P750 Review

[Android604]

I didn't notice anyone else post this up, so here it is...

http://www.icrontic.com/?action=article&id=421&page=1

Enjoy the read

Andrew

[K6-III]

Depending on how Matrox chooses to support it, I have many uses in mind.

[bsdgeek]

I still want to know if the banding is gone, that would pretty much seal the deal because I would like to get both P650 and P750...

[WyWyWyWy]

The benchmark is like, KT400 vs N-force2 or something like that.

[SitFlyer]

Excellent link Android604

The article spells it out quite well.

Who is a Matrox customer?

If you have ever wanted to work in a multi-monitor environment and enjoy the "bucket-loads" of elbow room with an incredible amount of control over the desktop then you are a Matrox customer. Matrox users speak about the flexibility and quality of their desktop. They may be casual gamers but they rely upon the multi-monitor support that Matrox delivers for business applications, web design, graphic applications, video editing, imaging in healthcare, financial data display and a host of other applications.

Why buy a Matrox video card?

The hard cold fact is that Matrox does not produce a high end gaming card. That isn't to say that games can't be enjoyed...Matrox video cards just won't be found in the constantly changing pole position between ATI and NVIDIA gaming benchmarks. Matrox delivers desktop quality over multiple monitors. Matrox took a page from the lesson book of Parhelia and took notice of a very interesting statistic; the G550 is still a popular card. Believe it or not dual monitor enthusiasts look to the G550 for dual CRT and DFP support that is affordable. Graphic artists use it. Video editors use it. Financial analysts use it. Dual monitor enthusiasts loved it.

I plan to buy a P750 for my NLE machine in the next month or two.

[CaineTanathos]

its somewhat confusing

look at those benchmarks http://www.icrontic.com/?action=article&id=421&page=7

with the Nforce2 chipset the P750 almost beats a 9700pro ??

pretty weird they didn't use the Nforce2 for all benchmarks

[Sasq]

There is a note about the P750 having issues with some aspects of 3D on the nforce chipset.

I'll try to get more info on that come our review time.

dan

[Kurt]

Originally posted by Sasq
There is a note about the P750 having issues with some aspects of 3D on the nforce chipset.

I'll try to get more info on that come our review time.

dan

Yet...the difference between the KT400 and Nforce2 chipset is amazing. Let's hope NV will fix the various issues.

[raku]

Originally posted by CaineTanathos
its somewhat confusing

look at those benchmarks http://www.icrontic.com/?action=article&id=421&page=7

with the Nforce2 chipset the P750 almost beats a 9700pro ??

pretty weird they didn't use the Nforce2 for all benchmarks

it can't be right! the result is out of this world. that just blew me away. that's insane - a handicapped card with 2 rendering pipes and 128bit DDR overtaking 8-piped 256bit DDR card, the mighty radeon 9700pro.
maybe p750 didn't render any images, showed black screen throughout the test and then displayed the score of 12 000+ in the end
i definately need to see another review

[Mediaman]

That result was indeed surprising and there indeed is an "issue" in the NFORCE2/Matrox area. The specific area is in Direct3D apps. DirectDraw will function but games like Quake and apps such as Softimage will either a) cause a crash and reboot or b) lock the system.

I'm only going to venture a guess as I am not a software engineer. The 3DMark2001 SE scores were surprising and they indeed did run. Perhaps the card actually does do that well in 3DMark2001 SE (which I too do doubt) or due to the NFORCE2/Matrox issue the scores came out "quirky" because certain features were bypassed such as the Direct3D elements thus giving an illusion of a higher score. Until the issue is resolved I myself am not going to put too much stock in the NFORCE2/P750 scores on the 3D front.

That being said the card worked as promised on the KT400 chipset. After Effects users will love the P750 for its ability to support dualhead plus TV out.

Thanks for reading the review.

MM

[K6-III]

I wonder what the clocks are for the P750 and how well it OC's...

[Kurt]

Hopefully it'll start a P retail speeds...

[Chrono_Wanderer]

:woot: OMFG... Matrox gaming????

[diewlei]

slower than an SIS xabre400. oh geez...
yeah yeah not a gamers' card. what a sorry excuse...

the reviews of 5900ultra pouring all over the web stole whatever whine there was for the new Ps... man... why am i soooo angrrryyyyy...

[[GDI]Raptor]

On X-bit labs:

X-bit Watch: Matrox Millenium P750 Is Slower Than SiS Xabre 400. Well, But Its 2D Is Better

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20030511182423.html

I don't think Matrox care to much about the 5900Ultra. And I gues we'll se more reviews of both P650 & P750 in the future..... Now we have to start the "countdown" to next Parhelia driver!