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Title: Arcade VGA card
Post by: darkSSide on May 17, 2013, 12:50:39 pm

Has anybody tried this or heard anything about it?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/arcade-vga-15khz-output-for-mame-jamma-neogeo-model-ati-radeon-9200-/111065971071?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19dc0c397f (http://www.ebay.com/itm/arcade-vga-15khz-output-for-mame-jamma-neogeo-model-ati-radeon-9200-/111065971071?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19dc0c397f)

Title: Re: Arcade VGA card
Post by: dgame on May 17, 2013, 01:23:19 pm

Seems like just an AGP ATI Radeon 9200 that could have been flashed with the Arcade VGA firmware that was hacked/leaked a long time ago.

PCI Arcade VGAs can also be made the same way. Now with CRT_EmuDriver existing there is really no point.

Title: Re: Arcade VGA card
Post by: CoryBee on May 17, 2013, 02:55:17 pm

Quote from: dgame on May 17, 2013, 01:23:19 pm

PCI Arcade VGAs can also be made the same way. Now with CRT_EmuDriver existing there is really no point.

CRT_EmuDriver ???

Can you elaborate? I was going to buy a video card to do this, what cards does this video driver work with.

Title: Re: Arcade VGA card
Post by: dgame on May 17, 2013, 03:24:27 pm

http://mame.3feetunder.com/windows-ati-crt-emudriver/ (http://mame.3feetunder.com/windows-ati-crt-emudriver/)

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CRT_EmuDriver main features are:

  - 15 KHz support right after installing and restarting.

  - Doubles the number of video modes supported by regular Catalyst
    drivers, which are limited to 60 custom video modes you can
    define and have available simultaneously. The total number of
    modelines supported by each driver version is:

      - CRT_Emudriver, based on Catalyst 6.5 XP32:    160 modes*
      - CRT_Emudriver, based on Catalyst 6.5 XP64:    120 modes
      - CRT_Emudriver, based on Catalyst 9.3 XP32/64: 120 modes

    * accepts up to 200, but above 160 HyperSpin will refuse to load

  - Fixes support for real 320x and 400x resolutions, that with
    regular Catalyst drivers are hardcoded as doublescanned modes.

There are two versions of CRT_EmuDriver, one based on Catalyst 6.5,
to support older Radeon cards, and one based on Catalyst 9.3, to
support newer cards. Both have their versions for Windows XP-32 and
XP-64. Some cards are supported by both 6.5 and 9.3 versions, so it
is up to the user to choose one or another:

Catalyst 6.5: ATI Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9100,
                         9200, 9250, 9500, 9550, 9600, 9700,
                         9800, X300, X550, X600, X700, X800,
                         X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900,
                         X1950, ArcadeVGA 9200/9250, etc.

Catalyst 9.3: ATI Radeon 9500, 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300,
                         X550, X600, X700, X740, X800, X850,
                         X1050, X1200, X1300, X1550, X1600,
                         X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950, HD 2350,
                         HD 2400, HD 2600, HD 2900, HD 3200,
                         HD 3300, HD 3400, HD 3410, HD 3450,
                         HD 3550, HD 3570, HD 3600, HD 3610,
                         HD 3690, HD 3730, HD 3750, HD 3800,
                         HD 3830, HD 3850, HD 3870, HD 4230,
                         HD 4250, HD 4350, HD 4550, HD 4570,
                         HD 4580, HD 4650, HD 4670, HD 4730,
                         HD 4750, HD 4800, HD 4850, HD 4870,
                         HD 4890, etc.

Some cards listed above have known problems with low dot clocks.
For best results, a Radeon 9250 (AGP), Radeon X300-X600 (PCIe),
or Radeon HD 4xxx (PCIe) card is recommended.

Title: Re: Arcade VGA card
Post by: CoryBee on May 17, 2013, 03:38:52 pm

Thanks, Much appreciated