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How To Make MAME Look Good on an Arcade Monitor. ULTIMARC HELP ME!!! :)
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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