Bitboys are doing a revolution ! Matrox too ?

[Tempest]

Now that I ~know what happened, I'd like to swear and scream and bang my fists in the wall 'til they bleed... But that wouldn't do much good, would it. Why does it ALWAYS have to be THEM? I've heard of history repeating, but this is so sad it's almost ridiculous.

[Hati]

I really wonder what went wrong, as everything sounded really good. If I remember right, they must have something 'real' by now?
Too sad - especially after all the optimistic rumors in the last weeks.

[Nappe1]

They something real. it will be tested by major websites and press, but because chip manufacturer, it will never seen on the shelves.

still, BB is far from dead and they continue developing next gen...

this is a second time when manufacturer problems causes fully ready chip not going to massproduction

[mdhome]

Nappe
Knowing how much you were looking forward to this product I feel your disappointment.

regards MD

[MK]

mdhome - I second that !

MK

[Hati]

Yes, it sounds like a bad joke. They are ready for production, but looks like Infineon now doesn't want to start mass production - for whatever reasons they may have.
Hope they find another manufacturer to go with.

[Haig]

the new gfx card that we will see before christmas according to Haig.

Ehhh?

Haig

[Unam]

Not before Christmas Haig? It is time for something really new and I was looking forward to watching Matrox really assert themselves for a change.

[MK]

Didn`t you hint towards an announcement before christmas 2001 ? I am 100% sure I read something like that in the Matrox Forums ...

MK

[Nappe1]

well, I am now waiting news about their next gen... and hoping that this would be their time.

but when I heard confirmation to news, I was playing one of the Commodore 64 game music classics. after I heard the news, I did not wanted change track within next 4 fours.

If you have SID player, you probably have this tune already. but after last thursday, this piece of music got even more sadly at least for me. track which I was playing was Spy vs. Spy Intro (by: Mike Riedel)

Still life goes on and when the reviews arrive, ATI and nVidia will be hitting their heads on the wall...

[Electric Amish]

Topha

You might as well build that system now. I doubt we'll see anyting from M before the new year.

I don't know where anybody got the idea that there would be anything new announced before x-mas.

amish

[Haig]

Didn`t you hint towards an announcement before christmas 2001 ?

The only thread that comes to mind is this one:

http://forum.matrox.com/mgaforum/Forum8/HTML/000548.html

Haig

[borat]

ok lets stop trying to pump haig for information. he's made it semi clear that something's coming but, understandably, can't say what and i think thats all we're going to get out of him for now.
he'll tell us when he can dont worry about that.
it kind of makes it exiting if we wonder what is coming rather than knowind all the details.
just like christmas was when you were a kid.
anyway to summarise:
1.something will be released in 2002.
2.a card is being worked on that will please all.
3. thats all were getting for now.

[Fat Tone]

borat, you are forgetting that the reason so many of us are anxious for news is that we don't want to jump ship if we don't have to. Not many of us can afford to spend hundreds of pounds/dollars on a graphics card too often. I'd hate to buy that 8500 and then hear that M has something for us in 2 months, but there's a limit to how long we can string along with such faint rumours and delays.

At least we all know when Christmas is

T.