Blur Busters CRT Beam Simulator Shader - RetroArch Configuration Guide

[@RetroCrisis]

Much like HDR and OLED technology, It has to be experienced in person. The video does not do it justice.

[@DrNoBrazil]

Yes... Clearly underwhelming... Thanks for mentioning it. Guess using the latest Rt4K firmware will also not do it justice...

[@cajampa]

​@@DrNoBrazilIf it has the same function and you have a high Hz screen then it should work great.

[@ursa_solaris]

After testing this on a 120hz monitor, I immediately bought a $1000 480hz OLED. I don't regret it at all. I think this may genuinely be the greatest gaming purchase I've ever made. I haven't seen motion clarity this good in almost 20 years. I can play Sonic the Hedgehog again without getting a headache. It really is a "you gotta see it to believe it" kinda thing. It's downright revolutionary. Bless Mark Rejhon and Blur Busters for this bountiful gift he has freely given us.

[@pacopen6364]

We aren't getting crts back in stores, but thanks to this awesome people we can recreate the experience of playing on a crt. I rest at ease knowing that when my crt dies, I won't need to pay inflated prices to get that experience.

[@astrea555]

It's really great and I hope they'll implement this tech in hardware on the monitors! :D

[@ardkorejunglist]

Thank you for covering this ♥️

[@Hoytehablode]

I tried this, but is extremely sensitive to everything, it looks great on my 240Hz OLED, but man, I need to remove Gsync, I need to close most software, too much hassle considering I have a 3 monitors setup

[@RetroCrisis]

@@Hoytehablode I agree. I must admit, whilst I greatly respect the project, I don't think I'm the target audience at all. But I can totally understand why some people would use this.

[@Hoytehablode]

@RetroCrisis yeah I think the idea is great but this was clearly made like for a very dedicated system with a solely use. Hope this evolves somehow to a lite version conpatible with gsync

[@DrNoBrazil]

@@RetroCrisis Damn, if YOU are not the target audience... There is a bigger issue. They worked on this for only 2 people then, the creators of that thing...

[@cajampa]

@@Hoytehablode you can disable GSync for just RetroArch

[@InfinitySwitch84]

Does a screen have any extra stress by having to turn the pixels on and off as opposed to just changing color? I wonder if this will have a detrimental effect on the screen over time? Mostly dealing with OLED monitors as the voltage will be constantly turning on and off to make the pixel light up and turn off rapidly. Under normal circumstances, the screen would only turn the pixel off every once in a while, otherwise it's just changing colors. This seems like a stress test to see how the monitor can handle it. I guess time will tell.

[@DrxSlump]

What sorcery is this??

[@Pjvenom1985]

Brilliant beautiful benevolent blue blur buster boost boyo!⚡️🦔🕹🍀

[@seethruhead7119]

Having to go to display setting and turn off gsync (which I leave on 100% of the time) is kind of annoying.

[@RetroCrisis]

@@seethruhead7119 for me I had to turn it off. But give it a try and see if you can use it without turning it off

[@seethruhead7119]

@@RetroCrisis i'm usually using retro arch on handhelds (like the dmg, with your shader pack!) but i will setup retroarch and try this as soon as i get a new GPU for my pc

[@raknikmik]

You can just disable gsync for retroarch in the nvidia control panel or nvidia inspector.

[@seethruhead7119]

@@raknikmik yeah, i forgot about per program nvidia setting, good idea

[@AsmrFuns1]

When you said that 144 Hz was bad for it, did you mean the screen’s max refresh rate or having it set to that in the GPU’s settings? For example the LG C4 OLED’s maximum Hz is 144 whereas the C3’s is 120. Does that mean that the C4 would pose problems or can I just manually set 120 in the PC’s GPU settings?

[@dri_him]

Set it to 120hz and you're good to go, he explains it clearly in the video.

[@kof94]

Thx man❤

[@jeremiahratliff4332]

Is this compatible with an IPS monitor?

[@ChristopherJamesNeff]

1. Does this have to be used alone and complete or can it be used with other CRT shaders like CyberLab’s Death To Pixels pack, CRT-Royale, New Pixie, The Analog Shader pack etc? 2. Or, is this a complete CRT shader with all features? 3. Is this a replacement to both RA’s BFI and any hardware BFI such as on a TV or Monitor? 4. Can this be used with things such as HDR and Integer Scaling? 5. Can I use borders, overlays and bezels with the aspect ratio set to 4:3 or some other custom screen size?

[@DrNoBrazil]

All those questions have been answered many times on reddit, github... Do your homework.

[@ChristopherJamesNeff]

@@DrNoBrazilWhich subreddit?

[@InfinitySwitch84]

1. Yes it can be used with other shaders. Just go into the shader settings and prepend the shader you want. 2. Answered above. 3. Yes 4. HDR, not sure. Integer Scaling, yes. 5. Yes.

[@lpuzzello]

It's was recently added maybe that's not stable yet. But hopefully will be

[@DerekMoore82]

My monitors are either 144Hz or 165Hz, hopefully they'll add support for those refresh rates.

[@AsmrFuns1]

@@DerekMoore82 Maybe I’m wrong here, but I’m pretty sure he meant that it didn’t work well with having it set to 144, not that the screen’s max refresh rate being 144 was a problem. Just set it to 120 in your GPU’s control panel.

[@DrNoBrazil]

It has to be a multiple of 60. It has been explained many times already.

[@ChristopherJamesNeff]

@@DrNoBrazilCan’t he just manually set the Hz to 120 in the GPU’s settings?

[@dri_him]

Set it to 120hz and you're good to go, he explains it clearly in the video. Screens have a max refresh rate but they can slow down to any desired rate as supported by the OS and display drivers. How is this even a question?

[@akiraokami]

Can this be combined with the CRT shaders?

[@RetroCrisis]

100% yes, via this method kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpuTn4homsaXgNU

[@akiraokami]

@@RetroCrisis Sweet, thank you!

[@astrea555]

yeah it works ok

[@ChristopherJamesNeff]

1. How powerful does my new PC need to be? 2. Does it have to be anything ridiculously powerful and expensive like the 4090, 5080, or 5090 etc? 3. Would a 4060 or 4060 TI be good enough? I don’t want to spend more than 1,500 dollars on this. 4. Is my current 750 TI good enough or do I need to upgrade?

[@d4rkforce01]

For Retroarch and its games? Not that hard. It's probably more dependent on GPU. 4060s sound fine for it. I would probably bet even a 750ti is okay. Probably needs an upgrade but why not try it out yourself?

[@ChristopherJamesNeff]

@@d4rkforce01 Not for the games and emulator itself. More to use advanced and complex CRT shaders like CyberLab’s Death To Pixels displayed in 4K and HDR while also applying this Beam Simulator BFI thing on top of it with a bezel to cover up the black bars on the sides and top and bottom for 4:3 games.

[@dyoxsito9424]

It's amazing, the problem is that LCD screens burn the image for a while, I wouldn't recommend using it unless you own an OLED

[@RetroCrisis]

@@dyoxsito9424 most modern screens would have anti burn functions such as pixel shifting etc, so hopefully it should be ok

[@dyoxsito9424]

@RetroCrisis Ah sorry, I mean image retention, I tried it on my LCD in Mario World and the scenarios were still visible even with the black image, it was solved by removing the CRT Beam Simulator, the Anti Image Retention for LCD of the shader did not help me

[@ChristopherJamesNeff]

1. So, what TV does more than 120hz? Because I plan on getting an OLED TV, not a Monitor. 2. Will the LG C4 or whatever the new C5 is going to be work and will it work well? 3. Should I be getting a monitor instead of a TV? I want full 4K and HDR, none of that 1440P crap and I also want at the very bare minimum 40 inches. 4. Will 40 inches to 42 inches be great or does it need to be huge? That’s all I can fit in my room.

[@ChristopherJamesNeff]

Sorry for spamming literally 3 messages with a load of questions in the span of 2 minutes. 4 now including this apology lol.

[@Imgema]

i'm one of those unlucky souls who have a 240hz monitor but because it's 6bit color or something, it doesn't work correctly.

[@cajampa]

It is pretty much made for OLED screens.

[@TheSocialGamer]

GSync is important because it is great for modern games .. nah!

[@astrea555]

It's actually completely useless. Also this is a retroarch tutorial lmao

[@TheSocialGamer]

@@astrea555 yeah I did turn it off, and looks great on my 240Hz Oled...!

[@cajampa]

You can turn of GSync for just RetroArch

[@TheSocialGamer]

@@cajampa indeed thanks!