Quoth Gregory T. Norris, > I need to replace the video card on one of my boxes, and I'm thinking > of getting a Matrox G450. I'd appreciate any comments on how well this > card is working for people. I don't have any real need for dual-head > support, so I don't plan on using the binary-only mga.o driver from > Matrox... I'd greatly prefer to stick with the XFree86 driver, if > possible.
I'm currently running a G450 with an up-to-date woody, and I'm very happy with it. It has a great quality 2D display (although your monitor will contribute to this), and it runs the odd 3d app (Quake 3A) really well. The MGADesk utility is a bit of a first for linux, and makes it very easy to set up your X display properly. Of course, you need the binary modules from Matrox to run it. The only issue that I have is that I can't get it to run in 32-bit at 1240x1024, which you'd think it should be able to do. cheers, damon -- Damon Muller :: Department of Criminology :: University of Melbourne Did a large procession wave their torches As my head fell in the basket, And was everybody dancing on the casket... -- TBMG, "Dead"
