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Tiger-Heli:
Here is what I do:

Set Windows to display at 800x600 (and 85 Hz but that's optional).

Adjust Windows desktop to be full screen.

Edit MAME.ini to have the following settings:

hwstretch               1
resolution              800x600
keepaspect              1

That should fix it.  If it doesn't, you might try using Multires from www.entechtaiwan.com.  This will try to "Lock" the refresh rate at 85 Hz.

Apart from this, if you are using an ATI card, the driver may say it is outputing 85 Hz and actually be displaying 60 Hz.  There is a registry change to fix this.
toffee:
thanks for the reply tiger-h!

800x600 made things even worse, but playing around I set resolution in mame.ini to 1024x768 and now everything looks better.....

looking at the monitor setting, all games are running 1024x768 at 60 hz

a few games are a little "small" tho - e.g. smash tv. ill have another fiddle with the different options....

thanks again!
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: toffee on August 02, 2004, 06:23:28 pm ---thanks for the reply tiger-h!

800x600 made things even worse, but playing around I set resolution in mame.ini to 1024x768 and now everything looks better.....

looking at the monitor setting, all games are running 1024x768 at 60 hz

a few games are a little "small" tho - e.g. smash tv. ill have another fiddle with the different options....

thanks again!

--- End quote ---
Odd that 800x600 was worse . . . You DID select 800x600 in windows and adjust the desktop sizing using the screen adjustments on the monitor, correct?
toffee:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on August 03, 2004, 07:10:17 am ---Odd that 800x600 was worse . . . You DID select 800x600 in windows and adjust the desktop sizing using the screen adjustments on the monitor, correct?

--- End quote ---

yeah - did that. I think its the crappy onboard videocard that is in the Dell PC I am using. I will see what other video cards I have in my big-box-of-crap that I can use.....

that said I am fairly happy now with the way it looks - its Full Screen or at least 80% on all games.
captainpotato:
I just had this issue whilst configuring AdvanceMAME... those screenmodes that stayed like that were ignored, and I just used the ones that didn't have that problem (not an issue as there was at least one per resolution).

If you are not using AdvanceMAME, give it a go and that may solve your problems.
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