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XFX HD 4550 help with CRT_EMUDRIVER please! Device ID mismatch to blame?
krick:
--- Quote from: HDgaming42 on October 05, 2012, 10:12:35 pm ---Interesting. My XP 64bit was retail. No special, or "lite" version. In fact it was only SP1, but I didn't think to try the crt_emudrivers until after I had already added SP2. Perhaps it would have worked if I hadn't added SP2?
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I have a retail copy of XP x64 edition from when I was in college (it was a "student" edition or something. Basically, retail without the fancy packaging. I used Nlite to slipstreame SP2, along with 5eraph's post-SP2 Update Pack, Internet Explorer 8 x64 Addon, and IE8 tweaks, and then burned a new CD to install from. (You can get 5eraph's packs here... http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=e6c2cb4a9608cbfbbe4552528e2a5ca5)
I didn't have any problems using CRT_EmuDriver except for the two errors during the install, and the need to manually run VMMaker after the install.
The problem must lie elsewhere. I strongly recommend making another effort to get x64 edition working. The performance gains in some games are huge when running 64-bit MAME on a 64-bit OS.
HDgaming42:
--- Quote from: krick on October 05, 2012, 01:25:07 pm ---I'm pretty sure you should be using the DVI port with a Radeon HD 4xxx card. It should be the "bottom" port, i.e. the one closest to the motherboard.
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Thanks. Yes, it is the DVI that works.
--- Quote from: krick on October 05, 2012, 01:25:07 pm ---What is a "PVM"? I'm not sure that going through a VGA switchbox is a good idea. The switchbox or the LCD may be providing an EDID to Windows, which I think would cause Windows to lock out lower resolutions/refresh rates.
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I meant a Sony PVM monitor (professional video monitor). They're old CRTs that can accept 15kHz over 4xBNC. The VGA switch is purely mechanical. Just a knob--no worries about EDID. :)
--- Quote from: krick on October 05, 2012, 01:25:07 pm ---When I installed CRT_EmuDrivers on my XP x64 system, I got two errors at the end of the driver install. After rebooting, it was clear that the resolutions didn't get written to the registry properly because it tried to start up at 640x480 non-interlaced.
The way I solved it was to run VMMaker. I think these were steps I used...
- Uninstall all old video drivers from control panel
- run catalyst cleaner
- install CRT_EmuDriver (you'll probably get two errors, ignore them both)
- configure and run VMMaker for your arcade monitor (make sure you grab the new version of VMMaker. Don't use the version bundled with the driver)
- set desktop resolution to 640x480
- shut down
- unplug PC monitor, attach arcade monitor
- restart PC
There might have been an additional restart in there somewhere, but I can't remember for sure.
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Thanks for this. I'm sure it will come in handy...
HDgaming42:
--- Quote from: krick on October 05, 2012, 10:42:01 pm ---I strongly recommend making another effort to get x64 edition working. The performance gains in some games are huge when running 64-bit MAME on a 64-bit OS.
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I was afraid someone would say this... *sigh*
Perhaps. Maybe I'll image what I have first in case I need to bail back to 32bit...
I'm running a P4 3.0Ghz processor with 1.5GB of RAM. I'm more of a console emu-guy, mainly because I could never be bothered to figure out all the options in MAME. Now with GroovyMAME I'm willing to give it a shot.
Could my rig run anything that would max out a 32bit XP? I mean, I suspect the processor is the bottleneck here, not the 32bit MAME/XP, but what do I know. Perhaps that's exactly what you're trying to tell me...
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