hm, setting this CRT to 1600*1200 (its maximum) and Windows to 125% scaling might actually be the way to go

@er1n it's a cheapo generic one (my dad has literally the same one with different branding), but I guess it has decent resolution

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@er1n it's the one that came with my Windows ME computer, which is still sitting at my parents' (it's a wonderful little machine, I recently upgraded it from 128MB to 1GB of RAM, now it runs XP no problem)

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@noiob i waaaaaaaaaaaaaant

i know they coil whine and i'm young enough to hear that, i know they run hot, i know they have problems but i'm SO NOSTALGIC for them atm

@noiob i remember doing shit on my first computers on CRTs!!! i want a bigass high-res CRT for my fancy new computer

@er1n this one's pretty silent, but it already had to be resoldered once

@er1n I'm using it with a frankensteined-together Dell Optiplex that I brought here so I'll be able to play some Overwatch over the holidays

@er1n sadly it doesn't do 4:3, so I'm running 16:10 (and I'm barely hitting 30fps with this combo)

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