Ati Rage MAXX? A threat? What's Matrox' answer?

[McBain]

Any opinions, comments?

[AlteX]

A threat? No. The Fury MAXX is all about gaming and gaming performance. Matrox was never all about gaming.
The Fury MAXX is even missing Video IN/OUT found on the Fury Pro, the only non-gaming feature that's left is the Hardware DVD.
So I don't think G400 owners will switch to the MAXX just because it performs better, even much better...
Those who wanted best possible gaming peformance never considered G400 anyway,
so it's not a threat... not to Matrox.

[mj12]

ATI...Threat...hmmm don't think I've ever heard those two word uttered together.

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[troop]

It is a threat if by that you mean better
fps , as are all next-gen cards (depending on driver dev't). A card's dominance,achieved by the G400 only yesterday and only for high-end machines, never lasts. I'm confident Matrox will reassert itself with its next board . When is that due I wonder ?

The thing to keep in mind here, while we wait, is that most of the features of the next-gen boards are not supported by current games so buying them immediately is not recommended.By the time games support DX7,eg, Matrox will be there. I plan no other vid-adapter purchase until the next Matrox board because all games will play perfectly
( with bug-fixes)on the G400.Eg, I find that there is usually a minimum fps for a game to respond well and look good. Above that will get a regular player no advantage, though in tournaments , with high stakes, the faster the better for sure. The problem here though is that the king-of-the-hill spends a fortune keeping up with the latest for those few fps and is not always getting the best all round card.
Eg, ATI couldn't build a fast driver if their lives depended on it. Ati is an example
of the other extreme , all features , no speed. So a consumer makes the choice from a mix of features for each card. That is the more sophisticated approach.

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[Clint]

What's Matrox's answer?

A lawsuit for :
A) stealing their name, and
B) mis-spelling it!



Clint

[alessandro]

Ati Fury MAXX???!?!!
You must be kidding.
When was the last time that ATI had a card to be afraid off????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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[ManojM]

Well we will see the product is released. That is if it will release this year?

Regards,
Manoj Mahtani

[IceStorm]

It provides just about double the rendering speed of an ATI Rage 128 pro by putting two cards on one PCB. Each 128 Pro can render a frame - the two don't share frame rendering load. You can render two frames at the same time on the Fury MAXX.

If ATI's drivers are stable enough for you, and play the games you want, then it's a good move to make. If not, then stick with whatever you want.

It is not a next generation card. It's a stop-gap until they can ready a next generation chipset. The chips used in the card are the same as those demoed last year (December) to hardware sites.

[Himself]

What would it take for the ATI Maxx to be a threat? Gee, what if it uses the fact that has two chips to provide dual head, that would be a threat. Dual head without any scrimping on the second display in terms of resolutions. Let's see, ATI lead 32 bit performance for quite a bit, now they have twice what they had before. Software DVD decoding with full hardware assist has been improved upon the already excellent support. 3D glasses? Shutter glasses would be ideal with the alternating frame deal. It's not like ATi to ignore the possibilities now is it? "All in Wonder", enough said. Both companies are primarily in the oem biz, I'd say ATI is more of a threat than most.

Having said that, any and all of the upcoming cards are a threat. Current cards are a threat even.

I probably won't buy one, but it's an interesting option for people more into games than I am or want the DVD support and a generally fast 3D card to boot.