Re: Voodoo3 S-video output is awesome! Why?!

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: I'd agree completely about using the Voodoo 3 series TV out for gaming projects. I reviewed the 3500 some time ago, so click the link below to see what I thought. : Too bad 3dfx is gone. I'll be curious to see what other video cards will work for cabinet projects. I've had my eye on the Asus 7700, but I haven't seen the S-Video out performance yet. : Mike Stulir : http://www.backntime.net : : I thought I'd see how good the video quality is with the S-video output on a Voodoo3 card to a television. While the quality isn't quite as good as using an arcade monitor, the compatibility is amazing! It works *so* much better than using AdvanceMAME on a standard-res arcade monitor. : : Advantages: : : • No scrambled picture during boot. : : • No problems booting into Windows. : : • Vertical games all fit perfectly on screen with no : : missing lines of resolution. : : • Oversized games like SmashTV and Discs of Tron with : : backdrop art fit the screen perfectly. : : • Resolutions up to 800 x 600 supported. : : • Vector games really look nice at 800 x 600. : : • ArcadeOS's 640 x 480 mode much more ledgible with : : no flickering. : : • I'm sure I'm forgetting something else bitchin'. : : Disadvantages: : : • Picture quality isn't as sharp as RGB. : : So, what I'm wondering is... would someone talented enough to program video registers and whatnot, be able to do a bit of hackery on the Voodoo3 BIOS and force it to route the signal that it normally puts out on the S-video connector over to the VGA connector for use on an arcade monitor? That would eliminate the picture quality issue and it would be the perfect video card. Good lord! I'm getting a woody just thinking about it. ;-) : : I've got extremely detailed documentation on the Voodoo3 card with every register on the card explained in detail, if any hacker/programmer types want to look into it. : : Tim

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