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IG-88:

I'm not sure quite how too explain this and it's probably too vague a question but I am wondering why my 64mb ATI all-in-wonder 7500 vid card produces a much more realistic/authentic looking arcade like picture than any other card I've tried? On a PC monitor it just looks fantastic, whereas my 128 mb XGI Volari V3 card (or any other I've tried) displays a more blocky, sharper image. Which is OK,

RayB:

Those are scanline effects done (partially) via DirectX, and not all cards have the features required for them.


IG-88:

Would you happen to know of any other cards besides the all-in-wonder that can do that?

RayB:

I have no idea. There are other factors as well that could affect the display. For example, are you using 100% the exact same configuration for both cards you tested? If you used MAME32 on one and then a different MAME (DOS or Windows command line MAME) for the other, that would also affect the display output.


Minwah:


--- Quote from: IG-88 on September 18, 2005, 10:07:33 am ---The images with the ATI are smoother, (blurred??) more arcade like, and if you set 2 monitors up side by side with one running the ATI and one running any of my other cards, there is a definite difference.

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Sounds like the filtering which occurs with many (most?) video cards, when using hwstretch.  Maybe your other card can stretch without the filtering.

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