Other Drivers for Parhelia?

[Ryu Connor]

Thanks a lot Matrox, and all the Matrox moderators on this forum who betray the common woman who doesnt have time to review 20 different reviews.

Then maybe you shouldn't be the IT person. That solves your guessing problem.

Hmm, I'm having a hard time figuring out if the above statement is just plain mean. Or is one of those truthful facts that's bound to irritate the hypersensitive.

[xortam]

Come on Colette ... you're going to try and blame Matrox for your ineptitude?! Didn't you even bother to read the minimum system requirements on their site?

[Wombat]

Thanks a lot Matrox, and all the Matrox moderators on this forum who betray the common woman who doesnt have time to review 20 different reviews.

As someone else mentioned, you're obviously unqualified for your job. In addition, nobody here "betrayed" you. Nobody here said "I'm running Win9x drivers" etc, etc. In fact, the opposite was said. Feel free to go away now. I'm glad you don't work with me. In one statement you've made shallow attempts to both avoid blame and also direct your frustrations on others.

[DGhost]

Re: --Not good for me!

Originally posted by Colette27
I talked my company into ordering 14 new Matrox cards, I'm the IT person i guess, anyways,

They show up, and NO WIN 98 drivers!!

They are all being sent back. My boss isn't very happy, and says if a computer hardware company cant support his business, he doesnt need them.

Thanks a lot Matrox, and all the Matrox moderators on this forum who betray the common woman who doesnt have time to review 20 different reviews.

Colette S.

maybe, if your business is running enough computers to justify 14 Parhelias (and has the money to buy 14 parhelias) you should be running at least Windows 2000 on your machines.

i would highly recommend using the money to switch to 2k instead of buying parhelias, as you would get far more benefits out of that than going with an update graphics card.

as other people have said, no one has ever made claims to it working in 98. in fact, there have been quite a number of threads about the lack of Windows 98 drivers. this was your own mistake for ordering without reading the requirements, or at least doing any sort of research into the matter.

as to your boss, there are many companies that sell products that require at least Windows 2000 and do not support it under 98. your boss is quite simply showing himself to be an arogant ass by stating that, and showing himself to have quite a poor grasp on business to think that companies deserve his business.

i am glad i do not work at whatever business you do, as there are at least 2 people who have no idea what they are doing.

[Kruzin]

Hmmm. I betrayed a common woman because I am a moderator?
How terrible of me.

I would be mad if I was your boss too. I'd just be realizing what an incompotent IT "person" I hired.

You don't need to read 20 reviews to know the system requirements of a piece of hardware. Matrox's own site tells you plainly what OSs are suppoted. ONE page, at the manufactures own site. How difficult is that? Your own ignorance got you into this mess. And you're only digging yourself in deeper trying to sell your boss on GeForce cards, instead of what has already been mentioned, an OS upgrade. Win9x is dead. Move into the new millennium's software if you want to run new hardware.

And don't show up at a forum that you are unknown at, and have no idea what you are talking about, and start spouting off and blaming people you don't even know for your own stupidity. I never told you the card would run 9x, so don't spew your mental diahreah at me.

[Zanna]

Originally posted by Colette27

I talked my company into ordering 14 new Matrox cards, I'm the IT person i guess, anyways,

They show up, and NO WIN 98 drivers!!

I think if you are the IT person, you've maked a mistake, buying some piece of hardware that does not have the requirements for your business... sorry!

They are all being sent back. My boss isn't very happy, and says if a computer hardware company cant support his business, he doesnt need them.

This is another thing..... obviously you have NOT considered buying a less sophisticated card from the same company that does support W98... or you need the horsepower of Matrox Parhelia?
I think Matrox can support your businness, but with another graphics card!
if you need tyo use parhelia with W98, you can ask at customer service:
(Link to a similar problem into matrox forum)

Thanks a lot Matrox, and all the Matrox moderators on this forum who betray the common woman who doesnt have time to review 20 different reviews.

Have any moderator betrayed you? I think none.
You definitely don't need to read the reviews on different sites to know about drivers for Win98.
You can easily read the unique reference:
Link to the Matrox Parhelia page
.. please read under "minimum system requirements".....

I'm sorry for you..

I had the same problem (W98+Parhelia), but BEFORE buy !

[Maggi]

LOL ... I didn't know Kruzin was a Matrox moderator

[Zanna]

Originally posted by Maggi
LOL ... I didn't know Kruzin was a Matrox moderator

Ugh.... maybe Colette27 are thinking MURC is MATROX ?



Another mistake

[magog]

Hi!

I missed OS/2 or eCS (eComstation) in the list of os that need drivers.

Something is going on my nerves....
Matrox DevRel still isn't able to deliver SciTech Software specs and a card about 3 month after SciTech asked for both.
It's really a shame!

Also Haig couldn't help, because it's not his Department. He forwarded the request and DevRel said they would call SciTech Software the same day, but nothing happend after that.

I'll buy my Parhelia on Friday, but without accelerated OS/2 drivers it's not that much fun.
I hope they (Matrox DevRel) finally get into gear and send SciTech what they have asked for.

[Ant]

Re: --Not good for me!

Colette, first of all Matrox clearly stated from the start no drivers for Windows 98, if you were responsible for ordering these cards then the responsibility of ensuring compatibility with the systems they were intended for is yours and yours alone. Take it on the shoulders, don't blame everyone else.

Secondly this site is nothing to do with Matrox, there are no "Matrox" moderators here, it is purely an independent site for users run by users. If you'd asked here before you bought you would quickly have been set straight, you obviously didn't do that so have no right to come here blaming us for your own mistake.

Originally posted by Colette27
I talked my company into ordering 14 new Matrox cards, I'm the IT person i guess, anyways,

They show up, and NO WIN 98 drivers!!

They are all being sent back. My boss isn't very happy, and says if a computer hardware company cant support his business, he doesnt need them.

Thanks a lot Matrox, and all the Matrox moderators on this forum who betray the common woman who doesnt have time to review 20 different reviews.

Colette S.

[Pace]

Colette is doubling posting his or her jokes now. Jolly Good. Move on .

[Pace]

Users happy with Win2k/XP drivers: 30%
Users wanting Linux driver support: 39%
Users wanting some Win9x/Me support: 31%

I don't think that's too insignificant! Admittedly those 31% might get or have a Parhelia anyway, and would like Win9x as an extra, but I wonder what percentage actually refuse to buy a Parhelia unless it's got 9x support.