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Dream features for a new PCI-e card for arcade games?
John Blund:
Well I have started to design the card today. And I now have the dimensions for the board, and it's quite small. And I have also looked at what parts to fit on to the board.
But there is one drastic decision that has to be made. This is your choice...
"You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes." -Morpheus
Either the card will cost about 200 euro, and you will get something that is quite okay by todays standard, it will be a little better than anything similar out there. Or you pay 400 euro and get something that will handle memory 32 times faster than anything like this. The card will get a lot easier to program also.
What do you think, 32 times faster or slower memory? I think that with the cheaper alternative you will get something that is good. But with the faster alternative, it will be something to grow in. The main difference is that it will handle 3D graphics with large textures without any problems. And it will be easier to implement games that use many more advanced CPU's at the same time. So I think it would also be easier to get more games to work, and that would speed up the pace, and bring more games to the platform.
But the card with the lower cost, could possibly gain more users in the beginning.
But I'm unsure what to do, what do you think. Double the stakes, or stay safe. What do you think honestly? :dunno
matsadona:
--- Quote from: John Blund on July 20, 2012, 06:03:56 am ---
--- Quote from: RetroBorg on July 20, 2012, 04:42:22 am ---Has anybody mentioned LED controller?
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What should that be used for? Any good examples?
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Blinking start lights (After Burner, Outrun etc), weapon lights (Spy hunter), patrol lights (Chase HQ) or a knocker (Q-Bert). Just to mention some examples =)
Le Chuck:
That's about what a computer costs to run the more recent 3D games, if your card can keep up and run the more modern stuff + be able to natively accept the controls mentioned above I think that going with the pricey one is really the only choice. If we're going to be crippled in speed why would we bother? I don't want to have all these awesome controls and not be able to use them on the newer games.
Incidentally would you be able to make a board that would allow the controls mentioned to be recognized by windows? If you could crack the real optical gun to windows/MAME nut you'd have a helluva product right there. The only product out there that tries is called USB2Gun by Global VR and nobody seems to have gotten it working worth a damn. A replacement is badly needed, one preferably that doesn't cost $300 either.
John Blund:
--- Quote from: matsadona on July 20, 2012, 07:33:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: John Blund on July 20, 2012, 06:03:56 am ---
--- Quote from: RetroBorg on July 20, 2012, 04:42:22 am ---Has anybody mentioned LED controller?
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What should that be used for? Any good examples?
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Blinking start lights (After Burner, Outrun etc), weapon lights (Spy hunter), patrol lights (Chase HQ) or a knocker (Q-Bert). Just to mention some examples =)
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Thanks, that clarifies.
John Blund:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on July 20, 2012, 08:01:51 pm ---That's about what a computer costs to run the more recent 3D games, if your card can keep up and run the more modern stuff + be able to natively accept the controls mentioned above I think that going with the pricey one is really the only choice. If we're going to be crippled in speed why would we bother? I don't want to have all these awesome controls and not be able to use them on the newer games.
Incidentally would you be able to make a board that would allow the controls mentioned to be recognized by windows? If you could crack the real optical gun to windows/MAME nut you'd have a helluva product right there. The only product out there that tries is called USB2Gun by Global VR and nobody seems to have gotten it working worth a damn. A replacement is badly needed, one preferably that doesn't cost $300 either.
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Well I could easily make a graphics card for arcade monitors. And to make it work with a optical gun would be a piece of cake. But I cant do that card right now, I have to focus. That there is no cards that works with light guns and windows, is only a good reason that they should use something that works.
Ok, with the more expensive card it would be a lot simpler to make support for newer games, thats for sure. And if we talk about 3D, I think the more expensive card even could make a playstation2 look weak if you made a dedicated game for the card.
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