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  • magician
    MURCer
    • Nov 2000
    • 132
    #16
    So it is a SMP sort of thing, aah? Well... then Matrox should figure out how to enable us using ATi/Nvidia cards for 3D acceleration.

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      • Nowhere
        Super MURCer
        • Jun 2002
        • 4830
        #17
        Give at least one good reason to...

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          • Umfriend
            Crabby Smurf
            • Mar 2001
            • 7308
            #18
            So that at least the center screen of the triple-head gaming setup will have decent 3D performance?
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              • Wombat
                Super MURCer
                • Aug 2000
                • 9498
                #19
                Originally posted by magician
                Unfortunately that's not how things work, so I really think that they should stay off 3D hardware. Last time they tried to incorporate vector and pixel shaders into a core they ended with "banding effect"â„¢ and "last year's" performance benchmark.
                Yeah, but we've seen from your past posts that you talk a lot without knowing "how things work."

                The banding effect was bad RAMDAC design. They somehow magically kept their shaders while killing off the banding in the 8x rev.
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                  • magician
                    MURCer
                    • Nov 2000
                    • 132
                    #20
                    Originally posted by Wombat
                    Yeah, but we've seen from your past posts that you talk a lot without knowing "how things work."
                    Uuuuh, that was low.
                    The banding effect was bad RAMDAC design. They somehow magically kept their shaders while killing off the banding in the 8x rev.
                    Somehow? Magically? And those words are coming from someone who knows how things work?

                    I know it had something to do with RAMDACs, but it was occurring only in 3D applications, was it?

                    Anyway, that wasn't my point. I believe you would understand why I decried Matrox's 3D acceleration, only if you try hard enough.

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                      • magician
                        MURCer
                        • Nov 2000
                        • 132
                        #21
                        Originally posted by Umfriend
                        So that at least the center screen of the triple-head gaming setup will have decent 3D performance?
                        Something like that.

                        O.K. give me a brake, I was just kidding. And I wasn't referring to "the" SLI, rather to a something more like "G200 + Voodoo" combo. Maybe it would be possible through a VIP connector, which they neglected for some reason, or something like that.

                        Anyway... forget it.

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                          • Umfriend
                            Crabby Smurf
                            • Mar 2001
                            • 7308
                            #22
                            Originally posted by magician
                            Something like that.

                            O.K. give me a brake, I was just kidding. And I wasn't referring to "the" SLI, rather to a something more like "G200 + Voodoo" combo. Maybe it would be possible through a VIP connector, which they neglected for some reason, or something like that.

                            Anyway... forget it.
                            LOL! Was a time some said "the SLI" was not "the" SLI as "the SLI" was the Millenium+Voodoo combo....
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                              • magician
                                MURCer
                                • Nov 2000
                                • 132
                                #23
                                LOL! I didn't realize I reinvented "the" wheel.

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