no arcadevga card, any software to use instead

[hunty3000]

ive got my cocktail cab set up, its running a arcade monitor but im have trouble with the right res and freq to use. what does any body else use if they havent got a arcadevga card. is there any good software to use?
im using the onboard video as well to save space, no gfx card.

[siastbill1]

I use DOS for my OS, with Advancemame to convert game frequencies and advancecab to convert the DOS frequencies (and of course advancemenu as my front end).

I use an old nvidia TNT2 card, as it can handle extremely low frequencies.

Some people use Windows/Powerstrip as well, as it is pretty easy to use. I do recommend getting a different video card though. Even if you have to spend $10 on ebay to get a TNT2, it's probably worth your while.

[slider2732]

If using DOS, try arcmon.sys
It's a tiny little prog that you put in your config.sys startup file.
Just: "DEVICE=arcmon.sys"

You might drop lucky with the onboard card and it runs from it. Test it out on a spare PC monitor first, if the screen goes garbled then it's most likely worked. Immediately switch off the PC though then to save any problems. Also, make sure you can get back out of the monitor refresh rate if it DOES work !
One way is to create a batch file, so if you press a key it runs arcmon.sys, if not, things are normal. Doing that can then allow you to tweak your system. When it's finished yuo can just delete the batch file and have it always boot to monitor frequency.

arcmon.sys is available here:
http://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/downutil.html

I've used it with great success on a number of cabs and PC systems

[ahofle]

Check the sticky at the top of this forum:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=66402.0