Personally I think matrox cards are some of the best in 2d. They display at
very high resolutions very well, they always have a good RAMDAC and that is
the reason they display well. However, they are lagging in MANY other
areas. Their drivers are some of the worst availible, not only does it take
them 6 months to release a viable MSHQ certified driver, but they also
cannot release a viable OpenGL ICD. For any games, the Matrox cards bite
the big one. They are slow and ungainly. U can buy much better card by
going with an NVidia based card such as the TNT, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra and
GeForce256 based cards. Their drivers are much more mature, and their
OpenGL ICD is one of the best on the market, puting it on the rank of SGI.
I know my stuff. I install approx 50+ video cards a year, and deal
with computers ranging from old 386's to Sun UltraSparc 10 Creator 3d
systems. I personally have a GeForce 256 (Creative Labs Annihilator). I
play Quake, Quake3, Unreal Tournament, and many other games. I also use my
computer for presentations to the faculty of my departments. I have a tri
boot NT/Linux/98SE system, NT for presentations. Hooking my vid card up to
a 5000 dollar projector and projecting onto a 18 foot screen, the image
quality is on par with Matrox cards now.
Thats my .02 cents...well maybe .25 ;)
Shawn M. Pierce
Information and User support specialist
University of Minnesota, College of Agriculture Departments of Plant
Pathology and Agronomy
(612)-301-6034 Day phone
(612)-730-7617 All hours number
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