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  • Unable to play Falcon 4 with Marvel G400 without several tries

    hello,
    I have to many problems with my Marvel G400 and trying to play Falcon 4, without several tries to get into the working menu on startup. Just fed up with the last set of drivers, and the drivers before that. I have already posted my problem on every board possible and then some. Matrox just gives me the run-around saying it's not their fault. But when I asked them to try it with the same video card they tell me they tried it with a G400 but not the marvel G400. I just hope they finally develop some drivers that are fully MS WHQL certification accepted and not betas, or interim drivers. They released full MS WHQL certification drivers for the G450 already but have not finished with the G400/Win98 Marvel. The D3D is the problem with the cards and drivers. I say make sure they work on what they have before they move forward and skip over the people that already invested. of course I know the history and that never happened and never wiil. Oh well, I guess I will have to sacrafice some programs and games so that others will run.




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    Pentium PIII450
    Win98
    Abit BE6 MB
    128MB Ram
    3Com NIC
    WD 30.7 Gig HD
    Matrox Marvel G400 Video Card
    Mitsumi 4801-TE CD-R
    Panasonic 32X CDrom
    SBLive Sound Card
    Aspect 30/40 Speakers
    @Home Cable (currently 1-way)
    Boca 56K modem
    Saitek X36 USB Combo Flight Controls
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    Pentium Celeron 300a
    Win98
    Soyo 6BA+IV MB
    128MB Ram
    Maxtor 13.6 Gig HD
    Matrox Mystique G200 Video Card
    Shamrock 15" monitor
    Toshiba SD-M1402 DVD CDRom
    SBLive Sound Card
    Aspect 30/40 Speakers
    @Home Cable (currently 1-way)
    MS Precision Pro Joystick
    3Com NIC
    Boca 56K modem
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    HP Photo Scanner
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    JVC GR-DVF31U
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    8-17-03

    my computer profile:

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    Ramstein
    F4, IL-2FB, EAW, CFS2
    http://www.virtualairforce.com/
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    Ramstein's Computer:
    Asus P4P800 Deluxe 800 FSB
    P4 2.4c 800 FSB CPU
    256 PC3200 Kingston DDR Ram
    PowMax case with 400 Watt Power Suply
    ATI Radeon 9000 64MB
    Saitek X36 USB Flight Control Stick
    Windows XP Pro
    Shamrock 17" Monitor (old but still working perfect).
    Mitsumi 4801TE 4x8CDRom Drive Burner
    Panasonic 32x CDRom Drive
    2Cool PC Cooler (Fan)

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    My New computer
    Ramstein
    F4, IL-2FB, EAW, CFS2
    http://www.virtualairforce.com/
    -------------------
    Ramstein's Computer:
    Asus P4P800 Deluxe 800 FSB
    P4 2.4c 800 FSB CPU
    256 PC3200 Kingston DDR Ram
    PowMax case with 400 Watt Power Suply
    Matrox Marvel G400 Video Card (old but good).
    Saitek X36 USB Flight Control Stick
    Windows XP Pro
    Shamrock 17" Monitor (old but still working perfect).
    Mitsumi 4801TE 4x8CDRom Drive Burner
    Panasonic 32x CDRom Drive
    2Cool PC Cooler (Fan)

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    Newegg.com

    Asus P4P800 Deluxe MB
    P4 2.4c 800 FSB CPU
    Windows XP pro Full
    = $455 shipped

    Kingston PC3200 Daul DDR Ram 128 MB x (2) = $70 shipped

    Maxtor 120 GB Hard Drive $120 - $60 in rebates = $60

    PowMax case with P4 400 Watt Power Supply = $30 out the door.


    Total = $615
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    the rest I already had..


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  • #2
    I was ready to post this in the Matrox Forum on the Matrox web site, but after going there, I remembered that Matrox does not let people leave messages in their forums on weekends. I guess they don't want pissed off people to say anything on the weekends.
    here is my little rant:

    Matrox,
    If I switch back to the newest drivers, 5.55, along with the set of video tools V1.54 (I think for the Marvel G400), are you going to release a real set of Microsoft WHQL certified drivers right after I go through all the trouble of putting back in the latest drivers. I tried older drivers and newer drivers and the game Falcon4 is still as buggy as hell. I noticed Matrox released a set of Microsoft WHQL certified drivers for a brand new Video Card, the G450, but have never released a certified set for the Marvel G400. it will suck going through al the trouble of installing the 5.55 drivers and v1.54 video tools only for you guys to finally release a certified set a couple days after all that work.


    [This message has been edited by stevenscott (edited 24 September 2000).]
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    http://www.virtualairforce.com/
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    My Photo Website (they really clipped the free goodies, badly):

    http://community.webshots.com/user/skialps/
    ----------------
    ==============
    Home:
    Network
    --------
    D-Link Router
    -----------
    USB HUB with power Indicator lights
    -----------------
    Computer #1
    Com21 Cable Modem

    HP OfficeJet Pro 1175Cse 4/1 printer/Scanner/Fax/copier
    HP Photo Scanner
    -------------------
    Video Camcorder (digital):
    JVC GR-DVF31U
    ================

    ----------------
    Computer(s)
    #1
    8-17-03

    my computer profile:

    =========

    Ramstein
    F4, IL-2FB, EAW, CFS2
    http://www.virtualairforce.com/
    -------------------
    Ramstein's Computer:
    Asus P4P800 Deluxe 800 FSB
    P4 2.4c 800 FSB CPU
    256 PC3200 Kingston DDR Ram
    PowMax case with 400 Watt Power Suply
    ATI Radeon 9000 64MB
    Saitek X36 USB Flight Control Stick
    Windows XP Pro
    Shamrock 17" Monitor (old but still working perfect).
    Mitsumi 4801TE 4x8CDRom Drive Burner
    Panasonic 32x CDRom Drive
    2Cool PC Cooler (Fan)

    =====

    My New computer
    Ramstein
    F4, IL-2FB, EAW, CFS2
    http://www.virtualairforce.com/
    -------------------
    Ramstein's Computer:
    Asus P4P800 Deluxe 800 FSB
    P4 2.4c 800 FSB CPU
    256 PC3200 Kingston DDR Ram
    PowMax case with 400 Watt Power Suply
    Matrox Marvel G400 Video Card (old but good).
    Saitek X36 USB Flight Control Stick
    Windows XP Pro
    Shamrock 17" Monitor (old but still working perfect).
    Mitsumi 4801TE 4x8CDRom Drive Burner
    Panasonic 32x CDRom Drive
    2Cool PC Cooler (Fan)

    ==============

    Newegg.com

    Asus P4P800 Deluxe MB
    P4 2.4c 800 FSB CPU
    Windows XP pro Full
    = $455 shipped

    Kingston PC3200 Daul DDR Ram 128 MB x (2) = $70 shipped

    Maxtor 120 GB Hard Drive $120 - $60 in rebates = $60

    PowMax case with P4 400 Watt Power Supply = $30 out the door.


    Total = $615
    -----------
    the rest I already had..


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