What the hell is the problem with Matrox?

[adamhamilton]

I have been trying to order a G400 32Mb (MAX/DH/DH OEM) but NO ONE HAS THEM!

They are telling me Matrox are just not shipping them.

I'm not paying the extortionate price from Matrox's online store (more than 22% higher
than most retailers).

What the hell is Matrox's problem, the G400's have 'been out' for ages now, so why can't I
get one?

[Jorden]

Have you tried these stores??
http://www.matrox.com/mga/where_to_b...istreur.htm#uk
http://www.matrox.com/mga/where_to_b...ars/eur_uk.htm
http://www.matrox.com/mga/where_to_b.../sup_uk_nu.htm

???

Jorden

[SteveC]

The biggest UK names I can think of:

<A HREF="http://www.dabs.co.uk" target="_blank">Dabs</A>

<A HREF="http://www.simply.co.uk" target="_blank">Simply Computers</A>

<A HREF="http://www.insight.com/uk" target="_blank">Insight (UK)</A>

<A HREF="http://www.software-warehouse.co.uk" target="_blank">Software Warehouse</A>

<A HREF="http://www.scan.co.uk" target="_blank">Scan</A>

Tried ALL them?
There's always PCWORLD too if you're desperate.

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)

[The PIT]

Never seen a Max in Pc world (Sheffield)so far.

[Pertti]

Hi Guys,

What is this whining about the G400:s not being in retail stores ?

I just visited my supplier (a guy selling computers at his home, in a town with 15000 inhabitants, here in Finland) and even he had Max on the shelf.

If I can find Max off the shelf here, there must be loads of them around

Pertti

[SteveC]

I know where there definitely is a OEM G400 32mb DH right at this moment in time, but it's over in Southend-on-sea, in essex... but if you REALLY want one...

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)

[Jorden]

Maybe Ant is willing to **loan** him one

[motub]

And of course there's me... whose beau in Holland talked to a mutual friend (thanks, ALBPM!) who found one (of 2) MAX-es on the shelf in New Mexico, USA, and bought it for me in Brooklyn, NYC, USA... so don't tell me it can't be done...!

why don't you try Pricewatch and just call all the vendors?? Surely they can't <u>all</u> have sold out..!

Or give in and order from the Matrox store. Is all this sturm und drang (??) really worth saving $25 (or whatever it is in pounds)?

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Holly

[This message has been edited by motub (edited 20 October 1999).]

[adamhamilton]

> Or give in and order from the Matrox store. Is all this sturm und drang (??) really worth
saving $25 (or whatever it is in pounds)?

More like 50 UKP = US $80


[This message has been edited by adamhamilton (edited 20 October 1999).]

[JC]

Why bother getting a MAX? I've been able to 3dMark99 them both on my P3 560 and they are practically the same at 800x600

[IceStorm]

1) The MAX looks better - nifty fan.

2) Guaranteed to run at 150/200.

3) Quit yer whinning. If you can't afford the $250 that the MAX costs in the online store, then you system probably doesn't have the power to make the MAX sing, anyway. Hell, my system barely has the oats to make it move them pixels around fast, and I'm on an OCed PIII-450.

Oh, keep in mind:

IT'S ONLY A VIDEO CARD!

Just my $0.02


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Primary System: PIII-540 (450@4.5x120), Soyo 6BA+ III, 2x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, G400 MAX in multi-monitor mode. V2 SLI rig. Two Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 900u monitors, 3Com 3C905, SoundBlaster Live!, DeskTop Theater DTT2500 DIGITAL Speaker System (Sweeeeeet!), WD AC41800 18GB HD, WD AC310100 10GB HD, Toshiba SD-M1212 6x DVD-ROM, HP 8100i CD-RW, Epson Stylus Pro, OptiUPS PowerES 650, MS SideWinder Precision Pro USB joystick, Logitech 3-button mouse, Mitsumi keyboard, Win98 SE, Belkin OmniCube 4-port KVM, 10/100 5-port Linksys Ethernet switch (30~40MB/min under Win98SE)

Secondary System: PII-266, Asus P2B BIOS 1008, 1x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, Millennium II, 3Com 3C590, ADSL Modem 640kbit down/90kbit up, 3Com 3C509, Mylex BT-930 SCSI card, Seagate 2GB Hawk, NEC 6x CD-ROM, Linux distro S.u.S.E. 6.1 (IP Masquerade works!), Sharp JX-9400 LJ-II compatible

Tertiary System: DFI G568IPC Intel 430HX chipset, P200MMX, 4x64MB EDO Parity RAM, Millennium II, Intel Pro/100+ client NIC, SoundBlaster 16 MCD, Fujitsu 3.5GB HD, WD 1.2GB HD, Creative Dxr3 DVD decoder card, Hitachi GD-2500 6x DVD-ROM, Win98 SE

All specs subject to change.

[Nietu]

JC on't trust to those 3DMark scores. It give exactly same scores for mine rage128 and G400 MAX altough MAX is much faster almoust in every test case?????

/Nietu