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New arcade vga on pc monitor pics, Not impressed at all.
rlemmon:
Hi guys. I got my new pci arcade vga card today and I thought I would share the results. I have to say I an really disappointed. :'(
I had high hopes for this. Each game is displayed in its proper resolution. The settings are all correct to use the card and set as follows. Direct draw on. Hardware stretch off, and Switch resolutions to fit on.
The program is mame 32 v. 102. I also tested mame 32 v. 108 The results were the same. Basically what it boils down to is that it looks like what happens when you run a game on any graphics card with direct draw on without using hardware stretch. Except the screen fills the monitor. Although some games I tried didn't fill the screen
I really thought the games would look better using the card and not having to rely on hardware stretch. But there quite hard on the eyes they look very choppy and pixelie. Maybe my hopes were too high but I at least though it would offer some improvement over my pc's graphic card. ???
Don't get me wrong i'm not dissing Andy. All of his other products I have tried are great and he has done wonders for the community. I'm just not happy with this product when used with a pc monitor.
As for the pics, you need to click them to see the detail. The top pics are taken with hardware stretch using direct draw ( basicly without using the power of the card)
the bottom pics are with the avga with the proper resolutions and settings. Let me know what you think.
rdowdy95:
Wish your pics worked?
rlemmon:
They work fine here. Try hitting refresh or using these direct links :)
http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=priragebc0.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=priragewvgahd0.jpg
http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=robowoutavgasl2.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=robowavgayn9.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=supwoutavgala9.jpg
http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=supwavgayw8.jpg
bvicarious:
Looks good to me... what did you expect the card to do? It's not meant for PC monitors, so the real test would be arcadevga vs. regular video card with no stretch on an arcade monitor.
rlemmon:
--- Quote from: bvicarious on September 11, 2006, 08:14:26 pm ---Looks good to me... what did you expect the card to do? It's not meant for PC monitors, so the real test would be arcadevga vs. regular video card with no stretch on an arcade monitor.
--- End quote ---
It is ment for pc monitors. A quote from ultimarcs site "Now also for pc monitors ! For the first time ever run classic games in there native resolutionson a pc svga monitor in windows !"
I just thought it would look better than the generic graphics card my pc came with.
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