Main > Main Forum
Is an Arcade VGA card essential?
eggedd2k:
i'm getting a jamma cabinet on monday and my plan is to keep it as it is but just have a computer next to it for MAME.
I was wondering whether or not an ultimarc arcade vga card was essential in order to get the correct display on the arcade monitor. can you get away with just the jpac?
Prizmdrop:
Im not 100% sure, but I think you still need the arcadeVGA because normal video cards wont run at a low enough refresh rate.
JoyMonkey:
A lot of old ATI video cards and most Trident Blade cards will output most native arcade resolutions at 15khz, but those resolutions are nearly impossible to set up in Windows. So if you're setting up a DOS machine, the JPac is all you need. But if you're going down the Windows road, an ArcadeVGA is pretty much essential.
AlanS17:
With a program called PowerStrip you can make alot of video cards bend over backwards and scream uncle. You can make 'em do alot of undocumented stuff (likek pump out proper resolutions and frequencies for arcade monitors). I've had good experience making Matrox and ATI cards work well with it.
ZeroPoint:
The ArcadeVGA card is the most beautiful hardware in the world.
I use this card with a scart-tv and I will never go back to the PowerStrip version for use with Mame and C64 emulators. The progressive scan makes the graphics glow and those beautiful scanlines...say no more !
I have two PCs in my cabinet: One with the ArcadeVGA card and one with a powerstripped high-end graphics card for running new power-demanding games.
The ArcadeVGA card is essential ! Do not wait...buy one today !!!
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version