Best Way to set ArcadeVGA Res's

[shaunopp]

Hello All,

I've just upgraded my former cab which used a 27" tv and S-video to a 27" Betson Imperial monitor and an ArcadeVGA card and am looking for 'best practices' type information for setting up game (primarily mame) resolutions.

I've done some experimenting on my own using the ArcadeVGARes tool to create custom resolution init's for each game and also the default settings in GameEx and found the problems below:

With the default GameEx settings some games aren't withing the parameters of my monitor and won't sync. Others don't 'maximize' the screen real-estate.

With the ArcadeVGARes tool and custom resolutions some still aren't the best selections and I get vertical games that are stretched left/right a bit too much. I can compensate with the geometry controls but since games share these resolutions, adjusting for one tweaks another.

I know someone here must have this setup (nearly ) perfect on their cab and I'd really appreciate some feedback. I think this would make a good standalone topic if it isn't already.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

-Shaun

[iano]

Hello All,

I've just upgraded my former cab which used a 27" tv and S-video to a 27" Betson Imperial monitor and an ArcadeVGA card and am looking for 'best practices' type information for setting up game (primarily mame) resolutions.

I've done some experimenting on my own using the ArcadeVGARes tool to create custom resolution init's for each game and also the default settings in GameEx and found the problems below:

With the default GameEx settings some games aren't withing the parameters of my monitor and won't sync. Others don't 'maximize' the screen real-estate.

With the ArcadeVGARes tool and custom resolutions some still aren't the best selections and I get vertical games that are stretched left/right a bit too much. I can compensate with the geometry controls but since games share these resolutions, adjusting for one tweaks another.

I know someone here must have this setup (nearly ) perfect on their cab and I'd really appreciate some feedback. I think this would make a good standalone topic if it isn't already.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

-Shaun

Hi. Have you tried using 'Search' with the keyword 'arcadevga'. I thought i read something similar to this a good while back.

[shaunopp]

Hi. Have you tried using 'Search' with the keyword 'arcadevga'. I thought i read something similar to this a good while back.

Thanks for the suggestion iano. Yes, I've been searching here as well as the byoac and Ultimarc ArcadeVGA boards. Most of what I've read says to do exactly what I've done, turn off the GameEx ArcadeVGA option and use the ArcadeRes tool to automatically generate inits with the 'best' auto-selected resolutions for the games. I've found the resolution selections to be a good start but way off in some cases. I really don't want to go and manually adjust or double-check all of my games and thought maybe someone here had a better solution. I haven't found anything authoritative on any of the boards.

I'll post what I end up doing and how it worked for me here to benefit others who might have the same question.