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Are these any good for MAMEs?
« on: April 17, 2018, 11:15:48 AM »
https://www.amazon.com/Video-Converter-Solution-Board-Arcade/dp/B077X6Z4MR/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1523977969&sr=8-9&keywords=arcade+vga+to+rgb

I'm rebuilding a MAME cabinet and need to work out a new computer setup for it.

Are these adapters any good or should I suck it up and pay the $100 for a PCI-e version of the ArcadeVGA?

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Re: Are these any good for MAMEs?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2018, 11:23:33 AM »
https://www.amazon.com/Video-Converter-Solution-Board-Arcade/dp/B077X6Z4MR/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1523977969&sr=8-9&keywords=arcade+vga+to+rgb

I'm rebuilding a MAME cabinet and need to work out a new computer setup for it.

Are these adapters any good or should I suck it up and pay the $100 for a PCI-e version of the ArcadeVGA?
My experience with them, I couldn't get it to successfully do PC to CRT and tried many different options. They work quite well for Arcade to VGA though.

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Re: Are these any good for MAMEs?
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2018, 11:28:25 AM »
I wouldnt use an arcade vga.  I would just get a normal AMD card, use the crt emu driver and install the atom15 bios to it.

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Re: Are these any good for MAMEs?
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2018, 11:36:19 AM »
I wouldnt use an arcade vga.  I would just get a normal AMD card, use the crt emu driver and install the atom15 bios to it.

Yeah I knew back in the day they were just a hacked BIOS off the shelf card.

Are there any requirements for what sort of AMD card you need?

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Re: Are these any good for MAMEs?
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2018, 01:30:33 PM »
http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?id=295

Sweet! I'll check my big ole box of old video cards as I'm sure i have one of those lying around somewhere.