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EDID Dongle... what is it and where can I get one?
PimpDaddyStu:
Subject says it all really :)
But for those of you looking some background here goes...
I've been using an ArcadeVGA and a Polo Star for a couple of years now, I recently ordered the latest revison of the ArcadeVGA from Andy in the hope that I might be able to get Street Fighter IV working in my cab but it just isn't powerful enough and I'm running Vista x64 which giving me trouble with the latest ArcadeVGA revision when trying to run SSF and Project 64.
I've just changed the graphics card in my modern gaming PC to a GTX 295 so I have a spare 8800GT that I'd like to try and get working with my Polo Star
I've just found what looks like it could be the answer in the form of Soft-15KHz but I've no idea what this EDID dongle is all about ???
In the Soft-15KHz thread SailorSat says that the dongles will be available from www.arcadeshop.de but I don't see them on that site
All help greatly apprechiated
Thanks
Stu
Kevin Mullins:
I'm assuming it may be something like this VGA-VGA dongle that opens up otherwise un-selectable resolutions.
http://www.drbottkg.com/prod/ghead.html
EDID - Extended Display Identification Data
PimpDaddyStu:
Thanks for the info
Now I'm not sure if this is what I need or not, I've ran Soft-15k and all the resolutions are available in quickres but when I tried 320x240 last night it didn't look good, yet the same res works perfect when using my ArcadeVGA, it looked a bit out of sync or something, the icons on my black desktop looked ok but when something bright appears like a window opens or the start menu pops up everything went messed up, I'll take a photo later when I get home from work, I don't know how to describe it.
Will the EDID dongle sort this, from reading the link you posted it looks like it just tricks the computer into thinking the resolutions are available
Thanks for your help
Stu
PimpDaddyStu:
I've tested the available resolutions with varying results
Some resolutions have a strange sort of black line going top to bottom on the left side of the screen, I've attached a picture
Other resolutions just look messed up with bright and dark bands across the screen
The following resolutions have the black line:
304x240
336x240
352x256
352x264
368x240
392x248
400x256
448x240
512x240
632x264
640x240
These resolutions are bright/dark:
320x240x
352x288x
384x288x
512x288x
512x448x
And these resolutions appear to be just fine:
496x384
512x384
512x512
640x288
640x480
720x480
Does this make any sense to anyone?
I have a 8600GT that I'm hopefully going to try later
Stu
DillonFoulds:
Maybe this is irrelevant, but you should consider turning off Aero and any and all desktop effects.
Just saying this to rule out that the OS could (unlikely) be having hiccups with effects at such a low resolution.