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Title: New Vga Cable Worrys
Post by: meerdorf on December 30, 2005, 03:22:00 PM
I have a female to female gender changer and all is good on my samsung monitor. Saying that I havent tried the backwards compatability yet.... damn lack of hdds!!!
Title: New Vga Cable Worrys
Post by: US Nationalist on December 30, 2005, 05:58:00 PM
QUOTE(tottenhamfan @ Dec 30 2005, 03:31 PM) View Post

hi there
ive ordered myself a joytech vga cable but im now beginning to worry as ive read posts that backwards compatible games (xbox 1) dont play on  amonitor,please tel me this isnt true sad.gif .
Also i have a new samsung monitor is  a hd15 female to female gender changer needed!
many thanks

It's not.  I've been able to play Halo 2 and Crimson Skies just fine on here.
Title: New Vga Cable Worrys
Post by: mikekirk on December 31, 2005, 07:15:00 PM
QUOTE(tottenhamfan @ Dec 30 2005, 09:31 PM) View Post

hi there
ive ordered myself a joytech vga cable but im now beginning to worry as ive read posts that backwards compatible games (xbox 1) dont play on  amonitor,please tel me this isnt true sad.gif .
Also i have a new samsung monitor is  a hd15 female to female gender changer needed!
many thanks


It seems that some (PAL?) games insist on having a 50hz display, when the VGA cable will only output 60hz. For instance, I can't get Forza to work, it just says something about display mode is not supported. All other BC games I've tried work just fine though.