Just a quote from ant for all that have missed it ...

[deprived]

Quote:

"Whatever is in 5.21 it is not the OpenGL ICD that was expected. I've tested it against the "5.2x" beta ICD I have patched into 5.13.
Pentium III 500, Quake 2, I only ran these at 16-bit, didn't need to go any further.

beta vs 5.21

640...82.4 67.7
800...78.5 66.3
1024..64.5 44.0

If I then patch the 5.21 drivers with the beta ICD I get:

640...83.5
800...78.6
1024..65.1"

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At least we know that there EXISTS a faster opengl icd.

p.s.: hey , ANT , how about posting the beta drivers ? (eheheh)

[Micko]

I'm really loosing my fate to Matrox. They promised more performance but instead of giving, they took it away...

Micko

[SteveC]

But you may find that they have given you stability?

[franksch3]

Yes, stability like icons flying around when I just rearanged them! ;-)

[Micko]

Yes, they may give stability, but with BIG performance hit, like Ant shows...

[This message has been edited by Micko (edited 09-02-1999).]

[Micko]

I thought Nvidia's marketing " in x hours world will change" was good, but Matrox does it better!

They gave fast beta drivers to reviewers to show fast framerates to public and then they made slower (but stable) drivers to the customers who bought their cards, who expected 40% framerate boost on OGL games...

[Buuri]

Sounds like a PR stunt to me too..

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[franksch3]

Shall we all send mail to Matrox regarding this? If it really was a marketing trick than I feel taken!

[Micko]

Yeah...

[Meek]

I really doubt they would something like this for PR... unless they really want to go out of business.

Maybe we should give them a couple of days to sort out their version control/build process...

M.

[Ant]

Folks this is not a marketing trick it's just a good old fashion cock up.

[merchant2112]

i installed 5.21 and for the first time open gl on my pc works. for some reason when i luancehed halflife in ogl mode it crashed my system in 5.15, 5.13 ect.... so all in all im happy with the new driver. now if i only had the balls to overclock my card. (im not sure i want to do it just yet, im afrade i will fry my card, due to some unexpected resolts with 2 savage 4 cards(smoked both of them in sec's) maybe it was the cheap cl card i don't know, i just don't want to have to wait for a replacement if i do cook my card.

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[Micko]

I have 14 days still left to send G400 back, should I?
I feel myself cheated....

[Scytale]

No reason to feel cheated I think, Matrox are just going for 'Elite status' in the art of making mistakes...

[IceStorm]

AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY????????????

That about sums it up.

Oh well, my G400 MAX will be here today. Into the hellmouth I go.




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