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Soft-15KHz - slim new tool for 15KHz on normal vga cards
amiga500:
Hi,
I have a cabinet perfect working with soft15khz for about 3 years. Now the graphic card I was using broke (ATI 9600XT - 256mb agp). So I replaced it with a spare one I have, it's a Geforce 6200 256mb AGP. Now I don't remember how I had to do this process of setting up the card. I've tried different combinations of resolutions and it shows a double image when Maximus Arcade starts, with the old card it worked great. Is it a card compatibility issue? For example, I can see the Windows Xp loading screen just perfect, but when the desktop loads, or maximus arcade the image gets doubled. I will keep trying to find the right resolution, any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
amiga500:
Nevermind, I got a ATI 9250 and the problem is solved, I guess the Geforce 6200 wasn't compatible with soft15khz.
Sorex:
Hello,
I'm preparing a new setup here for my cabinet.
When I install 15KHz for my Xentor Maxi Gamer card (which appears as an NVidea TNT2/TNT2 Pro card under windows)
I get some new fancy modes but the standard modes now appear blury on my LCD monitor and I need to scroll up/down
for a standard 1024x768 mode which fitted nicely on the screen before.
Is this normal and can I add a custom mode that looks 'good' on this screen?
(I need to use a remote control tool now to be able to read text as it seems to skip pixels)
Also when I check the 1024x768 mode via the modelines tool it lists the mode as 1024x768 but when I double click it it gives 1024x600 in the config window???
I could not use the 15KHz tool with the ATI RAGE Pro Ultra GL AGP card tho, it's just grayed out altho I think it's a better card (has more memory tho 32MB instead of 16Mb in this one)
an additional question...
on my old setup, that also had this TNT2 card, a mode like 640x480 displayed interlaced, problem is that the interlacing is off by 3 or more pixels
so the screen looks shifted too far vertically and the start of a letter appears in the middle again of the same letter.
Can I adjust this with the modelines tool so that it appears normal and readable?
MTPPC:
Why would you use soft15khz with an LCD? That driver is for CGA CRTs
SailorSat:
--- Quote from: Sorex on November 09, 2012, 12:21:44 pm ---Also when I check the 1024x768 mode via the modelines tool it lists the mode as 1024x768 but when I double click it it gives 1024x600 in the config window???
I could not use the 15KHz tool with the ATI RAGE Pro Ultra GL AGP card tho, it's just grayed out altho I think it's a better card (has more memory tho 32MB instead of 16Mb in this one)
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It's technically impossible to display 768 lines on a 15kHz screen. That 1024x768 is there for software that refuses to run in resolutions below, altough it intentionally cuts the screen.
ATIs Rage can be programed, but you can't add new resolutions. Therefore the buttons are disabled.