new computer, new card

[shorthair]

Well, I just got my new computer which also happens to have an X550 512mb in it. Overkill, surely, but regardless having a new card has really made a difference in the image of my arcade monitor. Also, all the games seem different...faster, more articulate.  It's almost like discovering MAME again.

The only reason I have this card is that the mobo was supposed to have integrated graphics - some recent or late model Intel 128mb deal - but they guy then realised that was the other board in the computer he'd built for someone else, so he got this card. I'd already ordered the avga, so am eagerly awaiting that, and may or may not return the X550.

[ahofle]

Are you using Powerstrip with the new card to get it to run on your arcade monitor then?  Just curious why you are going to get an AVGA?

[Organic Jerk]

That's not necessarily overkill, as the PCI-E version of the ArcadeVGA is based off the same exact chipset.


And I would like to reiterate ahofle's question as well..

[shorthair]

Because I want to compare different approaches, but mainly, convenience.  I haven't been able to easily get advmame to run right (I think...it doesn't look quite like I thought it would), and the little I've messed with Powerstrip, it seems it's a bit comprehensive.  I don't even know if I'll prefer native resolutions, but the avga should be the easiest to find out with.

[shorthair]

By the way, I haven't any speakers for this computer yet so am using a pair of studio headphones.  I didn't know how high quality and stuff even the sounds and music in mid-80s games were.  Zowie.  And, as I'm in an apartment complex, I can't turn up the sound much.  Especially like the enclosed environment thing the headphones give.