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southpaw13:
So I just got an Arkanoid machine and I noticed how smooth the ball travels.  So I booted up my Mame machine and it is not the same.  I am using an LCD monitor with an Nvida graphics card.  So the ball on my Mame machine will travel smooth for a little bit, then it looks jagged or ghosted, then looks smooth a little again and the cycle continues.  So I am assuming that this is caused from Mame trying to stretch the screen to fit my LCD resolution.  Is this correct?  Do I fix this with an ArcadeVGA graphics card?

Thanks for suggestions....
Southpaw
BobA:
You might like to provide info on the MAME rev, computer specs, video card specs and monitor res so someone can give you a good guess.   I don't think an arcade vga card will help you since you are running on an LCD. Sounds like a case of underpowered CPU.  I just checked my mame arkanoid and it ran well on my computer.   AMD quad core, 4GB DDR2 ATI 4770 video, Windows 7 64 Bit Mame rev 0.132.
I/O:
(A search may show the real issue is likely that) Arkanoid used a geared spinner (as does Pole Position), which makes for a more detailed tracking.
southpaw13:
Running at 100%, no frames lost.  I am not talking about the controls but the actual ball moving on the screen.  It's jerky.  Mame version 109.

Thanks,
Southpaw
bigster:
Might be your lcd monitors refresh rate
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