I am a fan of CRTs myself, but I haven't yet tried an active VGA converter. If you try one out and determine that you don't like the result, the GTX 980 Ti is the most powerful card to support VGA (through the DVI-I port). If you don't need quite that much power, a 970 or 980 are both great options. 970s have been turning up very cheaply lately second hand. That's what I have in my main system. I'm currently using a BenQ XL2720Z however, because I realized that wasting the life of my rare old high end CRTs on web browsing most of the time wasn't the wisest choice. They are relegated to testing old systems and for playing old games when possible. I will say, this BenQ monitor is one of very few (2 or 3 at most) that can come somewhat close to giving CRT-like motion clarity in DOS games at normal refresh rates (due to blur reduction support at 60hz), and it also has very nice built in scaling options. I bought it specifically to give me a modern (efficient) display without losing too many of the things I liked about my CRT.
realnc wrote:
CRU is a great tool for adding custom modes by overriding the monitor's EDID with a custom one (soft-override, it doesn't modify the monitor or anything):
https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Cus … ion-Utility-CRU
I've been meaning to ask, what is your avatar from? That's a really crazy picture... 🤣
Now for some blitting from the back buffer.