THe new Matrox card supports 3 monitors output, and look at supported
gameslist:
Supported games for the 3 screens F1T 2002 - with upcoming patch (Image
Space Inc. / Electronic ArtsT Inc.)
Ok..im ordering one!.
"Andreas Nystrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm hyped by the new Matrox card to. - but 3 monitors!! EEK - DESK SPACE (
unless someone wants to give me the �1800 for 3 17" LCD's )
DOug
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> THe new Matrox card supports 3 monitors output, and look at supported > gameslist: > > Supported games for the 3 screens F1T 2002 - with upcoming patch (Image > Space Inc. / Electronic ArtsT Inc.) > > Ok..im ordering one!.Since i have a 17" mainmonitor, and a 14" for my older computer.. i thought
about getting a 14" (they cost around $50 today), and use the 17" in the
middle, and the 14" at the sides.
not the best.. but its cheap :)
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> > "Andreas Nystrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:06aE8.7062$[email hidden]... > > THe new Matrox card supports 3 monitors output, and look at supported > > gameslist: > > > > Supported games for the 3 screens F1T 2002 - with upcoming patch (Image > > Space Inc. / Electronic ArtsT Inc.) > > > > Ok..im ordering one!. > > > I'm hyped by the new Matrox card to. - but 3 monitors!! EEK - DESK SPACE ( > unless someone wants to give me the �1800 for 3 17" LCD's ) > > DOug > >
"Andreas Nystrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Since i have a 17" mainmonitor, and a 14" for my older computer.. ithought
> about getting a 14" (they cost around $50 today), and use the 17" in the
> middle, and the 14" at the sides.
> not the best.. but its cheap :)
I'd thought that with my 19" main ( get two �120 17"'s ) - but I' m not
sure how the differing sizes would match up at the edge of each screen
Bottom line - when we see benchmarks on this beats -it's gonna give nVidia
and ATI a wake up call.
Doug
What views could this attain?
In a race sim could you dispaly eg car in front and car behind (one
each side)
Or
A wide angle of the central screen
or is it for multiplay?????
sounds interesting!
I used to own a Matrox Millenium II. It was by far the most problematic VGA
card I have ever owned and I've owned a few. Matrox will have to do
something truly spectacular to get my business again.
Anand already commented on Parhelia's speed in his article. It is slower
than a GF4Ti4600 in non DX8 games (e.g. N4/N2002, F12001, Q3 engined games).
However in games that use pixel shaders (like UT2003) is around 1.2-1.4x
than the Ti4600.
Needless to say its not much of a wake up call... in 2 months ATI's R300 and
Nvidia's NV30 will once again put Matrox to rest as a choice for gamers.
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> > "Andreas Nystrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9MaE8.7073$[email hidden]... > > Since i have a 17" mainmonitor, and a 14" for my older computer.. i > thought > > about getting a 14" (they cost around $50 today), and use the 17" in the > > middle, and the 14" at the sides. > > not the best.. but its cheap :) > > I'd thought that with my 19" main ( get two �120 17"'s ) - but I' m not > sure how the differing sizes would match up at the edge of each screen > > Bottom line - when we see benchmarks on this beats -it's gonna give nVidia > and ATI a wake up call. > > Doug > >
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> Anand already commented on Parhelia's speed in his article. It is slower
> than a GF4Ti4600 in non DX8 games (e.g. N4/N2002, F12001, Q3 enginedgames).
> However in games that use pixel shaders (like UT2003) is around 1.2-1.4x
> than the Ti4600.
> Needless to say its not much of a wake up call... in 2 months ATI's R300and
> Nvidia's NV30 will once again put Matrox to rest as a choice for gamers.
> It's not just performance that's a problem, but rather the fact that
Matrox has abandoned the gaming market. They don't write their drivers to
behave in a DX enviroment(I think) and while they provide an excellant
display for professional work, it has lately been more problematic for
gamers.
I would look long and hard at testing before jumping in the pond these days
with a Matrox card.
dave henrie
> I used to own a Matrox Millenium II. It was by far the most
> problematic VGA card I have ever owned and I've owned a few.
Once again, experiences can differ. My M-II was absolutely fine.
I'm still using it in my PC#2 with a video capture card and Voodoo2.
But I would not buy a new matrox card these days for gaming.
