Re: GPL & G400

Really, and to think I "almost" bought a G400. Sorry guy...

I recently put my system through a major upgrade which included the installation of a Matrox G400 card. I was a little shocked when 3D apps failed to initialise with the new card in conjunction with an Orchid Righteous II. Matrox technical support indicated that the latest drivers preclude the use of 3Dfx card a G400 in the same system. GPL with the new G400 drivers also fails to work in software or OpenGL modes. Is there any possibility of GPL being revamped to work with Direct3D or does it have to be consigned to the shelf? Many thanks. Tim Harrison

Tim Harrison <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8301nq$5q1$[email hidden]... > I recently put my system through a major upgrade which included the > installation of a Matrox G400 card.<SNIP> Is there any possibility of GPL being revamped to work with Direct3D or does it have to > be consigned to the shelf? Many thanks. > > Tim Harrison If this is really the case, then surely the G400 would be consigned to the shelf, not GPL !!! ;-)

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> I recently put my system through a major upgrade which included the > installation of a Matrox G400 card. I was a little shocked when 3D apps > failed to initialise with the new card in conjunction with an Orchid > Righteous II. Matrox technical support indicated that the latest drivers > preclude the use of 3Dfx card a G400 in the same system. GPL with the new > G400 drivers also fails to work in software or OpenGL modes. Is there any > possibility of GPL being revamped to work with Direct3D or does it have to > be consigned to the shelf? Many thanks.

I've got a Matrox G400 MAX card, and I coudn't get it to work with GPL either (Except in software, of course.) Fortunally, I also got a V3 2000 PCI card which works excellent, so now my G400 never gets used, which is kind of sad, since I really like it. But I just don't bother to switch the monitor cable every time I want to play GPL. Maybe we could convince Matrox to make a driver for GPL, they already have a G200 patch which probably just need some tweaking to make it work with G400. -- [asbjxrn] [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl 21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq

The G200 patch was released back in October '98....and it reeked. Matrox hasn't given it another thought. Hardly better than software. A V2 1000 works much better. However, since they now ship G200/400 drivers in the same package, I guess they are somewhat similar.... -- Kirk Lane ICQ: 28171652 BRT #187 "Yeah you won't find me I'm going MIA Tonight I'm leaving Going MIA Getting lost in you again Is better than being known" -Foo Fighters, "MIA" > > I recently put my system through a major upgrade which included the > > installation of a Matrox G400 card. I was a little shocked when 3D apps > > failed to initialise with the new card in conjunction with an Orchid > > Righteous II. Matrox technical support indicated that the latest drivers > > preclude the use of 3Dfx card a G400 in the same system. GPL with the new > > G400 drivers also fails to work in software or OpenGL modes. Is there any > > possibility of GPL being revamped to work with Direct3D or does it have to > > be consigned to the shelf? Many thanks. > I've got a Matrox G400 MAX card, and I coudn't get it to work with > GPL either (Except in software, of course.) Fortunally, I also got a > V3 2000 PCI card which works excellent, so now my G400 never gets used, > which is kind of sad, since I really like it. But I just don't bother to > switch the monitor cable every time I want to play GPL. > Maybe we could convince Matrox to make a driver for GPL, they already have > a G200 patch which probably just need some tweaking to make it work with > G400. > -- > [asbjxrn] [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl > 21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq