[advancemame-users] Problem using Radeon X800XL

[rindahl]

It says in the docs this card (in particular 554D, which this is according to
the adapter info in Windows) is supported, but when loading games, it tries
then goes back to Windows and says the infamous 'exit with status1'. I tried
recent and really old drivers and the same situation. Does anybody know what
might fix this?

[rindahl]

Post by rindahl
It says in the docs this card (in particular 554D, which this is according
to the adapter info in Windows) is supported, but when loading games, it
tries then goes back to Windows and says the infamous 'exit with status1'.
I tried recent and really old drivers and the same situation. Does anybody
know what might fix this?

Okay, some new points on this: this card can display low pixel
clocks/resolutions if loaded via soft15khz. When AdvanceMAME tries via
generate_y, generate_yclock, or xclock (in essence, anything via the svgawin
drivers), my monitor displays a screwy double image - like if it were trying
to either interlace the image, or display at one with a refresh my monitor
won't handle. So two things come to mind:

- the registry method soft15khz uses is 'low' enough to get around the ATI
watchdog, and the method Advancemame uses is not.

- an interlace or/and refresh issue that the card is creating through
over-riding what the software is telling it.