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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: mattv on October 23, 2002, 06:54:20 am

Title: Why is the trident blade 3d so special?
Post by: mattv on October 23, 2002, 06:54:20 am

Just a quick question on thie trident blade 3d. Why are they so special?

I seem to remember a big fuss being made over this card straight after they were released but I can't find much about in the archives that says why everyone was making such a fuss.

I want to output directly to an arcade monitor and will be using either arcadeOS or advance mame. Does a trident blade offer any advantages over, say an ATI rage pro?

Title: Re:Why is the trident blade 3d so special?
Post by: SirPoonga on October 23, 2002, 12:31:57 pm

it's one of the few cards that can output at 15Khz for arcade monitors.

However, if you are looking at getting a card, wait a few months, Andy (www.ultimarc.com) is coming out with an ati based card.

Title: Re:Why is the trident blade 3d so special?
Post by: mtd on October 23, 2002, 04:23:02 pm

The card itself is not that special.  Saka wrote a driver that allows the card to output at 15hz.  However, the card does not support hardware stretch and thus does nothing for windows mame.  

I have one if you want it.  It allows you to play any game that is 640x480 or a derivative of, but thats it.  It made NEO-GEO games look better then real NEO-GEO games.