Matrox Card this year?

[leech]

Hey, as long as linux is fully supported this time around.... I won't buy another Matrox card until it is. Well, I won't buy another card in that case... since can't live without my three monitors now, and I love Surround gaming...

Longhorn can bite my shiny metal ass! (as Bender would say) I never plan on using it at all. At the going rate, the world is going to end before it's out anyway

Leech

[magog]

Originally posted by Belwarrior
Oh yah can we have it as a native PCIexpress card..
and a version with a AGP card (through a coverter chip?) so no need to manufacture two different types of gpu.

Well we can start guessing the featureset.
1.) It will be PCI-Express because this is the upcomming Interface this year.
2.) It will be PCI-Express because Matrox bought a new hw design tool end of last year that also delivered some speed improvement on the old Parhelia core.
3.) It will be PCI-Express...no just a joke! It will be fully DX9, because Matrox had enough time to look into it and a DX10 is not in sight...not even for Longhorn.
4.) It will be faster than the Parhelia. How much depends on the hw design tool, because matrox is lacking hw designers.

[High_Jumbllama]

(3) Hopefully. They've had some time and some very good DX9 games are starting to appear.

[KvHagedorn]

Originally posted by Haig
Barring any unforseen consequences and/or complications, we may have something that will suit one's needs in the not so distant future.

Quote from Lawrence of Arabia: "You answered without saying anything.. that's politics."

You know.. that answer was sufficiently vague that you could actually be referring to fixing a broken toilet in the Matrox men's room.

[High_Jumbllama]

As much as it can drive us crazy sometimes, Haig is very good at what he does.

[Haig]

ROTFL. You guys crack me up

Here's a not so vague hint about the next card -> Summer

[Tjalfe]

Originally posted by Haig
ROTFL. You guys crack me up

Here's a not so vague hint about the next card -> Summer

Summer this year?
Northern or southern hemisphere?

[mmp121]

Originally posted by Haig
ROTFL. You guys crack me up

Here's a not so vague hint about the next card -> Summer

What year?

[Haig]

I'm not referring to the release date.

[Tjalfe]

Codename Summer?

[mmp121]

Originally posted by Haig
I'm not referring to the release date.

Is Summer when the part will be shipped ? (I assume the release date will be earlier, May maybe).

[bsdgeek]

Well you see, Haig's comment is very easily decrypted. Of course it's not about the release date. Summer is 6 letters, just like "GeeWiz!", which is what you'll say because it's so damn fast.

On the other hand, summer also rhymes with bummer.

[mmp121]

how long of a wait was there from the time Matrox released the G200 to the G400 ? 2 years ?

It will be 2 years from the time Parhelia was released (announced) to this coming summer. Maybe we are in for a shocker. No wait, what am I thinking, this is Matrox.

[UtwigMU]

Here's a chart with announcements and releases from all mainstream card makers.

Matrox generally relesed cards in May/June/July period.

[UtwigMU]

Matrox codenames

Athena Impression
Atlas Ultima

Storm MGA 2064W Millennium PCI
Hurricane MGA 1064SG Mistique
Mistral MGA 2164W Millennium II
Cyclone/Chinook? MGA 1164SG Mistique 220

Twister G100 Productiva G100
Eclipse G200 Millennium G200
Toucan/Tempest?/Calao? Millennium G400
? G250 Diesrink of G200, sold to OEMs. Millennium G200 / Millennium G250

Condor G450 Millennium G450
? G600 ?
Condor2 G800 ?
Fusion ? Integrated graphics chipset (for laptops)?
? G550 Millennium G550

Parhelia Parhelia512 Parhelia
Sundog Parhelia-LX Millennium P series
Parhelia 8x ?
Pitou ?

Summer ? Doesn't sound like astronomical occurance, wind, or south American bird or ancient mithology figure - doesn't appear to be a codename. They could be switching architecture though.

Source
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If I'm wrong or if you have more info, correct me.