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Topic: Installed latest driver on R9 380 and WG D9200 monitor and only 640x48

Hello-

I am resurrecting my MAME cabinet that used to use WinXP and an ArcadeVGA card.  This time I built on Windows 10 with ATI Raedon R9 380 and am still using my Wells Gardner D9200 monitor.  When I used to have this cabinet setup on the old setup windows would output at 800x600, but since installing the new setup and the latest CRT Emudriver I can only get the monitor in 640x480 in windows.  It seems to work OK in MAME with the switchres and games look great, but the limited resolution in the OS makes setting up things hard like LaunchBox as the interfaces don't work at 640x480.  Is there a way for me to force the card to output at 800x600 since I know this monitor supports it?  Don't want to do anything that would compromise the stability of the build, but would be nice to have a bit more screen area for windows.  Thanks!

2 Reply by argento_Giuseppe

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Re: Installed latest driver on R9 380 and WG D9200 monitor and only 640x48

Hello, if you have enabled resolution with wmmaker, make sure to use the configuration for your monitor: "d9200", (monito.ini)

"Wells Gardner D9200", "4:3"
crt_range0 15250-16500, 40-80, 2.187, 4.688, 6.719, 0.190, 0.191, 1.018, 0, 0, 224, 288, 448, 576
crt_range1 23900-24420, 40-80, 2.910, 3.000, 4.440, 0.451, 0.164, 1.048, 0, 0, 320, 384, 0, 0
crt_range2 31000-32000, 40-80, 0.636, 3.813, 1.906, 0.318, 0.064, 1.048, 0, 0, 480, 512, 0, 0
crt_range3 37000-38000, 40-80, 1.000, 3.200, 2.200, 0.020, 0.106, 0.607, 0, 0, 512, 600, 0, 0

As you can see, crt_range3 is already set for a resolution of 800x600. At this point, I'm not sure what the exact issue is, but we can try. I think there are two solutions: you can modify either the: user_modes.ini or user_mode-super.ini (depending on which one you're using in wmmaker) and add the resolution if it's not present. For example: 800 x 600 @ 60.000000 desktop. Add this line to the .ini file you're using and reinstall all resolutions. If this doesn't work, you can create a new extra resolution using another program called "Cru.exe". You can download it and check out a tutorial on how to use it – it’s a very simple program. But I would recommend trying the first method first.

Let me know if it works, and I’ll help you with whatever I can.

I’d also like to ask you something.
We have very similar graphics cards – mine is an R9 380X. I wanted to ask if Vulkan works well in your setup.
It works on mine with other programs, but when I use the xemu emulator, it gives me an error. I don’t know if you’ve tried this emulator? Maybe you could help me with my problem? I opened a topic about it a few days ago. If you know anything, please let me know.

Best regards,
Giuseppe.

3 Reply by argento_Giuseppe

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Re: Installed latest driver on R9 380 and WG D9200 monitor and only 640x48

Hello, if you have enabled resolution with wmmaker, make sure to use the configuration for your monitor: "d9200", (monito.ini)

"Wells Gardner D9200", "4:3"
crt_range0 15250-16500, 40-80, 2.187, 4.688, 6.719, 0.190, 0.191, 1.018, 0, 0, 224, 288, 448, 576
crt_range1 23900-24420, 40-80, 2.910, 3.000, 4.440, 0.451, 0.164, 1.048, 0, 0, 320, 384, 0, 0
crt_range2 31000-32000, 40-80, 0.636, 3.813, 1.906, 0.318, 0.064, 1.048, 0, 0, 480, 512, 0, 0
crt_range3 37000-38000, 40-80, 1.000, 3.200, 2.200, 0.020, 0.106, 0.607, 0, 0, 512, 600, 0, 0

As you can see, crt_range3 is already set for a resolution of 800x600. At this point, I'm not sure what the exact issue is, but we can try. I think there are two solutions: you can modify either the: user_modes.ini or user_mode-super.ini (depending on which one you're using in wmmaker) and add the resolution if it's not present. For example: 800 x 600 @ 60.000000 desktop. Add this line to the .ini file you're using and reinstall all resolutions. If this doesn't work, you can create a new extra resolution using another program called "Cru.exe". You can download it and check out a tutorial on how to use it – it’s a very simple program. But I would recommend trying the first method first.

Let me know if it works, and I’ll help you with whatever I can.

I’d also like to ask you something.
We have very similar graphics cards – mine is an R9 380X. I wanted to ask if Vulkan works well in your setup.
It works on mine with other programs, but when I use the xemu emulator, it gives me an error. I don’t know if you’ve tried this emulator? Maybe you could help me with my problem? I opened a topic about it a few days ago. If you know anything, please let me know.

Best regards,
Giuseppe.