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ahofle:

--- Quote from: sega_mad on November 04, 2007, 03:00:40 pm ---I remember when I installed the AVGA card it said to change  these 3 things: HARDWARE STRETCH MUST BE OFF
YOU MUST USE DIRECT-DRAW NOT DIRECT3D
SWITCH RESOLUTIONS MUST BE ENABLED

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My F.E is Mala, and I set that to run all games at 640*480......seems to work for me!!


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You bought an ArcadeVGA card to run all your games at 640x480?

To the original poster, I have the same issues with my arcade monitor even when the game's refresh rate matches my monitor's rate exactly in some cases.  I'm not sure what the problem is, but I'm guessing it's a MAME issue.  I have just learned to live with the tearing.
katzinator:
@ahofle:

Do you get the tearing problem with ALL games?  If so, how often?  For me, some games such as Metal Slug exhibit it all the time while others like Street Fighter II it is significantly less noticeable.

I guess I'm just slightly peeved I threw out $90 for a special video card that is supposed to help bring the "proper" arcade experience, but instead I have a bunch of ugly tears running through 99% of my games.  Sure, there is triplebuffering, but then the sound is awful.  Had I known a problem like this was unavoidable, I would've just run D3D through a card I have laying around.
ahofle:
No it's not all games (which is why I think it's a MAME issue), and most games that don't have scrolling you can't even tell if it's tearing anyway.  I still think it's 500 times better than D3D and scaling though -- I would never even consider going back to that.
katzinator:
OK, well I tried using some older versions of MAME and found out that versions up to .112 are able to have triplebuffer enabled with no sound studdering.  I'm not sure what core changes were made, but versions .113 and above sound like crap with triplebuffer enabled.  Now I can play tear-free and enjoy decent sound!

I really hope this helps anyone else who has been pulling their hair out over this issue.
MAME TIME:
When i get home i'll post my specs i had this problem awhile back but nobody was able to answer my question, figured it out after hours of configing and testing, i run mame106 with atomic fe, and play both ver and hor games on my wg k7000
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