Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 11 May 1999, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>
> > If I may recommend....
> >
> > Go with the Matrox G200 based cards...
> >
> > They're pretty cheap right now (no, you don't need more then 8MB RAM), and
> > they're running very fast here at 1600x1280 at 32bpp.
> >
> >
> I'll have to agree with that, as Matrox makes the fastest 2d chips around
> and the G200 has a nice 3D performance (and it looks great !) but I have
> to additional comments :
> 1. I had a G200 but I was forced to replace it with a TNT after exhibiting
> serious hardware problems (the system would lock 5 minutes after boot).
> Matrox's own testing software decided the card had a faulty RAM, and after
This is interesting. Did anybody else observe that behavior? I am
personally pretty much satisfies with Matrox products - until now I've
been using Millenium (I) with both 2 and 4 MB RAM and the card proved
to be great, not to mention the fact that X pretty much detected all
the parameters automatically.
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Alexander L. Belikoff
Bloomberg L.P. / BFM Financial Research Ltd.
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