Need advice on DVI/HDMI/VGA conversion

[Nodoyuna]

Hi

I'm trying to finish the setup of one of my PC computers for emulator and old Windows games use

The PC is an i7 with a not too powerful AMD graphics card. The main mission of this computer is to install CRT Emudriver on it, so I needed an AMD card

The graphics card does have 3 outputs and that's great, as my plan is to use 3 different screens

1) VGA: I installed CRT Emudriver and now the VGA output is routed to an UMSA device and into a PVM for Groovymame use at 15KHz. This part is done and it does work perfect. Only thing I want to do on this output is to replace the UMSA with an Extron 203xi interface

For the other two outputs, my plan is to use one of them for 31KHz emulation and old Windows games, and connect it to my recently adquired NEC XM37 monitor. The other output will be connected to a FullHD TV for modern emulation/games

As far as I know, converting DVI-D to VGA is tricky and not always work. The adapters don't work and it seems the only option is to use those dongle, like the Techole one, sold in Amazon

Converting HDMI to VGA is somehow easier. I had a Portta device in the past, and it does a great work, but I'd like to upgrade it to a better option, like those HDFury devices

So, this is what I thought:

1) VGA is already done, as stated previously
2) DVI-D -> DVI to HDMI adapter -> FullHD TV (it seems these adapters works well, as both are digital signals)
3) HDMI -> Portta/HDFury -> VGA -> NEC XM37

I've found this: https://www.amazon.com/Rankie-Adapter-2 ... 397&sr=8-6

About the HDFury, are these still the most recommended option? What's the model to look for? (I've seen various models)

Any other recommendations, ideas and options? Please let me know

Thanks in advance

[buttersoft]

The HDFury2 is awesome, and the 3 is probably much the same. They ain't cheap tho.

The other good one I've tried is much cheaper, the Tendak AV-107-BK - https://www.tendak.com/products/hdmi-to-vga. This one doesn't have it's own EDID however (or i don't think it does, it's passing through with mine) which might be an issue with protecting your PVM. You can program up a 24c02 chip, or just use CRU to get the resolutions you want on only that output, i would say. I've used it at 1080i happily.

I haven't actually tried any of these on a crt_emudriver system tho. If you're using EDID emulation, you should be fine to just plug the Tendak into the HDMI port and go for it, but Calamity might be able to say for sure if CRU will work properly in this case. Given CRU is relying on an EDID override, if the monitor has no EDID then CRU might not even work.