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[ElDonAntonio]

Just to get back on topic and while you're there VigilAnt, any updated date on when to expect your info?

[Wombat]

Good? Yeah, I guess "good" is a fair description. It used to be "great" though.

It went down to "good" after:
* They didn't follow through and help people get the Zoran DVD hardware decoder working.
* They didn't support the Marvel and other products in W2K
* You were a buyer of the eTV, and were silly enough to expect drivers
* They bungled Linux support
* They got this stupid idea that they could charge money for custom resolutions

[K6-III]

You can get custom resolutions for free with the tweak util....

[Wombat]

Yeah, <B>now</B> you can. But remember when the initial drivers didn't even have 1280x960? Matrox was going to make you pay up for "custom" resolutions, as Ant reported it. At least there's <I>one</I> f*ck-up that Matrox decided not to pull off.

[VigilAnt]

Originally posted by Wombat
Good? Yeah, I guess "good" is a fair description. It used to be "great" though.

It went down to "good" after:
* They didn't follow through and help people get the Zoran DVD hardware decoder working.
* They didn't support the Marvel and other products in W2K
* You were a buyer of the eTV, and were silly enough to expect drivers
* They bungled Linux support
* They got this stupid idea that they could charge money for custom resolutions

The Zoran DVD decoder was an older product that was not being supported by Zoran as well, I look at that issue as a problem between Matrox and Zoran, while I agree that it is not good, look over to ATI for products similar that have no current support.

Marvel was not a Matrox Graphics part.

I agree with the Linux support argument, but that doesn't make them a whole lot worse than the other two.

The charge for custom resolutions fell through thanks to MURC straightening their thinking out. I never happened anyhow.


You get the best support for your card when dealing with Matrox. Getting an RMA is not simpler anywhere, and you get next to real time support due to the dedication at Matrox's own forums.

In the end, if you like Matrox's card for what it offers today, you will probably like it even better two years from now because of that support. Hope for features that don't exist is not included.

VigilAnt

[Doogie]

Yes. We got majorly bitten by the purchase of a lot of the G200 Marvel's only to find the support dropped for Win2k. I have a lot of experience with products that have been made obselete. We have now 5 defunct G200 Marvels, mainly replaced with the eTV Marvel, 10 digimix cards, and so many g200, g400 and g450 cards. The drivers often have been probrematic, although we are pushing the machines rather hard.

Hence my worry about the parhelia, a card that doesn't really have a lot of future as far as I can see unless the video and consumer divisions of Matrox work together a bit more.

[Xplora]

Cmon, get the news up! Inquiring minds want to know!

[Kurt]

Originally posted by Xplora
Cmon, get the news up! Inquiring minds want to know!

yes, they've been checking the forum 10times/hour since "the end of the week".

give the server a rest!

[K6-III]

Originally posted by Doogie
Yes. We got majorly bitten by the purchase of a lot of the G200 Marvel's only to find the support dropped for Win2k. I have a lot of experience with products that have been made obselete. We have now 5 defunct G200 Marvels, mainly replaced with the eTV Marvel, 10 digimix cards, and so many g200, g400 and g450 cards. The drivers often have been probrematic, although we are pushing the machines rather hard.

Hence my worry about the parhelia, a card that doesn't really have a lot of future as far as I can see unless the video and consumer divisions of Matrox work together a bit more.

Install the G450 Marvel eTV drivers on your G200 Marvel....I think you'll be surprised....

[UtwigMU]

Is it the good news or the bad news?

[J1NG]

VigilAnt, I give you <b>MY</b> full authority to post the news. jk

Kidding! Just kidding! :: Ducks thrown tomatoes ::

To those waiting for the news.
You know, if you've read the stuff said so far, loads of people at Matrox HQ seems to be reading this place often enough. Thats probably why VigilAnt needs the full go ahead before posting news that might be affecting Matrox people in one way or another.

Just all guess work here by the way (Hey, this IS the Crystal Ball section you know?)

J1NG

[Chrono_Wanderer]

Crystal Ball EH?

I say the news is: Matrox plans to buy ATI, NVIDIA and M$FT next month

[Xplora]

Originally posted by Chrono_Wanderer
Crystal Ball EH?

I say the news is: Matrox plans to buy ATI, NVIDIA and M$FT next month

Then goes horribly bankrupt

I want Matrox to kick some ass so badly, but they aren't going to buy out the big guys for a long time; unless they manage to go 15-20% than the next gen GPUs, in which case, they probably could Matrox dominates the world!

[Amiga Blitter]

No news?

It was only a bad joke...

((

[ElDonAntonio]

seems like no news indeed...bah, back to normal life.