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  • #76


    just my two cents....

    releasing a new card without Windows ME or below drivers was/is a big mistake - why limit your market??....i for one, am happy enough, with Windows ME and reformating my hard drive every six months and starting over is not a painful procedure.....spending another $100 for an operating system -until at least the first service pack comes out like now - stopped me from being first in line....

    announcing there will be a better card (256k) also delays purchase of the new card - i have a 400 Max with RR - why should i run out and spend $$$ for a new card if a newer card is soon to follow -

    i have been and am a loyal Matrox user since the Mystique....for me, they are easy to install, use, and up-date and give a fine product- this, together, with web pages like this one - give me a high level of confidence when i build my computers (for fun)....

    i hope that Matrox will see that they have a following and that they come-clean with their future products....

    i still plan to upgrade to XP and buy a 256 k card ----but don't need to run out and spend $300-$400 for a video card every year - well, maybe every two to three years....
    AMD1200, A7V. 400g Max, RR, 512mg sdram, Pioneer 10x DVD 104s(no soda holder), Creative DVD dr3, 18g ultra66, 6.4g ultra33, Atapi Zip & PP 100, SB Live Platinum, Cambridge Theatre 5.1, DTT2500 Digital, USB Broadband Blaster, Windows XPsp1

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    • #77
      Originally posted by bsdgeek
      I sure hope some guys at Big M are reading these VigilAnt threads.
      Me too.
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      • #78
        I don't doubt they are, but reading and getting the point may be two different things..
        Juu nin to iro


        English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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        • #79
          Originally posted by jswcpm
          256 k card
          OOOH I remember those I had an OAK technologies ISA card with that much memory It sucked ass tho
          Last edited by Slougi; 18 October 2002, 11:28.
          -Slougi

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          • #80
            LOL

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            • #81
              Any chance Ant could see if there are visits to VigilAnts thread belonging to a certain IP in Canada?
              Peter Aragon
              Matrox Parhelia 128 Retail, Iiyama VisionMaster Pro 454, Asus P4C800 Deluxe, Pentium IV 2.8 GHz 800 MHz FSB, Maxtor 120GB S-ATA, 512MB Mem, SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro, Gigaworks S750 speakers, AOpen DVD-R, Pioneer 16x DVD-106, 3COM 905C Networkcard.

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              • #82
                Originally posted by Peter Aragon
                Any chance Ant could see if there are visits to VigilAnts thread belonging to a certain IP in Canada?
                Only if they are viewing the thread at the same time that Ant checks, vBulletin doesn't log ip's afaik.
                -Slougi

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                • #83
                  Re: State Of Matrox; A VigilAnt Perspective

                  Originally posted by VigilAnt
                  As seen at www.murc.ws, discuss the article that follows in this thread.
                  >
                  The cause of this seems to be the same cause that I described then. Mismanagement by people who need to step aside and allows those who know what the winds are in the industry (people like Haig and his staff). Matrox's owners need to step up those in charge of the development of the Parhelia and those who made the key decisions that crippled the project and fix them. Right now, ASAP, the sooner the better.
                  >
                  VigilAnt
                  I could not agree with your assessment more if I had written it myself.

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                  • #84
                    I hate to say it, but I am glad I put off the purchase of the P.

                    Come on Big M!! Get with the rest of the industry!!
                    "I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned."

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by Slougi

                      Only if they are viewing the thread at the same time that Ant checks, vBulletin doesn't log ip's afaik.
                      Server logs will tell. Matrox IPs are also easily recognizable.

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by ElDonAntonio


                        Server logs will tell. Matrox IPs are also easily recognizable.
                        True, didn't think of that. Still, vbulleting itself doesn't log ip's
                        -Slougi

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                        • #87
                          hmm you really wanna go through a server log the size of murc's?
                          Juu nin to iro


                          English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                          • #88
                            It wouldn't be that hard. Just grep for the partial IP of matrox's subnet.
                            Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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                            • #89
                              mmm, grep... the sysadmins tool of choice...
                              "And yet, after spending 20+ years trying to evolve the user interface into something better, what's the most powerful improvement Apple was able to make? They finally put a god damned shell back in." -jwz

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                              • #90
                                PS: What does...
                                Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
                                ...mean?

                                Edit: It means it logs the IPs of those who posted, not viewed the thread. Pace runs off to slap Pace...
                                Last edited by Pace; 21 October 2002, 11:49.
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