Matrox Users where are you?

[machow]

Phew. digging this post from 3 months ago is like digging it from a the grave of king tut. Anyway we now know that matrox has released a new driver to solve all w2k problems and now i got myself a new monitor which means i can create websites in a breeze! long live matrox!

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[Fredi]

Man, where have you been? Yeah i just started to install windows 2000 again to check it out...

Fredi
Tom's Hardware Guide

 

[machow]

Well, like Richard in <i>The Beach</i>, "just have been away for a while"

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[Guest]

Currently got a 2Mb Mystique in my P150, and just ordered a new machine (this morning) Athlon 900, ... with G450! I am so looking forward to having the dual head capability...

I was starting to think that everyone in the world owns geforce cards ;-)

 

[IntelConvert]

After seeing this thread for the 2nd time, I'm reminded of Yogi Berra's remark "it's deja vu all over again".

Anyhow, just about the time this thread originated, I bought a G450 (16MB). While I have no need for the DH feature, I couldn't be happier with the image-quality it delivers (I can't imagine a better card for 2D)!

BTW, am I the only guy left who spends most of his PC-time working in 2D? Nowadays, no video-card reviewer seems to pay much attention to that fundamental aspect of performance. I realize that image-quality is a subjective thing, but even so, I think that it should play a much more important role in video-card evaluations.

 

[machow]

People who demand very good 2D support is losing out since most people are into 3D! I used a Radeon with Photoshop 1GHz and it's like... ew....

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[machow]

No you are not and people like us who work on 2D more than 3D will be happy about it.

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[pvsurfer]

Count me in the (apparent minority) 2D club. Both my wife's PC and mine have G450's, not for its DH, but because we are both into photo-editing and we were convinced that Matrox delivered the very best image-quality.

And I too would like to see serious attention given to 2D quality in future video card reviews!

 

[Guest]

I'm building a new system, and, being mostly a Photoshop user, I was puzzled as to why all reviews and forums had 3D as an overuling consideration. But got some advice on a couple of forums and finally selected, for its image quality virtues, a Matrox Millennium G450, for a very good price.
By the way, which bios settings would you consider optimal for this card? I have an ABIT KT7A-Raid and an AMD Tbird 1.2GHz.