MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Crash using switchres?

> So I'm a little late to the .143 party, I'm just getting it set up now. With
> "switchres 1" in my INI file, MAME crashes instantly on two very different machines.
> (Core2Duo E8400/GeForce GTX 260/2GB RAM/Win7 x64 and Athlon64 X2 3800+/GeForce
> 6200/2GB RAM/Win7 x64) This happens with HLSL and all of the new options off. Is
> anyone else seeing this?
>
>
> Even with switchres off, I'm also having zero luck with HLSL. When I turn it on on
> the Intel box, I get the usual warning screens, then a black screen with a white
> border and nothing happens. I do have the latest NVIDIA drivers on this system, maybe
> it's related to this? I haven't had a chance to roll them back yet.
>
> On the Athlon, I turn it on and games run, but nothing is different. I see no
> difference in the image, and I don't even see any of the slider controls. I wasn't
> expecting miracles with my crappy GeForce 6200, but I thought *something* would
> happen. The card seems to meet the bare minimum requirements, as far as Directx and
> Pixel Shader 3.0 go. I'm also using an older driver on this system (191.07). Am I
> missing something here?

Read through the MINI-FAQ that is provided at the top of this forum. Run -verbose on command line to see what is happening and address any issues that show up.
HLSL will not activate unless you have everything MAME needs for it. HLSL and -switchres both work fine here (my machine is much like your second setup, except a 4400 and running on XP.. with on-board Geforce 6100 and it works fine here, albeit slowly.