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Ifko:

bought a new Mame computer,  couldnt find one with an AGP slot (I was told many times, they are phased out) :badmood:.  I have an AMD 64 athalon 3800 with a PCI Express slot.

The Mame computer is going into a Blitz cabinet,  so I will need a graphics card that will support differnt arcade monitor resolutions.
I also dont want to run Advance Mame, etc.....   I was going to use 3D Arcade as my front end for Mame.

anyone have any recomendations for a graphics card that hooks up to the PCI express slot and is Arcade Monitor Friendly, and easy to use without using specific front ends?????

thanks
Scott
Detroit
Effayy:
Unfortunately without going the AdvanceMAME route, I think the ArcadeVGA would be your only option, and currently that only comes in its AGP flavour.

I wonder if Andy has any plans to release a PCI-E version of the card at any point?

- FA
Ifko:



I researched some old posts,  and of March 06 he said he wasnt too interested because he thought AGP was still pretty readily available.

I dont know,  I would happen to disagree with him at this point in time.
I know he is in the U.K. and things could be different.

thanks for the reply
Scott
Czapala:
There are plenty AGP mobo's out there.

I am purchasing stuff to build my very first cab and I just bought the Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 mobo for AMD 64 and it has an AGP 8X slot.  check out www.pricewatch.com for good prices.

Then pick your processor, then go to the manufacturers website and look at the recommended motherboards and it should list which boards have what slots. Then search for it on Pricewatch.
pointdablame:
It doesn't help your situation, but whoever told you that AGP was phased out is an idiot.  There are still plenty of AGP mobos out for s939.

As for your current situation, there is not an easy way for you to do this.  Older video cards could be tweaked to work well with mame (advmame mostly), but I'm not sure if any new PCI-E cards that output 15hz.  They may be out there though, I'm not the guy to ask as I've only used ArcadeVGAs personally.

The only truly *easy* solution for you would be to use a PC monitor, but that isn't actually easy seeing as you seem to already have an arcade monitor.

I'd honestly see if you can return/swap systems for one with AGP, or alternatively, buy an AGP motherboard, and sell your PCI-E board.
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