| Option Category | # # WINDOWS PERFORMANCE OPTIONS # |
| Description | Threading in MAME is relatively new. On a lot of drivers, MAME can send CPU code and graphics code through different threads in your processor giving great performance gains. This option lets you set the priority of each thread sent to your CPU. This can range from -15 (idle) to 1 (highest). |
| Full Command | -priority <integer> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64 pacman -priority 1 |
| mame.ini Command | priority |
| Command Default | 0 |
| Argument Format | <integer> |