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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: spookcomix on November 05, 2003, 05:10:40 pm

Title: 27" Neotec or Wells Garden?
Post by: spookcomix on November 05, 2003, 05:10:40 pm

Hello all.

My buddies and I are building three cabinets.  I'm trying to decide between the following:

The Wells-Gardner D9200 (I've been assured by WG that this latest iteration supports 800x600) at $495:
http://www.wellsgardner.com/wellsgardner31/finditem.cfm?itemid=1539 (http://www.wellsgardner.com/wellsgardner31/finditem.cfm?itemid=1539)

...or the Neotec 27" Trisync, model NT-500DXB7 at $440:
http://www.neotecgraphic.com/trisync-27.htm (http://www.neotecgraphic.com/trisync-27.htm)

My question is, will both of these monitors support all the old MAME games (like Pac-Man) and the newer, higher resolution ones?  Using a standard video card, such as a GeForce 2 Ti, will I experience any problems?

Do any of you have experience with either of these monitors?  Pros?  Cons?  All help is appreciated.

Title: Re:27" Neotec or Wells Garden?
Post by: tom61 on November 05, 2003, 05:34:23 pm

Both monitors will have little trouble running arcade games of any era (that's the whole point of a tri-sync/hybrid monitor). You need to use Advance Mame to get 15kHz (what most games natively used), and 24kHz (fewer games) to get it looking arcade perfect. Advance Mame isn't the easiest to configure. If you just use regular Mame, you're running at 31kHz (unless you get the ArcadeVGA card), which doesn't look as good.

Title: Re:27" Neotec or Wells Garden?
Post by: spookcomix on November 05, 2003, 05:38:05 pm

In that case, do you recommend getting the ArcadeVGA card to run with either of these monitors?

Thanks for the reply!

Title: Re:27" Neotec or Wells Garden?
Post by: tom61 on November 05, 2003, 05:47:27 pm

The ArcadeVGA will make it easy to get the 15kHz modes both monitors can use, and the D9200 utility lets you use the 31kHz mode too. However, you'll still need Advance Mame for the 24kHz to look perfect, but most with the ArcadeVga and tri-sync monitors use 640x480 for 24kHz/Medium res games and turn on hardware stretching.

It's really up to you, if you're only going for 15kHz modes, the ArcadeVGA will get you there quickly and easily. If you're going to configure Advance Mame anyway to get the 24kHz modes, why bother with the ArcadeVGA's expense?

If you don't know, just get the ArcadeVGA, then if you decide you need 24kHz, you can setup AdvanceMame then.

Title: Re:27" Neotec or Wells Garden?
Post by: squizz on November 12, 2003, 07:38:06 am

 Is there an easy setup for 24kHz mode using advancemame ?

   I too was leaning towards the ArcadeVGA card, but would like all functions.

  and it seems that andy isnt to interested in doing a fix for the 24kHz mode atm.
 :(

Title: Re:27" Neotec or Wells Garden?
Post by: dhansen on November 13, 2003, 06:30:35 pm

Quote from: squizz on November 12, 2003, 07:38:06 am

Is there an easy setup for 24kHz mode using advancemame ?

   I too was leaning towards the ArcadeVGA card, but would like all functions.

  and it seems that andy isnt to interested in doing a fix for the 24kHz mode atm.
 :(

Check out easymame cab, it might work for you...

easymamecab.mameworld.net (http://easymamecab.mameworld.net)

Doug