Care to compare settings? 19" PC Monitor specific

[Fuzzguitar]

Hi all,

          Getting back to working on my cab and am very interested to hear what settings others with a 19" PC monitor use for authenticity and performance. If you could please post your ini's so I can swap them out , compare the results to mine and pick something to go with that would be ideal.

My current settings below work well though all round though if I put triple buffering on to stop tearing etc then games like NBA Jam and upwards don't get the full frame rates Obviously this is undesirable.

The PC I have is an AMD 2400, 256MB, 40GB, on-board Realtek graphics 32MB (from memory), on board sound.

Here you go:

### MAME.ini ###

### Frontend Related ###
clones                  1

### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath                 roms
samplepath              samples
# inipath               <NULL> (not set)
cfg_directory           cfg
nvram_directory         nvram
memcard_directory       memcard
input_directory         inp
hiscore_directory       hi
state_directory         sta
artwork_directory       artwork
snapshot_directory      snap
diff_directory          diff
ctrlr_directory         ctrlr
cheat_file              cheat.dat
history_file            history.dat
mameinfo_file           mameinfo.dat

### Windows video options ###
autoframeskip           1
frameskip               0
waitvsync               0
triplebuffer            0
window                  0
ddraw                   1
direct3d                1
hwstretch               0
cleanstretch            auto
resolution              auto
zoom                    2
refresh                 0
scanlines               0
switchres               1
switchbpp               1
maximize                1
keepaspect              1
matchrefresh            0
syncrefresh             0
throttle                1
full_screen_brightness   0.000000
frames_to_run           0
effect                  none
screen_aspect           4:3
sleep                   1
rdtsc                   0
high_priority           0

### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ###
d3dtexmanage            0
d3dfilter               0
d3dfeedback             0
d3dscan                 75
d3deffectrotate         1
d3dprescale             auto
d3deffect               sharp
# d3dcustom             <NULL> (not set)
# d3dexpert             <NULL> (not set)

### Windows sound options ###
audio_latency           1

### Input device options ###
mouse                   0
joystick                0
lightgun                0
dual_lightgun           0
offscreen_reload        0
steadykey               0
keyboard_leds           1
led_mode                ps/2
a2d_deadzone            0.300000
# ctrlr                 <NULL> (not set)

### Mame CORE video options ###
norotate                0
ror                     0
rol                     0
autoror                 0
autorol                 0
flipx                   0
flipy                   0
debug_resolution        auto
gamma                   1.000000
brightness              1.000000
pause_brightness        0.650000

### Mame CORE vector game options ###
antialias               1
translucency            1
beam                    1.000000
flicker                 0.000000
intensity               3.0000000

### Mame CORE sound options ###
samplerate              44100
samples                 1
resamplefilter          1
sound                   1
volume                  0

### Mame CORE misc options ###
artwork                 1
use_backdrops           1
use_overlays            1
use_bezels              1
artwork_crop            0
artwork_resolution      0

I messed around a long while trialing various changes but this seemed to be the winner. Surely I've missed something - I mean this PC should be able to handle triple buffering on most high end mame games right?

I hate to think a hardware upgrade is needed....hmmmm maybe this on board sound is my problem? Having it and the video built in must really hit performance.

[Fuzzguitar]

Actually I think I tested all my various settings with and without sound but it was too long ago to remember if I got full frame rates without sound and with triple buffering on. Doh.

[Fuzzguitar]

Hmmmm does nobody who uses similar setup's have a mame ini  

If anyone could post an ini or two I'd be grateful, regardless of monitor size, now i'm getting interested in the ini configuration all round.

C'mon guys it's simple cut and pasting!

[KHAN]

Hi dear!
              i have 19" PC monitor.At a time a don't have an ini file,But i have a windows mame32 ini..check it may be you
get some thing new....

I have intel original 1.0 ghz with intelD845GLAD board.
sound + vga builtinn and 256mb DDR ram.
It is quite perfect to run all games in mame excect of some
3D games due to mame bad 3d driver support.


### mame.ini ###

### Frontend Related ###
clones                  1

### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath                 "F:\arcade games\Roms"
samplepath              samples
inipath                 ini
cfg_directory           cfg
nvram_directory         nvram
memcard_directory       memcard
input_directory         inp
hiscore_directory       hi
state_directory         sta
artwork_directory       artwork
snapshot_directory      "F:\arcade games\SNAP"
diff_directory          diff
ctrlr_directory         ctrlr
ips_directory           ips
cheat_file              cheat.dat
history_file            history.dat
mameinfo_file           mameinfo.dat

### Windows video options ###
autoframeskip           1
frameskip               0
waitvsync               0
triplebuffer            1
window                  0
ddraw                   1
direct3d                1
scale_effect            none
hwstretch               1
cleanstretch            auto
resolution              1024x768x16
zoom                    2
refresh                 0
scanlines               0
switchres               1
switchbpp               1
maximize                1
keepaspect              1
matchrefresh            0
syncrefresh             0
throttle                1
full_screen_brightness   1.000000
frames_to_run           0
effect                  none
screen_aspect           4:3
sleep                   1
rdtsc                   0
high_priority           0

### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ###
d3dtexmanage            1
d3dfilter               1
d3deffectrotate         1
d3dfeedback             0
d3dscan                 100
d3deffect               none
d3dprescale             auto

### Windows sound options ###
audio_latency           1

### Input device options ###
mouse                   0
joystick                0
lightgun                0
dual_lightgun           0
offscreen_reload        0
stickpoint              0
steadykey               0
keyboard_leds           1
led_mode                ps/2
a2d_deadzone            0.300000
ctrlr                   Standard
joyid1                  0
joyid2                  1
joyid3                  2
joyid4                  3
joyid5                  4
joyid6                  5
joyid7                  6
joyid8                  7

### Mame CORE video options ###
norotate                0
ror                     0
rol                     0
autoror                 0
autorol                 0
flipx                   0
flipy                   0
debug_resolution        auto
gamma                   1.000000
brightness              1.000000
pause_brightness        0.650000

### Mame CORE vector game options ###
antialias               1
translucency            1
beam                    1.000000
flicker                 0.000000
intensity               1.500000

### Mame CORE sound options ###
samplerate              22050
samples                 1
resamplefilter          1
sound                   1
volume                  0

### Mame CORE misc options ###
artwork                 1
use_backdrops           1
use_overlays            1
use_bezels              0
artwork_crop            0
artwork_resolution      0
cheat                   1
debug                   0
# playback              <NULL> (not set)
# record                <NULL> (not set)
log                     0
maxlogsize              10000
oslog                   0
skip_disclaimer         1
skip_gameinfo           1
crconly                 0
bios                    default
auto_pause_playback     0
# state                 <NULL> (not set)
confirm_quit            1
# ips_patch             <NULL> (not set)
use_trans_ui            1
ui_transparency         160
m68k_core               0
skip_warnings           0

### Mame CORE palette options ###
font_blank              0,0,0
font_normal             255,255,255
font_special            247,203,0
system_background       0,0,255
system_framemedium      192,192,192
system_framelight       224,224,224
system_framedark        128,128,128
osdbar_framemedium      192,192,192
osdbar_framelight       224,224,224
osdbar_framedark        128,128,128
osdbar_defaultbar       60,120,240
button_red              255,64,64
button_yellow           255,238,0
button_green            0,255,64
button_blue             0,170,255
button_purple           170,0,255
button_pink             255,0,170
button_aqua             0,255,204
button_silver           255,0,255
button_navy             255,160,0
button_lime             190,190,190
cursor                  60,120,240

### Configuration options ###
readconfig              1
verbose                 0

### Language options ###
language                en_US
use_lang_list           0