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Help with CRTEmu Driver and 31khz PC CRT monitor
« on: April 20, 2018, 06:36:24 pm »
I have a sony G520 that supports up to 2048x1536 @ 75hz.
I always tested it with my nvidia 1060 and hdmi to vga adapter and using CVT timmings I was able to get super resolution to work as 3840x240 @ 60hz.

Now, I'm trying to make it work with my Radeon HD6450 using a vga directly into this monitor.
I want to be able to have 2048x1536 desktop and super resolution.

The problem is that when I import the super resolution ini file into VideoModeMaker it changes some resolutions and screws everything up.

This ini file
## Desktop ##

2048 x 1536 @ 75.000000 desktop

## Super resolutions ##

2560 x 240 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 248 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 256 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 264 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 272 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 280 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 288 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 296 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 304 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 320 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 336 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 344 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 352 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 360 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 368 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 376 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 384 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 392 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 400 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 416 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 432 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 448 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 464 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 480 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 496 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 512 @ 59.000000 super
2560 x 544 @ 55.000000 super
2560 x 560 @ 54.000000 super
2560 x 768 @ 60.000000 super
2560 x 800 @ 60.000000 super



This is the result
Reducing mode list...
 0 video modes dropped.

 13 modelines generated.

"2048x504_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 81.49 2048 2104 2320 2592 504 507 510 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x240_120 31.44KHz 120.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 240 244 247 262 -hsync -vsync
"2560x400_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 400 455 458 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x416_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 416 463 466 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x432_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 432 471 474 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x448_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 448 479 482 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x464_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 464 487 490 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x480_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 480 495 498 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x496_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 496 503 506 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x504_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 102.12 2560 2632 2904 3248 504 507 510 524 -hsync -vsync
"2560x512_60 31.60KHz 59.62Hz" 102.64 2560 2632 2904 3248 512 513 516 530 -hsync -vsync
"5120x496_60 31.44KHz 60.00Hz" 203.73 5120 5256 5800 6480 496 503 506 524 -hsync -vsync
"5120x512_60 31.60KHz 59.62Hz" 205.27 5120 5256 5808 6496 512 513 516 530 -hsync -vsync

How can I make CVT timmings and make those work with my monitor while keeping it's original max resolution?

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Re: Help with CRTEmu Driver and 31khz PC CRT monitor
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2018, 02:22:32 pm »
That's probably due to the monitor preset you're using. VMMaker doesn't support CVT but it supports VESA GTF (similar, older).

There are several VESA presets in the monitor preset dropdown menu, pick the one that has the maximum number of lines you want to use, e.g. vesa_800 allows up to 800p resolutions, etc.

You don't to add your desktop resolution to the user's mode list. That's a PC monitor, so that resolution it's already provided by its EDID to Windows, you don't need to override it with a calculated modeline.

Then, you say you previously did 3840x240@60Hz using CVT timings. How was that? Does your monitor support 15 kHz? Was that doublescanned?
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