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New arcade vga on pc monitor pics, Not impressed at all.
horseboy:
--- Quote from: bvicarious on September 11, 2006, 08:14:26 pm ---It's not meant for PC monitors
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Ummmm... actually, I think that it is. That is what all of the hoopla and excitement over this card has been about. The original ArcadeVGA wasn't for PC monitors. Like rlemmon said, this one is supposed to display at correct resolutions on a PC monitor.
rlemmon:
Thanks horseboy. Here is another quote from ultimarc's site
It is important to note that using a PC monitor will NOT produce an arcade monitor-like picture as PC monitors have a much higher dot pitch and finer scan width than arcade monitors. But using the ArcadeVGA will give a much better quality picture than an ordinary VGA card, at the lower resolutions. You will not see scanlines on a PC monitor with the ArcadeVGA card but do you really want these anyway?
johnvv:
I used the following settings with my AVGA2 AGP tests. Andy confirmed that these should be optimal for the card:
Display tab
- run in window: off
- start maximized: on
- enforce aspect ratio: on
- Clean Stretch: Auto
- Use Scanlines: off
Advanced tab:
- Use DirectDraw: on
- Triple buffering: on
- Match game refresh: on if using auto resolution settings, off if forcing resolution settings
- sync to monitor refresh: off
- wait for vertical sync: off
- switch resolutions to fit: on
- switch color depths to fit: off
- Resolution: auto or set to the known resolution for your selected game.
- Stretch using hardware: off
Direct3D tab:
- Use Direct3D: off
daywane:
I have never figured out all the hoopla over a arcade monitor VS PC monitor
I have a real arcade Nintendo Vs and Mame cabs
put side by side Super Mario ( Nintendo VS , Real Nintendo Arcade monitor)
Mame cab running same game. Yes there is a differance. But if you do not put them side by side so people can see the differance. Most people would never even notice
I will just stick with 21 inch PC monitors or larger TV with Svid and be happy :angel:
pointdablame:
you're running these games at their native resolution on a PC monitor that is capable of displaying resolutions far above the game resolutions. The WILL look pixely because they ARE pixely.
The card is meant for PC monitors, in that it displays the correct resolutions for the games, but the card doesn't magicially make the games look better... they make them look similar to what they looked like originallly.
That was always my take on the PC monitor compatibility. It displays at original res and as clost to original quality as possible... which would be pixely, especially on a PC monitor that wants to use a much much higher res.
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