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Richter X
11-01-2005, 07:41 PM
Is there anything like TVMAME32, where all the games are set to run at 60Hz? TVMAME32 hasn't been updated in ages. It isn't even on this site.
MooglyGuy
11-01-2005, 09:14 PM
> Is there anything like TVMAME32, where all the games are set
> to run at 60Hz? TVMAME32 hasn't been updated in ages. It
> isn't even on this site.

Why would you want to force the games to run at 60Hz? I'll take a little bit of screen tearing during scrolling over:
- Potential game bugs by modifying the vertical refresh rate of the emulated machine
- Sound bugs including skipping and desyncing
SirDaShadow
11-02-2005, 01:10 AM
>Why would you want to force the games to run at 60Hz?

Two words: Arcade Monitor. Try this: http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/
MooglyGuy
11-02-2005, 03:27 AM
> >Why would you want to force the games to run at 60Hz?
>
> Two words: Arcade Monitor. Try this:
> http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/

Twenty-seven words: Get a decent multisync monitor from Wells Gardener, for instance the D9200, and buy an ArcadeVGA card to interface with it instead of jewing your arcade machine.
IndeX
11-02-2005, 05:54 PM
> Twenty-seven words: Get a decent multisync monitor from
> Wells Gardener, for instance the D9200, and buy an ArcadeVGA
> card to interface with it instead of jewing your arcade
> machine.

No words: $470
SirDaShadow
11-02-2005, 06:57 PM
>
> No words: $470
>
0 words: You will be speechless after I tell you another alternative...a 30" Sanyo HDTV monitor with HDMI input...$299 at Value City 2 weeks ago...and I didn't get it <img src=smilies/cry.gif>
IndeX
11-02-2005, 07:16 PM
> 0 words: You will be speechless after I tell you another
> alternative...a 30" Sanyo HDTV monitor with HDMI
> input...$299 at Value City 2 weeks ago...and I didn't get it


...





YOU WERE RIGHT!
Richter X
11-02-2005, 07:23 PM
I don't want to play arcade games on my TV, just on my PC monitor, but some games have slightly-off refresh rates that make the game skip when I play them.
SirDaShadow
11-02-2005, 11:06 PM
> I don't want to play arcade games on my TV, just on my PC
> monitor, but some games have slightly-off refresh rates that
> make the game skip when I play them.
>
Lemme guess...Williams games?
Reaper man
11-02-2005, 11:37 PM
> 0 words: You will be speechless after I tell you another
> alternative...a 30" Sanyo HDTV monitor with HDMI
> input...$299 at Value City 2 weeks ago...and I didn't get it

from my experiance, sanyo TVs are awful, or at least the one I have is. The screen regulation on it is awful (it's really noticeable, the picture warps almost a half inch sometimes). It might be diferent with HDTVs, but I wouldn't risk it. A friend of mine (who works in Audio/Video retail) says to usually fo for Toshiba, Samsung, or Sony when it comes to TVs.
MooglyGuy
11-03-2005, 03:45 PM
> I don't want to play arcade games on my TV, just on my PC
> monitor, but some games have slightly-off refresh rates that
> make the game skip when I play them.

If a game is skipping, it's not due to its refresh rate, it's due to your computer not being fast enough to run the game. However, if you have VSync enabled, that will cause the game to skip, as it'll be running faster or slower than it's supposed to and the sound will have to skip to keep up. <img src=smilies/headshake.gif>
Richter X
11-03-2005, 07:51 PM
Actually, TVMAME never had that problem. It skips a small bit on the Namco shooters. All the drivers are set to 60Hz, so they run slightly slower, and no sound skipping.