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**MarcelM** · 21 July 1999, 08:31

Hi julius,

only Q3 I can answer. i tried winnt 2000 b3
with an G400. but no drivers 4 the card.
So I gave up, and stick with Win98......

When drivers R out 4 winnt 2000 I'll try again......

regards,

Marcel Molleman
The Netherlands

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G400-16MB, Abit BX6 rev2, 96 MB, 6.4 GB Hdd (3x), Pent. II 350 Mhz (3.5 * 112)

**pnkflyd51** · 21 July 1999, 09:50

> #2. (more important)
> CAN SOME KIND SOUL using NT/G400 please
> tell me whether Matrox SoftDVD works under
> NT4/5?
>
> The sooner SoftDVD works the sooner we do > a 20pc bulk order on the G400 32MB for our
> NT network.

Currently there isn't a _single_ software only player that works under NT4. This can't be blamed on Matrox... I'm not sure why there isn't a software solution for NT, most say because NT's DirectX isn't up-to-date like Win9x, but I'm not sure if this is technically correct. Some of these players do work under Win2K betas, so it look as if you'll have to wait for that.

If you need DVD/MPEG2 support, you'll have to buy decoder cards. Some of them _do_ work under NT4. (I don't believe the G200+Zoran addon does though.)

**OrangeJulius** · 21 July 1999, 10:22

Marcel & PinkFloyd, thank you for the replies!

> only Q3 I can answer.

Marcel, you might have forgotten the Q3 scores? How is it on NT - FPS in G200 / G400?

PinkFloyd, thanks for the info! I understand Matrox SoftDVD is based on Cinemaster software; is this correct and where can I DL Cinemaster?

HAS ANYONE successfully tried Win 2000 b3 and Matrox SoftDVD? I have build 2031. DirectX 7 beta

Julius (with extra vitamin C)
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P2-266 / 256mb RAM / Sys Commander Dual Boot:
NT4 : NT5 : SUSE 6.1 : CALDERA 2.2 : WIN98

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**Haig** · 21 July 1999, 12:25

Hi Juluis,

The Quadrant app comes with the retail G400's. You can always check the warez sites for any cracks just to see how it looks.

There's probably a better chance for these DVD apps to be supported under NT 2k because of wdm support.

Haig

**pnkflyd51** · 21 July 1999, 13:16

Cough cough, try some of these for DVD warez:

http://www.tripel-s.de/dvd/dvdsoft.html

http://www.kesher-computers.co.il/dvd/pcdvd.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/g.sayer/dvd/dvd.htm

Make sure you get the 1.0.32 engine.

You'll also want to play w/ DVD region selector, which allows you to change settings. Be sure to write down the defaults before you start messing around though...

http://www.kesher-computers.co.il/dvd/

As for Win2K beta 3, I have it installed myself, but haven't bothered to check if cinemaster works. I know from reading the Win2K beta newsgroups that at least some of the players work. Any of the ones that don't probably just need a few minor changes.

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**OrangeJulius** · 21 July 1999, 16:49

Haig & PinkFloyd; thanks -- you guys ROCK!
Will try some DVD softwares, of course for evaluation purposes only. We're getting those cards!! (for Win2K)

PinkFloyd, you mentioned having installed Win 2K -- have you successfully installed any of these programs/hardware?

* G200/G400 (will join dev.rel one of these days, am a developer after all..)

* Maxtor IDE HDs
* Creative Sound Blaster Live Value
* Iomega ZIP Plus
* UMAX Scanners

* Adaptec Easy CD Creator or NERO
* Anything by Adobe
* Forte Agent
* CuteFTP
* Getright
* mIRC
* Real Player / Media Player
* Office 2000
* Visual C++ / VB
* Winfax Pro
* Winamp

Already know McAfee Netshield 4 doesn't work..

long list, tee hee.. Pnkflyd, what is the best win2K beta newsgroup?

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**pnkflyd51** · 21 July 1999, 23:10

This is not exactly a Win2K forum, but that's okay.

There are two sets of newsgroups. The offical server requires a username and password, and requires that you got your Win2K beta either through the CPP, MSDN or TechNet programs. Look here for instructions:

http://www.winisp.net/cppnews/

The other set (exact same set of groups, but _not_ mirrored messages) is on MS's regular newsserver, msnews.microsoft.com.

The first server (which is cppnews.microsoft.com) has Microsoft people on it answering almost every post, so it's worth setting up that server as well.

PS, have you ordered RC1? MS didn't advertise it heavily, but if you bought beta3 you can get release candidate one:

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Windows 2000 CPP Software Updates - U.S. and Canada: Beginning Monday July 12, CPP customers will be able to order Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server Release Candidate 1 software update CDs - Microsoft will cover all product and shipping/handling charges to provide RC1 free to CPP customers. Please call 1-888-219-1310 to place your order. To identify yourself as a CPP customer, please have the Product Key (back of your CPP Professional CD) ready prior to making your call. Note: Release Candidate 1 software updates for Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 for Alpha processors, are also available. Allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.

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For your hardware, look at the newsgroups.

You'll need a update for Visual Studio apps to work, obtainable at windowsupdate.microsoft.com (only from a Win2K machine).

The only other one I know of is an update for the Adaptec CD burning software, obtainable here:

http://webcheckup.adaptec.com/ecdc-win2k/

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**OrangeJulius** · 22 July 1999, 19:24

PnkFlyd,

Thank you for the nntp://msnews.microsoft.com link. It seems to have all the same groups as my normal news provider. No private of course. For private I gotta go digging for my MSDN username/pw, hidden in this cloud of papers.. (and you thought you guys had messy desks!)

Here is a link for you in return:
http://www.virtualportal.net - has some pretty neat Win2K beta info + ICQ99>B<

To answer your question: Got the MSDN June 1999 release of Win2K beta, I believe it's build 2031. The guy on virtual portal has 2045.

As for G400, I am thinking of buying a 14" Optiquest for $79 to take advantage of the dualhead. Anybody want to buy a 2week old Gameboy Color with 6 games? (zelda, pokeman pinball, final fantasy adventure, warioland2, super mario dx, tetris dx)

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**OrangeJulius** · 23 July 1999, 06:13

Here's what I've found out so far; many of you might have the same hardware/apps as they are pretty popular:

Need more info on how the Matrox G400 Win2K beta drivers are doing.. Heard they're a tad on the slow side now (of course that's to be expected as they're in beta) Anyone?

WINDOWS 2000 Personal Compatibility List (HW+SW)
UNKNOWN COMPATIBILITY (Please fill in if you use it!)

· Anything by Adobe (acrobat appears to work)
· CuteFTP
· Forte Agent
· Getright
· Media Player 6
· MIRC
· NERO ?
· UMAX Scanners (NOT YET)
· Winamp 2.24
· Winfax Pro 9 (or 8)

WORKS?

· Adobe Acrobat 4
· ICQ 99A
· Mitsumi CD-RW
· Real Player

DEFINITELY WORKS

· Adaptec Easy CD Creator (3.5c release (new))
· ADI Microscan 5G, Optiquest Line (v73 too)
· Creative Sound Blaster Live Value (need beta drivers)
· HP DeskJet 660C
· Iomega Zip Z100 (plus?)
· Matrox G200/G400 (need slow beta drivers)
· Maxtor DiamondMax 2880 (90576D4)
· Microsoft Intellimouse
· Microsoft Office 2000 / IE5
· Microsoft Visual Studio (needs WindowsUpdate update)
· Pioneer DVD-302
· Toshiba XM-6202B
· U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT, 3COM US Robotics ADSL Modem

You can order Windows 2000 b3 Release Candidate 1 (feature complete, all that's left is bug fixes supposedly) from http://www.microsoft.com, and get TONS of info at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/Beta/

Check it out -- really interesting and easy to read. And the OS itself ROCKS! Got it on a work machine. Absolutely amazing and SUPER easy to install. Installs in less than 30 minutes on some (good) machines..

Recommend NO LESS than 128MB RAM, seriously. 64MB and NT4 or NT5 is going to be sloooow

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**Chasbo** · 23 July 1999, 14:19

OJ:

Apps that work in W2k:

Forte Agent
Photoshop 4 and 5 (5 better than 4 though)
CuteFTP
Acrobat Reader
Media Player 6 (it's part of W2K)
Real Player G2
Office 97 and 2000
Homesite
WinZip 7
Paint Shop Pro 5
Lview Pro

Hardware:

Zip Drive (SCSI and IDE)
Jaz Drive
Sound Blaster AWE 64
Sound Blaster Ensoniq PCI
Diamond Fireport 20 SCSI
Linksys 10/100 NIC
HP Printers: 4si, 5P, 6P, 2000C, 820C
Abit LX6 mobo
Abit BH6 mobo

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**Max VanBlade** · 28 July 1999, 08:42

Just for Info when it comes to memory for Win2k 64 will do fine. I have been useing 64mb since the start. As for beta 2072 its alot faster. Then I upgraded to 128 and I can't tell any diff. So 64 will do just fine.
The CPU will help out alot. PII450

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"Of course I don't look BUSY I did it right the first time."

**OrangeJulius** · 28 July 1999, 15:54

Chasbo:

Thank you for the app list! More apps seem to be working everyday.

Correct if wrong, but Build 2072 (aka RC1) seems to be the first build that does NOT destroy NT4 partitions upon install.

Stephen at http://www.virtualportal.net confirms this.

As for memory, the more on NT, the better. 128MB is *recommended* for NT5 and 64MB is the bare minimum. Just upgraded my NT4 box from 128MB>256MB for $69. WELL WORTH IT!

Everything from Quake3 to Photoshop recommends at least 128MB.

Saying 64MB will be enough is like BillGates saying 640K is all you'll ever need..

**Chasbo** · 28 July 1999, 16:33

I am pretty sure 2031 also worked with NT4 partitions, you just need to have SP5 (or maybe it's 4) installed. For a brief time, I was dual-booting NT4 and 2072 without any problems with my partitions.

**Daniel Graef** · 28 July 1999, 18:17

Hi,

could someone please tell me if the DualHead TV-Out works under NT4.0.

Thanks

Daniel

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