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IG-88:

I have a cheapo Insignia flat screen that I've been tinkering around with today. I am using an All-in-Wonder 7500 for the card and it's set at 640 x 480. The picture is pretty good (and thats all a matter of perception I suppose). I just tried to go 1024 x 728 and it worked although the text in XP is damn near impossible to read at that size.

Why would a person want to go higher than a 640 x 480 anyway? I can get all my games to work so far with a little tweaking in Mame. I'm not being critical by the way, I'm new to using TV's myself and I'm just learning.... :)

Xiaou2:


 Some want to be able to navigate windows,  and in a setting less than 1024x768,  it can
be a bit of a pain.   Also, certain pc games may choose to play in that res.

 But yeah, most games are going to look great at 640.   The problem he is having, is cause
he can only get 320?  or a very very poor 640.

 As for text in 1024.. you'd want to tweak the ati settings.  Theres a reduce flicker setting, and
you turn that so that its got the most flicker.   Which gives the highest quality picture.
(software interlace)   You might also increase your font size a bit too.

 Personally, I kinda miss my old ATI card, which had crappy output and blended the pixels colors more
like how old arcade monitors did.  It lacked that software interlace too.   And it seems like you
can not disable the interlace on the new cards/software.

 I also wish there was a tweak in mame to adjust each R.G.B  individually,  so that the Bleeding that
occurs with svideo in the Red color channel could be turned down.   I currently dont have my tv
in a cab.. so while I could tweak the settings in the software... then it would mess up my desktop
settings for my pc monitor   :(


on the video card software...  then when you go



FhM:

These days drivers generally have an option for profiles so you could have a profile for your TV and one for your PC monitor.

ark_ader:

Ditch the ATI 128 Pro and get a basic ATI 7000. Use the Svideo out and get a short shielded cable 3 feet will do.  You can get this card in either AGP or PCI.  You can get a ATI 9200 as an alternative.

Encase the PC as it keeps everything cool and minimises on signal noise.

If you are running XP in your cab max the desktop size and use large fonts.

Otherwise like the guys here said, once you get a game like Donkey Kong on the TV you will lose the fuzziness.

Oh BTW you can run Daphne through that card and Dragon's Lair looks superb.  :cheers:

Fozzy The Bear:


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on February 03, 2008, 07:43:44 pm --- I also wish there was a tweak in mame to adjust each R.G.B  individually,  so that the Bleeding that
occurs with svideo in the Red color channel could be turned down.
--- End quote ---

It's more to do with the way that colour is encoded in an NTSC signal than it is to do with adjusting RGB levels. NTSC simply can't cope with the bandwidth needed to produce a good signal.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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