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Playing old PC games from 90s-00s
tp4tissue:
CRT beam simulator requires multiples of 60hz. so at least 120hz.
It's works like BFI, but it takes inverse color and persistence into account.
It's essentially a smarter BFI Shader. At 240hz I would say it already looks better than CRT.
TheSoulhunter:
I looked up some examples...
Seems it's not about simulating the horizontal beam drawing (mask point to mask point).
But rather the vertical persistence (part of the screen being black, image rolling top to bottom).
I can see how this would be enough to give you the CRT beam feel. Good idea...
Remembers me the rolling-scanlines filter I wrote in Avisynth/DShow back in the day.
Unfortunately I am still on 60Hz as there were no large (40" +) high refresh rate monitors when I got it.
Maybe time to upgrade...
Are there 40-45" high refresh rate, color accurate, 16:9 monitors, possibly with split-input/picture function?
phinix:
Started Baldur's Gate enhanced edition - brings me back when it was released, hundreds of hours played.
Apparently they are remastering it! Both, 1 and 2. That would be awesome.
tp4tissue:
There was the dell S3225QC for $350, 32" 3840x2160 oled 120hz that Tp4 urged everyone to buy from Costco recently, But it's probably out of stock now in most places.
If you want something like that, you'll have to go to the $500 sale range, 165hz 4K OLED from MSI or Asus, usually Newegg.
Tp4 however recommends the new iterated dark film covered QD oled models. They're all using the same samsung dark film panels, but call it dark armor, etc, etc.
4K 240hz is great, will be in the $600-800 range, 4K 360hz is incoming, probably $1000+.
TheSoulhunter:
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 03 June 2026, 11:21:24 ---There was the dell S3225QC for $350, 32" 3840x2160 oled 120hz that Tp4 urged everyone to buy from Costco recently, But it's probably out of stock now in most places.
If you want something like that, you'll have to go to the $500 sale range, 165hz 4K OLED from MSI or Asus, usually Newegg.
Tp4 however recommends the new iterated dark film covered QD oled models. They're all using the same samsung dark film panels, but call it dark armor, etc, etc.
4K 240hz is great, will be in the $600-800 range, 4K 360hz is incoming, probably $1000+.
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Up to 1k is fine as I probably gonna keep it for a decade...
Another requirements I forgot: It has to be a non glossy (matte) screen.
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