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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: namedos on January 06, 2005, 03:06:17 pm
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I have read through a couple of months worth of posts and I haven't found an answer to this question although there is definitely a lot of opinions,
With a PC monitor and an Arcade VGA card is there any problem with the lower resolutions? I don't have the card yet but I'm having a problem running Asteroids, Defender and some other games. Is this due to the fact that I need to modify the resolutions or is it a problem with pc monitors?
Thanks.
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whats your setup? with a pc monitor an AVGA is overkill--it was designed to give users ease of use with arcade monitors--any old crappy video card should run mame fine (its all done by the processor)
I use a 4mb ati card that i pulled from the dump and it works just fine on one of my setups.
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It is a Compaq that is a couple years old. I have a Radeon video card that I added. It is AGP but I'll have to take a look at it when I get home for the model.
I was reading on here about utilizing an application (name escapes me right now) that will allow you to set your resolutions. Thought about trying that to see if it made a difference.
This is an interim step as I'm planning on buying either a 21" monitor or an Wells arcade monitor in a few months. However, if I can get it to run well I'd probably lean towards going with the pc monitor so I can run PC games off of my FE as well.
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"With a PC monitor and an Arcade VGA " no such thing. AVGA is for Arcade Monitors not PC Monitors.
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I guess I misunderstood what I had been reading. Just to make sure I understand, if I go with a PC monitor I would want to go with whatever PC video card I choose, correct?
Then the primary issue would be having the correct resolution available which I can modify with the correct software patch?
Following this train of thought the main drawbacks of going with a PC monitor is that it looks "too good" and you would not be able to get much beyond a 21" monitor?