Matrox's next Denial

[Alec]

Wombat,

1880x1440x32 needs at least 10575K of Ram in a videocard. So... you were right.

[EvilDonnyboy]

Hmmmm. If I understand the rumors right, the G550 may be performing something in the range between a GF2 MX and a GF2 Pro. And from what I hear, it may be priced between $150 and $200.

Now thats way too much. The Kyro 2 will rivial the GF2 Ultra (in certain cases) and will be costing the around same price. So it appears like the G550 won't be too competitive in the gamer's market in that price range.

But i'll be getting one no matter what.

[rubank]

Maggi,

the rumourbuffer eats up 100 Kb of my head every day, so for the last 1 1/2 years 54,8 Mb ELM (Embodied Local Memory) is gone! I can´t wait much longer!

rubank

[Maggi]

LMAO ... now that must look funny !

[dZeus]

Maggi, I was more thinking about desktop use of that kind of resolutions... so 3d with tripple buffering is not really an option at that resolution (yet ).

However, multiple overlay surfaces like when used with DVD playback also eat video memory like mad.

[Maggi]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by dZeus:
Maggi, I was more thinking about desktop use of that kind of resolutions... so 3d with tripple buffering is not really an option at that resolution (yet ).

However, multiple overlay surfaces like when used with DVD playback also eat video memory like mad.</font>

but you can also use triple buffering for 2D ...

[Mad Maxtrox]

Maggi is correct! Triple buffering is becoming typical. 64M with HiRes Dual Heads would be awesome, and not much of a design rework. So, lets convince "M" to offer as an option soon.

By the way, anyone thinking that matrox is going to officially "leak" specs before an official launch doesn't understand the dynamic business of board design and the needed ability to chance specifications and features up to the last minute.

[dZeus]

can you give examples on 2D applications/situations which use double/tripple buffering? I'm eager to learn!

btw. hardware alpha-blending also eats RAM another reason for 64MB on the next M card

[Maggi]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Wombat:
1880x1440x32 works out to 10+MB /head by my math.</font>

true, but that's 10MB per buffer, ie. using triple buffering eats it all up on one head already !

I'd love to get it with 64MB please ...

[impact]

Double buffering in 2d is great, because it allows you to have flicker-free graphics. A cup of Java maybe?

[villerk]

I'd really love to know if it is really, I mean really, worth waiting for the G550? I could get a G400 MAX DH with about 150 USD (or G450). Should I wait juuust for a couple of weeks more (like I have ) or buy a G400 MAX and stick with it, as it has extremely good drivers? G550, at first, would lack a support for nearly everything decent. After a month or so they would be good enough to use! (That's the usual case... )