MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: 120 hz monitor with Windows 7

> I have been using MAME for years in my 120hz monitor (1920x1080) and a Geforce card
> without problems, with Windows XP. Now I've installed Windows 7 and the games run at
> 120 fps. I've tried everything, but the monitor never changes to 60hz when the games
> are launched. Can you confirm this is a problem with Windows 7 and not with my
> config? Any idea how to fix this? What I'm doing for now is to use a script to change
> my monitor refresh to 60hz when I run EmuLoader.
>
> I've found a patch for 120hz monitors, to run the games at 120fps but at normal
> speed, also getting rid of the motion blur effect, but there's not a diff for .149 or
> .153.

MAME does not automatically do that. You have vsync forced on, either in mame.ini or your video card driver control panel. Disable it and you'll be fine

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