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gamecreature:
I've been tearing my hair out over this problem and I'm hoping someone here might have some insight.

The computer I'm using to run Mame has an onboard Intel Graphics chip that does a great job of displaying the games. All but the most sophisticated games play at full speed. The only problem is that some of the vertical games get distorted on the horizontal display. The vertical is squeezed down and the horizontal is stretched out. It doesn't happen on all of the games - Dig Dug is affected while Astro Blaster appears to be normal. At any rate, I've tried tweaking Mame's settings, but haven't seemed to find anything that makes a difference.

So I tried a different graphics card, an ATI Rage 128. The ATI card had no problem displaying the vertical games at their proper aspect ratio, but the frame rate was terrible. Mame froze repeatedly as it would squeeze out a few frames every few seconds.

So what do I do? All I want is to get my vertical games back the way they're supposed to be. Is there a way to get the Intel graphics to do the job? Is this motherboard just too anal to accept an advanced graphics card? Any help would be appreciated.

jimmy_bored:
Your best bet would be to post your question here: http://www.clrmame.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/wwwthreads.pl?action=list&Board=mamegeneral

They are mame pros.

ahofle:
You should start by listing the version of MAME you are using, as well as the video settings you are currently using.  Are you absolutely sure you used the same settings with the new card as the old card?  For example, the game that "stuttered" with the new card...how did it run under the old card, and are you sure the MAME settings were the EXACT same for both?  The video card shouldn't have much effect at all on the speed of MAME, so something doesn't sound right here.

gamecreature:
I'm using Mame 106. The cards are different, so the video settings are not exactly the same. But the Mame settings that worked on one card do not work on the other. One other possibility is that the motherboard is not capable of supporting the card. That's why I'm asking. Let me know what to check and I'll give you the results.

_Iz-:
The rage 128 card is quite ancient...   Try something newer...

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