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Soft-15KHz - slim new tool for 15KHz on normal vga cards
MonMotha:
--- Quote from: Justin on October 27, 2011, 02:53:27 pm ---Question which I couldn't get answered through the FAQ.s:
Is there any benefit of running soft15 on a regular Television set? I am using a TV via the S-Video input. My card is a Radeon which has an S-Video out.
I actually run it at 1024x768 because this is the adequate resolution for HyperSpin, and also MAME runs nicely at 1024x768. benefit is there is no switching of resolution from Hyperspin to Mame every time you launch a game.
I wonder if with Soft15 I can more precisely output exact number of lines via S-Video? Am I making any sense? :) If there is any opportunity of making things look better, Im all for it.
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Generally no. The video card will re-scale it no matter what. In fact, some of the s-video outputs don't support anything below 640x480p as the "input" to the s-video scaler, anyway.
You *can* combine Soft15k with either the "component" (YPbPr) outputs found on some video cards from ~4-6 years ago or an outboard RGB to S-Video converter. This would give you complete control over everything, but it's more complicated.
iori01:
hello,
I have a technical question; as I need a good nvidia card for my new arcade cabinet I don't know which one to chose.
I need 15,24 and 31 Khz in win XP
Do you think a GTX460 + EDID dongle will work ?
Also , is it true that nvidia is limited to 32 modelines ?
(I don't want ATI card, as kof Mira don't work ! )
Thanks for your help.
SailorSat:
Good one.
Basically my GTX460 worked fine with the dongle last time I tried (using XP).
32 modes limit is true for the "old" format drivers (XP). Haven't tried on the "new" format drivers (Vista/Seven).
iori01:
Fine, thanks sailorsat.
For this setup , I think I will go for XP 64bits version.
I hope it will be ok, if no will revert back to x86 version.
one last question, is it your dongle on arcadeshop.de ?
If no, where can I bought your dongle ?
Thanks.
SailorSat:
These are production run dongles, yes.