SLG3000 Scanline Generator

[mytymaus007]

has anyone used one of these with SLG3000 Scanline Generator MAME. I just got one and hooked it up. I was able to get scanlines but very minimal, for the cost its not worth it. Ive been reading in other forums that you need a resolution of 640X 480 but i can get that with my video card. The only way i can get it is when i force it with quickres program. Hopefuly its my video Card. Is anyone getting good scanlines

[mytymaus007]

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[nitz]

I've never seen an SLG3000, but have you tried the new HLSL effects in mame? Scanlines + a lot more. I actually bought a new video card just so I could use this. Haven't had much chance to play with it yet, but it looks like you can get pretty much any crt like look you want if you take the time to tweak it. Awesome!

[emphatic]

Yes, you'll need to have a 640x480 resolution to get proper scanlines from it.

Are you running Windows 7 or Vista? If so, go into the video settings, then advanced settings, then on the adapter tab, click "show all modes". There you will find 640x480 @ 32 bit.

I have some screenshots of it in action on my site: http://www.emphatic.se/?p=471

[mytymaus007]

I've never seen an SLG3000, but have you tried the new HLSL effects in mame? Scanlines + a lot more. I actually bought a new video card just so I could use this. Haven't had much chance to play with it yet, but it looks like you can get pretty much any crt like look you want if you take the time to tweak it. Awesome!

What exactly are your PC specs and video card, does the new effect slow down the performance,

[Coolin]

I've got mine on a switch as some games look awesome and others are pants. Although you can get scan lines in any Rez through dip sw settings it does work best in 640x480 and looks very authentic to the original CRT display.

My take? Expensive but worth it for die hards like me who thought they would never build anything but monster CRT cabs. The wife now appreciates her room back with a slim cab a quarter of the size

Col

[mytymaus007]

I've got mine on a switch as some games look awesome and others are pants. Although you can get scan lines in any Rez through dip sw settings it does work best in 640x480 and looks very authentic to the original CRT display.

My take? Expensive but worth it for die hards like me who thought they would never build anything but monster CRT cabs. The wife now appreciates her room back with a slim cab a quarter of the size

Col

I finally got it to work looks better at 640x480, what type video card are you using i wonder if scanlines will differ from card to card

[Coolin]

I've got mine on a switch as some games look awesome and others are pants. Although you can get scan lines in any Rez through dip sw settings it does work best in 640x480 and looks very authentic to the original CRT display.

My take? Expensive but worth it for die hards like me who thought they would never build anything but monster CRT cabs. The wife now appreciates her room back with a slim cab a quarter of the size

Col

I finally got it to work looks better at 640x480, what type video card are you using i wonder if scanlines will differ from card to card

I'm using a low profile HD 5770 but have also had it set up in 2 other systems and there was no difference, also you mentioned any slowdown? Simple answer NO it won't affect the GPU processing as it's inline after your video card so don't worry about that.

Col

[nitz]

I've never seen an SLG3000, but have you tried the new HLSL effects in mame? Scanlines + a lot more. I actually bought a new video card just so I could use this. Haven't had much chance to play with it yet, but it looks like you can get pretty much any crt like look you want if you take the time to tweak it. Awesome!

What exactly are your PC specs and video card, does the new effect slow down the performance,

Sounds like you got the SLG3000 working better which is good, but since you asked, here are my specs:

AMD Athlon II X2 215, 2.71 Ghz
2.87 GB of ram (actually 4 GB, but I downgraded from 64bit Windows to 32bit which I think is what reduces the ram)
nVidia GeForce GT 210 PCI-Express Video Card

The new effects slow down performance big time. With this setup, I get about 75%-80% frame rate on the games I've tried, which I fix by setting frameskip to 4 or 5, then it's fine. I'm planning to upgrade to 64bit Windows and 64bit Mame which I figure will give me enough of a speed boost to get full speed or at least close enough that I can attain it with just a little frame skipping.

If your system can handle it, I'd still give it a try as you're obviously interested in CRT like effects and this does a great job.

[Gray_Area]

With such a powerful system (or maybe even at all), I can't see why there would be any slow-down. I'm thinking there must be an OS issue - maybe hardware acceleration....

[nitz]

With such a powerful system (or maybe even at all), I can't see why there would be any slow-down. I'm thinking there must be an OS issue - maybe hardware acceleration....

I'm not sure if this was directed at me or the OP, but HLSL does slow things down quite a bit if your video card isn't up to it. On the same system with my old crap video card, I was getting ~10% frame rates.

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

The SLG3000 works at 640x480 and 800x600 as well. I got one for console games that do not offer a scanline option (Ketsui, Muchi Muchi Pork etc.). I love it.