On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 11:03:35AM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:30:38 -0700, Paul Johnson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Alex Nordstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > > Now, I'm not sure how well Matrox meets the requirements of the OP in > > > terms of price and 3D game performance. They seem, however, not to be > > > quite as intent on being altogether evil as ATI and Nvidia, and they > > > should be great fun if you like triple-head setups, but I do believe > > > you pay for it as well. This is not based on first-hand experience, but > > > I am seriously considering them for whenever I decide to put together > > > some new hardware. (Not much of a gamer here, though.) > > > > So can we hear from Matrox users about their experiences? > > Particularly, from Linux gamers? > > Well, I'm using a very old Matrox Millenium II PCI card, and as far as > 3D is concerned - it's a no go. Not so sure with the newer ones > although I haven't seen Matrox cards claiming that they have OpenGL > support on their cards' boxes. > > Price-wise - expensive, but the cards output good quality video for > multiple screens.
I'm no gamer (got a playstation for that) but while my Matrox MGA 550 which does have 3D drivers, the performance is nothing to write home about. I get a max of about 403 FPS on glxgears on an AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+. Tuxracer is playable -- barely. Matrox is known for their high quality 2D, but for gaming you probably want to look elsewhere. HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Denver, Colorado USA | robots may be robots themselves. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
