Re: AdvMAME Opens in Tiny Window

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Eric, I believe the big performance bottleneck that you're seeing is that
it's running in an X-based window and not using the frame-buffer driver
directly.  Try to build and run AdvMAME using the fb driver, with X
completely not running, and you will see dramatically better video
performance.  I'm afraid my detailed set of tip and tricks is too distant in
the past, but a few details of my system are here:

http://cocu.la/content/cocktail-table-arcade-machine

John

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Robinson, Eric
> <eric.robinson-JiDY2OCN/[email protected]> wrote:
> > Newbie here!
> >
> > I was told that MAME works well on low-power computers. I don't know
> if this applies to AdvMAME as well. I have Linux (2.6.9.34) installed on
> an 800MHz Dell with 384MB RAM and an ATI Radeon 7500 card. When I start
> MAME, it opens in a tiny 2" window. If I try to use AdvMAME's features
> to make the window bigger, the game's frame rate slows down to a crawl.
> If I switch to "full screen mode" the game (1943kai) gets bigger and
> runs at normal speed, but it still leaves about 1.5 inches of black
> screen at the top and bottom. Is there anything I can do to make to
> games run full screen at normal speed aside from buying a much faster
> computer?
> >
> > --Eric
>
>

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Eric, I believe the big performance bottleneck that you&#39;re seeing is that it&#39;s running in an X-based window and not using the frame-buffer driver directly.&nbsp; Try to build and run AdvMAME using the fb driver, with X completely not running, and you will see dramatically better video performance.&nbsp; I&#39;m afraid my detailed set of tip and tricks is too distant in the past, but a few details of my system are here:&nbsp; <br>
<br><a href="http://cocu.la/content/cocktail-table-arcade-machine">http://cocu.la/content/cocktail-table-arcade-machine</a><br><br>John<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Robinson, Eric<br>
&lt;<a href="mailto:eric.robinson-JiDY2OCN/[email protected]">eric.robinson-JiDY2OCN/[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Newbie here!<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I was told that MAME works well on low-power computers. I don&#39;t know<br>
if this applies to AdvMAME as well. I have Linux (<a href="http://2.6.9.34" target="_blank">2.6.9.34</a>) installed on<br>
an 800MHz Dell with 384MB RAM and an ATI Radeon 7500 card. When I start<br>
MAME, it opens in a tiny 2&quot; window. If I try to use AdvMAME&#39;s features<br>
to make the window bigger, the game&#39;s frame rate slows down to a crawl.<br>
If I switch to &quot;full screen mode&quot; the game (1943kai) gets bigger and<br>
runs at normal speed, but it still leaves about 1.5 inches of black<br>
screen at the top and bottom. Is there anything I can do to make to<br>
games run full screen at normal speed aside from buying a much faster<br>
computer?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; --Eric<br><br>
</blockquote></div><br>

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