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Griff08:
I'm using a J-Pac and an Ultimarc ArcadeVGA video card to run my PC (Phenom II Quad, Windows 7 64, 8 gigs Ram) into my JAMMA Arcade cabinet. The cabinet holds a 25'' Wells Gardner Arcade Monitor.

According to ultimarc.com I need to change three settings in mame to make the picture look authentic and snazzy.

"HARDWARESTRETCH MUST BE OFF
YOU MUST USE DIRECT-DRAW NOT DIRECT 3D
SWITCH RESOLUTIONS MUST BE ENABLED"

I can change these settings easily enough in the MAME.ini. Unfortunately, mame does not seem to want to run using Direct Draw under Windows 7 :hissy:.

So I have two out of three settings set to ultimarc's specification; hardware stretch off and switch resolution on... and the picture actually seems much worse off for it.

What should I do to get my best looking picture on my arcade monitor?  I hope your answer is not change operating systems  :banghead:

I have a real copy of Marvel Vs. Capcom on hand; I hope to project an emulation of the game that looks exactly like the real thing; this is my litmus test.

Thanks for your help!

drventure:
Did you see this?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191660

No idea whether that's the prob or not, but it might be worth checking out.

Griff08:
I am fairly certain I have DX setup right.  I have gone into dxdiag... although in dxdiag there does not seem to be a place to enable/disable d3d or ddraw.

Come on!  I can't be the only person in the world running a Windows 7 computer into an arcade monitor!

This community is so small!  Is there no help out there!  :hissy:

dgame:
What MAME version?

What DX Version?

What game/rom?

What does >MAME -verbose yourromname output?

mytymaus007:
I think you need the new version of Ultimarc ArcadeVGA video card to use with Windows 7. Do have that or the old version.

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