NEC XM29 Owners... Using It's Full Potential?

[Jack Burton]

I'll try to take some pictures as soon as I can.  It actually is a digital multi-sync.  Although there is no OSD, it has a STORE button that will hold at least 3 resolution settings. 

[Spacedueler]

Does anyone know how many presets the NEC XM-2950 can store? And will it store the same number if using the BNC connections vs. the vga input?

I'm asking because I have a Mitsubishi XC-2930C and it only stores 3 presets. The screen needs to be resized for each resolution I set a game to run at -  I can resize the screen for 3 different resolutions (Soft15k), but that's all. If I try to set a game to run at a 4th resolution, one of the previous ones are erased.

I have a line on picking up a NEC XM-2950. Can anyone tell me how it would compare to my Mitsubishi?

Thanks

[rCadeGaming]

A few things.

Listen to SailorSat (the creator of Soft15kHz).  Great post above.

Soft15kHz with a compatible card is more powerful and flexible than an ArcadeVGA.

"GroovyMAME is smoother than Soft15kHz."  NO!  Not at all. 

If you're getting tearing, you don't have MAME configured correctly.  You need run the game at the refresh rate you're output, using the "sync to refresh" option and DirectDraw.  Then adjust your refresh rate in Powerstrip to match that of the original game.  This causes the game to run at it's original speed, frame per frame, completely smooth.  Don't use triple buffering or wait vsync as they add lag.

If you're getting smooth scrolling with another method, you're likely adding lag, forcing the game to run slight off of it's original speed, skipping frames, or a combination of these.  Convenient workarounds do not produce optimum results.