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

Because of the wide range of arcade hardware supported by MameUI, system requirements vary considerably. The more complex the original arcade hardware, the more CPU power is needed to emulate it. Mame strives for accuracy in its emulation; as such, over time, the performance point shifts as the underlying engine has been reworked and refined. Early games now require a bit more PC processing power to run than they did in earlier versions of Mame. This is typically not a great concern as modern PCs can run these early games easily at thousands of times their original speed. More recent games can often take upwards of 512M of memory, and Phenom / Core2 chips to emulate at 100% speed with effects. For those wishing to upgrade their systems; MameUI benefits most from adding more CPU power, using a 64bit build on a 64bit OS, and then memory and upgraded video card.

Currently there are some games supported in MameUI which are not playable at full frame rate on today's PC hardware. Many of these are mid to late 90's and beyond advanced 3D games which MameUI renders in software for accuracy sake. Recent developments in Mame [.120] have allowed some of these games to get close to 100% playable on high-end overclocked [3.6Ghz+] Intel Core2Duo and Quad Core cpus. Additionally the fastest combination for MameUI is one of the previously mentioned CPUs plus the 64bit version of MameUI combined with a 64bit Operating System like Windows 7 x64.

2009-12-24 12:33 AM -0800 / john iv