Idea for Matrox to pursue...

[DaStudent]

Hello,

For a site that lists Win 2000/NT game compatibilities, check out the following. I think it is what you are looking for

http://www.ntgamepalace.iscool.net/

(scroll down for G400 testing)

Best Regards,
- James

[Mark F]

Fish...Fish...one point for Fish

Mark F.

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[IceStorm]

Comparing the driver releases for the G200 to the new releases for the G400, I'd have to say that Matrox has made a quantum leap over their previous efforts for the G200.

I'm hoping that they keep up this level of driver developement, and I'm looking forward to the latest release of their drivers, on October 8th.

OpenGL support, of any sort, has been lacking for Matrox's cards until the past month or so. While gaming may not be important, speedy OpenGL support may be nice for those who want to do more than game.

It seems that Matrox is playing catch-up in the prosumer video card market. 2D isn't a challenge anymore - the original Millennium and Millennium II took care of that. The new challenge is 3D. Matrox seems to have been lacking the in-house resources to write 3D drivers, of any sort. It's good to see them catching up again.

It would be unfortunate to see Matrox slip into the same downward spiral that befell S3, in terms of the video card market.

Just my $0.02


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[This message has been edited by IceStorm (edited 10-06-1999).]

[tish beta2]

hey, those 2 cents was totally retraining my first post to this thread!

I don't say nothing at all until the OGL driver get á lá freche with nvidias OGL. and I ain't talki'n no win98+simd only-solution!