To play GC on a monitor what is needed

[Physalis]

I have a geforce4 Ti4600 w/s-video in/out. I want to be able to play gamecube games in high res on my monitor, what do I need? A vga converter, or can I simply use an s-vid cable? Any recommended setups?

[VioletSkye]

On 2003-12-01 15:03, Physalis wrote:
I have a geforce4 Ti4600 w/s-video in/out. I want to be able to play gamecube games in high res on my monitor, what do I need? A vga converter, or can I simply use an s-vid cable? Any recommended setups?

thats a descent card, I had one for awhile too http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif Anyway you can use a standard s-video cable that will run from your GC to the s-video in port on your videocard.

[Physalis]

ok thx

[Arakon]

there will be no change in resolution at all, tho.. it'll still be s-video quality.

what you can do is getting a progressive scan (YUV) cable, and modify it (requires soldering skills) for VGA.. it will only work with US and JP games that support progressive scan.

[Rich_T]

VGA boxes exist for the gamecube, one end plugs into your gamecube, the other has a conection for a monitor (VGA).
although the picture quality wont be much of an improvement, as the gamecube doesnt output VGA quality video ( the only console to do this without modding is the dreamcast)

[JDA]

Or if you've got the spare cash, buy one of these babies:

http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/XRGB-2P.html?id=ZQZVUFfE

Takes component, RGB, s-video or video signals from any source you want and upscans to 1024x768, V60Hz, H47Hz for display on a VGA monitor http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif.

[Physalis]

0_0 thats quite expensive.

I ended up ordering this: http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/gc/vgacable.htm