Re: Well, here's my experience


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Posted by rosborn on 12, 2000 at 2:20 PM:

In Reply to: Well, here's my experience posted by Prophet of Retrogames on 12, 2000 at 11:00 AM:

: I'm using it on a U3100, which is basically a low-res PC monitor for games. I haven't experienced any muddy text or anything like that. That's prolly the result of your particular hardware and not Advance MAME. As long as you configure your modes to adhere to scan rates appropriate to the games (usually around 60hz & 31.5 kkhz) things look and behave great.

: Also, remember on TV's the resolution is limited to 255 lines (or 400 if SVHS, and not all SVHS TV's resolve those lines clearly anyway), no matter what you do anything with a higher resolution will become "muddy." Same goes (I imagine) for a typical low/medium res arcade monitor. The U3100 can manage up to 800x600 so the results are very good.


Don't misunderstand my opinion of Advance MAME. I thinks it's wonderful. I now have no desire at all to rig up a rotating monitor. Advance MAME does away with the need for it (IMO). A lot of the vertcal games displayed in a very small rectangle in my cabinet. Not any more!!
I didn't tweak any of the video modes for my test, so what ended up happening was that almost every game was displayed with scaling. On a low-res arcade monitor that means a degrading of visual quality. That's why I said I'd only use Advance MAME for the games that the official release doesn't work with.
So if anyone else thought I was ragging on Advance MAME, don't toss it aside. It's great!


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