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Can someone with their N900 overclocked at around 700 mhz run R-type on Mame and let me know what fps it runs at?

The reason i ask is that R-type on mame4all on my GP2X Wiz o/c'd at 700mhz runs at 100% and R-type on my N900 at standard clock speed runs at 84% after a stuttering start. i was just wandering what performance it will run at o/c'd (i am thinking of o/c my n900 only slightly nothing too high)
Hmm might just be you and me left in MAMEland, Bazza. Everyone else moved on to the flashy console emus.

I finally found a working version of R-type and get 86% after the slow start you mention, and i've got an 805MHz clock. Something besides CPU speed is the limiting factor (or my N900 needs a reboot, which isn't unlikely). Memory bandwidth, i suspect...

Seems very playable at 86% with the default frameskip, though.
I do not think it is a bandwidth issue, since some very complex and graphic busy shooters play very well, while simple games like Galaga 88 play very slow. My 900 is clocked at 800mhz.

Does the new MAME version work fine with 1.1? I never upgraded to 1.2, since I only use my 900 for media and MAME. I do not want to go through the hastle of updating, since the OC kernel I use is one of the earlier ones and probably not update friendly. I do not want to risk hosing the device, since works fine for what I use it for.


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