What exactly is Matrox up to .... get the <facts>

[RedRed]

looking at the list of upcomming shows, it does appear to be predominately game ones tho......

might be an intresting year.... if they can hold out.....(if I can hold out.....)

[2Whyzzi]

Originally posted by KngtRider
...matrox is VERY close with MS on graphics matters

.. right and thats why Microsoft chose nvidia for the X-BOX...

...matrox's part would be a killer part, but timing, target market and cost will be killler

That is what worries me the most. What if Matrox's new part isn't close enough to nvidia's & ATi's new parts -- will Matrox still release it?

[RedRed]

I think that matrox video cards are probly never going to be 'up there' in three D....

I dont think that should matter. I would be happy with GF2 (ultra) or there abouts, but with DH and the perfect picture quality we expect. It would be nice if it had a few extra feature, but i wouldnt 'bust a gut'....

The top of the 3d polly counts is ok, but it only last for a while (a matter of weeks with some cards!!!) It would be better to produce a mature card, which has the investment potential of scalability, but with the 'reasonable' performance.

the g450 / g500 were both dogs in this respect. They have the usual 2 d performance, but not the balance of reasonable 3 d - lets face it (an we all have), they are completely shagged in the 3d department.

the G400 was good in its day, and the reliance on a beefy processor (for respectable 3d) kept its longevity for a while. But it needs a revamp. a real one.

Do matrox have the talent/resource left to get themselves over the 'hump'? - it is the 64K dollar question....

Regards
RedRed

[JF_Aidan_Pryde]

..being king of 3d doesn't pay

Can't agree more. NVIDIA never gets paid.

[KngtRider]

they are spilling out more and more info by the day

http://forum.matrox.com/mgaforum/Forum8/HTML/000548-3.html

EDIT: if you read the prev pages he says normal system/psu will be fine

also haig said 'mgi have no current plans for low end capture card' when asked if new card will do analog caputre

and a unknown person in one of the other topics said it will(probly) be g600/750 and will be in shops 2002/dx9

tell us something we dont know......

at leat matrox wont stuff up the launch and get bad press with poor drivers

[Ant]

Don't expect any more video capture cards from Matrox Graphics. Do expect high performance, high priced 2D/3D, with the usual disclaimer of course, if they have the resources left to get it to market.

[Hati]

Why wouldn't they have the resources?
Did they loose so many talented engineers to nVidia?
I am impatiently awaiting a new high end 3D/gaming card from Matrox but I dont know if I should wait much longer.
Looks like they have some promising chip almost ready. Hope it will come soon, because surely I won't wait until next summer (spring would be o.k.)
Hati

[GT98]

Originally posted by Ant
Don't expect any more video capture cards from Matrox Graphics. Do expect high performance, high priced 2D/3D, with the usual disclaimer of course, if they have the resources left to get it to market.

So this means no Marvel type products from Matrox?


Scott

[borat]

being the king in 3D always pays just so long as you are the king.
this means that you need highly featured kit with great drivers and blistering benchmarks way ahead of the compitition.
nvidia and 3dfx have both showed this to be the case when they released their high end cards.(untill 3dfx got complacent)

it's being second place that never pays.
if your second place then
number 1 you dont get to make hige profit margins on your ludicrously expensive high end cards as the compitition have faster cards for the same price and
number 2 you dont have the public opinion that your cards are the fastest so oems dont want to buy your striped down product en mass as joe public demands that it has the badge of the fastest player in town on its card.
it may be enough to have geeforce 2 pro performance for us dedicated few but if matrox wants to stay alive this card must be the best out there with loads of features and a high price tag.
i hope that the g600/750 name is wrong as this suggests that the card is less than 2 times faster than the g400 and if thats the case i do not think matrox will be with us in a years time which would be a crying shame!

this card needs to sell en mass in a cut down version for a cheapish price and sell in limited numbers in the costly high end varient if only to get the matrox name plastered across magazine and web pages as the fastest around.
good luck matrox and i hope you can repay our faith in you wit what we've all been waiting for.

[Kruzin]

I wouldn't expect to see any more "low end" capture cards, like the Marvels, out of the graphics division any more. This doesn't apply to mid-high end solutions (ala RT2x00, DigiSuite) from the video division though...

[Ant]

Nope, Video Products Group will continue with their vid cap hardware, just no cheap "consumer" boards from Graphics.

[J1NG]

No MARVEL type products? Oh darn it.

Now it means I have to find a Marvel G200 AGP or get the NEW Matrox 2D (with the Oh So Amazing 3D features) Card and the RT2x00 (that is Very Pricey)...

Great, I'm gonna be spending in the region of a grand when the Graphics and (Maybe next version of RT2x00) Video card becomes avilable at the same time. Better start working on the excuses now so I know what to say when I ask to borrow the money...

J1NG
*sigh* remembers the good old times with the Marvel G200 PCI

[Unam]

Don't expect any more video capture cards from Matrox Graphics. Do expect high performance, high priced 2D/3D, with the usual disclaimer of course, if they have the resources left to get it to market.

Ant, lots of hints floating around these forums so I got to ask, what do you know we don't?

[Ant]

I just seem to be getting a lot of very well informed email these days, I only pass on those rumours that keep surfacing repeatedly and I have faith in to be true

<i>Disclaimer: no Matrox employees were harmed or in any way mistreated during the production of these posts</i>

[Peter Aragon]

Originally posted by Ant
I just seem to be getting a lot of very well informed email these days

Me too
It informed me that Neil Evan Caminsky should clean his Nimda infected machine. I wonder why he kept the e-mail address of a newsletter group on his computer, wouldn't that be company policy not to keep a bulk email list on a workstation. Too bad no details got leaked about new things to come .

Well, no harm done Neal, be glad your IT-department got that e-mail scanning service running.