MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Killer Instinct (1): Graphics Quality Confirmation?

Greetings:

I've been doing quite a bit of reading on this topic but I wanted to run it by the pro's of MAMEWorld for confirmation.

MAME Details: v0.148, Linux SDL OpenGL
MAME Video Config: "-video opengl", fullscreen
kinst ROM: (latest version)
kinst Resolution: 320x240
Screed / Monitor: 17" LCD
GLSL / Effecits: none

My understanding is that a lot of older games look "blurry" or "washed out" because we try to run them on high quality LCD's. I actually went to an arcade last night and was able to relive some CRT quality and see all the scanlines. The element of CRT screens does seem to hide quite a bit of the graphic imperfections.

I'm just looking for confirmation that the graphics I'm seeing on Killer Instinct are the best possible with an LCD. I wanted to make sure that I'm not missing any special settings that can help to make the graphics look sharper. I don't have any original Killer Instinct arcade machines nearby (wasn't one at the arcade) to compare with.

I've read some people state that windows builds of MAME (using DirectX) give better quality graphics. Is this true? If so, is it the HLSL shaders providing the advantage?

Also, the native resolution (from the driver in the source) for kinst seems to be 320x240. Was Killer Instinct really that low of a resolution? I would have guessed 640x480.

Attached are some kinst screenshots from my system for review (zipped). I admit that seeing the screenshots at 320x240, they look right. I guess the blurriness problem occurs when running the game fullscreen.

Also, I am not running with any effects or shaders.

Thanks for any info.