Posted by Genom on 11, 2000 at 6:42 PM:
In Reply to: Matrox G400 Dual Head - any good for mame ???? posted by Julian on 9, 2000 at 9:08 PM:
Like Lusid says, we tried to get mine working but man, it just sucked the whole time. Wich is sad cause it SHOULD have great TV out, being a relaly nice card, but after comparing, I ended up trading an ancient ATI I had for a Fury with 32MB from ATI's web site (paid 140 bucks shipped) but it makes all the games look so much ncier than the old ATI or the G400.
: Hi Folks.
: I'm just finishing an upright mame cab. I want to use my 21" Sony TV as a
: monitor. At the moment I have the ATI all in wonder pro, but when I output
: Mame to the TV the picture is rubbish. I've tried both composite video and
: S-VHS outputs but the picture is still very poor (you can hardly read the
: text on front-ends e.t.c....). (DVD's look fine though ???).
: I have just seen a video card Matrox Millennium G400 Dual Head (they do 16 and 32MB models) The dual head allows output to a standard monitor and has a separate
: output to a Pal/NTSC TV. It uses different refresh rates for the TV and the monitor. It(supports 1024x768 on the TV). It is supposed to give flicker free
: display to the monitor and the TV and is recommended for use under Win 95/98.
: Does this mean I will not be able to use the Dos port of mame ????
: Has anyone used one of these cards and are they any good ????
: They are £120 so I don't want to buy a white elephant...
: Any help would be much appreciated
: Thanks folks
: Best Wishes zounds