MAMEWorld Forums - Ultimarc - Re: Arcade VGA 5000 with HDTV display rotated

Please excuse my ignorance. I have never understood how any LCD/LED monitor has a native resolution, but also displays other resolutions.

Say for instance if I put it down to 800x600 that is exactly what it looks like. The HDTV gives me the same kind of range as my old LCD monitor..except it is bigger and actually frames the game better.

On Andy's website it says:

"On PC monitors, all the native game resolutions are available, plus conventional Windows resolutions."

Is there any advantage compared with normal cards on a PC monitor?

If you say that multiple pixels isn't representing one...then how are big dots made with a smaller dot pitch? Wouldn't it be mathematically impossible to show the same kind of look without it being multiple pixel? Maybe Andy's card isn't doing anything special, but my understanding is that it is forcing the the PC monitor to display resolutions through and emulation process.

That said, I know if I am seeing a low Pacman resolution and however many pixels are being drawn (or phosphored..I guess is what you call it on a old CRT monitor) it again would have to be some multiplier of the large resolution of a new display. Again, is this not logical thinking?

I thank you so much for your help on the rest though. Your settings gave me what I needed. I am sorry if it isn't the popular vote, but for me I don't like Pacman looking blurry. I know it isn't the same as having a CRT monitor, but I swear it doesn't look like that in arcade either(that blurry).

What I do like is having a nice big display for Pacman and other vertical games..etc. and a HDTV rotated on its side is a vast improvement to me over a crappy PC monitor.

What I can't figure out is why Direct 3D has better frame rate than Direct Draw.

If nothing else, again THANK YOU.