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[News] Matrox G550 reviewANN.lu
Posted on 19-Jun-2001 11:58 GMT by Christophe Decanini27 comments
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The AmigaOne will come with drivers for Matrox gfx cards and 3DFX Voodoo 3. If you want to have more informations on the latest Matrox gfx card you can read it here.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 1 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by BogBrush on 18-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
Oh dear....
Matrox G550 review : Comment 2 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by priest on 18-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
Note that they've not even got the card yet...
Matrox G550 review : Comment 3 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Darrin on 18-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
It's always interesting to read a review of a product when the reviewer hasn't seen a "real" card or even used it. This article speculates about the 450's features and then tells you to read it's earlier review of the old 400 for more information. That's like writing a review of a stealth fighter by saying it's "black with a funny shape" and then asking you to read a manual on an old bi-plane for more information.
Really gripping stuff. Whoever wrote this should go and work for CNN.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 4 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Hans-Joerg Frieden on 18-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Darrin):
LOL! Well put indeed :-)
This quote from Anandtech is IMO a bit stupid:
"The G550 does have a custom made T&L engine; it is a programmable RISC engine that is really only useful for one T&L function which is Matrix Pallette Skinning."
The T&L unit is programmable, but they claim that limits its functionality??
Also this one:
"The 3D performance of the card is in the same category as the Radeon VE or the GeForce2 MX200 although even those two should be able to offer greater performance than the G550"
Why? The speculated fill rate is actually about as high as the GeForce 2 MX400, so this only shows that this article is highly speculative.
The truth will be revealed once the board is available. Furthermore, it will still remain to be seen how it will perform on the AmigaOne.
Best regards, Hans-Joerg.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 5 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by the man in the shadows on 18-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Hans-Joerg Frieden):
> The truth will be revealed once the board is available. Furthermore, it will
> still remain to be seen how it will perform on the AmigaOne.
Agreed. The Permidia2 chip is faster in the Amiga environment and the Virge is faster in the Amiga environment both specced against an equally specced winddows and linux pc. Couldn't tell you if it was due to the marvelous Amiga software developers or the incredible drivers.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 6 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Ben hermans/Hyperion on 18-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (the man in the shadows):
Driver development, quite clearly.
The Permedia 2 driver on Amiga is much better than its Windows counterpart.
We are confident we can do the same for the Matrox G550 driver.
Correction: we *know* we can do better.
That's all we can say at the moment.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 7 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Björn Hagström on 18-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
There's a preview at www.tomshardware.com as well.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 8 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Stew on 18-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
Silly question perhaps but what sort of video card will come standard with the A1?
Matrox G550 review : Comment 9 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by stricq on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Stew):
ummm, The Matrox G550. As previously stated.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 10 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Golem on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (stricq):
So that's why the AmigaOne release date slipped? ;-)
Matrox G550 review : Comment 11 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
Maybe they (Amiga Inc.) are making use of Headcasting in the upcoming AmigaOS4.x...? :)
Matrox G550 review : Comment 12 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by David Shipman on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Anonymous):
Quote from Matrox site...
"enhance business and personal communication with a lifelike 3d model of your head"
As much as I like the Matrox hardware, its a bit of a worry that their main selling point on this card is the ability to project the image of a disembodied head
Matrox G550 review : Comment 13 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Hans-Joerg Frieden on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (David Shipman):
That's marketing... The Matrix Palette Skinning can be applied to any sort of skeletal animation...
Which brings up the notion of using a skeleton instead of a disembodied head :-)
Regards, Hans-Joerg.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 14 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (David Shipman):
Max Headroom, anyone? ;)
Matrox G550 review : Comment 15 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Syke on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Anonymous):
Forget the Windows Paperclip, we'll have a "lifelike" image of Fleecy's head on AOS4.0 to aid us in understanding the mysteries of AOS. ;-)
Matrox G550 review : Comment 16 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Darrin on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (Syke):
What about Matrox producing a card for the AmigaOne that projects a holographic image of Jennifer Lopez which can give good head? I'll buy that for a dollar :)
Matrox G550 review : Comment 17 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Marcel on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Darrin):
Might as well have said Mariah Carey, 'cause they are both nasty
Matrox G550 review : Comment 18 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Graham on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 17 (Marcel):
Mariah Carey is nasty, agreed, but I have seen some pretty nice pictures of Jennifer Lopez recently, and I wouldn't say no.
Of course I can think of other lasses that I would choose over her, but in the end it is all pretty academic... :(
Graham
Matrox G550 review : Comment 19 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Tinman on 19-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 18 (Graham):
> Of course I can think of other lasses that I would choose
> over her, but in the end it is all pretty academic... :(
What, like.....as long is it has orrifices? ;)
Anyway, weren't Matrox touting that exact reason for the G800 (or was that just a spoof and me being blind), where it could fill in the missing detail and give you a more realistic, erm, view :)
Matrox G550 review : Comment 20 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by José on 20-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
Hey, I remember reading something about Matrox realeasing a less performant card this summer, and that they said they'd be 3D kings on the begining of 2002.
WHY PEOPLE ALWAYS EAT TOO MUCH CHEESE DAMET ??????????
Matrox G550 review : Comment 21 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Volker Grabbe on 20-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
The thing i hope is, that AI will convert the DVDMax Software with all the features of the Windows version to OS4.x!
I will view DVDs with my new migel ;-)
Volker
Matrox G550 review : Comment 22 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Sam on 24-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
Why the big deal regarding Matrox?
I mean surely if the AmigaOne comes with an AGP slot and a 3D API, it does not matter which card is in the slot?
When I get my new Amiga cant I take the GEForceII out of my PC and whack it into my Amiga?? (as long as Ami3D/Mesa/Whatever supports it).
On another point, I still at this stage hear of no "must-have" features on the new Amiga (hopefully its because I havent signed an NDA!). There needs to be something 'cool' developed that immediately uses the Firewire interface for perhaps Video editing and/or Music (new Midi standard?) . Something which gives an Amiga using Internet owner/sound engineer/graphics artist tools they always wanted.
This can only be achieved through networking with professionals in these areas, i.e if a few musicians from a respected organisation/production house were asked what THEY would like to see in a new Amiga than they themselves would keep a shadowy eye on Amiga development and be more inclined to support it if they themsleves have played a part in the development of APi's, Hardware etc....
Matrox G550 review : Comment 23 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by ehaines on 24-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 22 (Sam):
> Why the big deal regarding Matrox?
>
> I mean surely if the AmigaOne comes with an AGP slot and a 3D API, it does not
> matter which card is in the slot?
Theoretically.
> When I get my new Amiga cant I take the GEForceII out of my PC and whack it
> into my Amiga??
Sure, as long as you don't expect it to actually do anything.
> (as long as Ami3D/Mesa/Whatever supports it).
Which it won't, because the documentation needed to support it is not available.
The docs for Matrox is. That's what the big deal is.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 24 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Sam on 24-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
So how come drivers for these cards exist for Linux through Xfree86?...
Matrox G550 review : Comment 25 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 24-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 24 (Sam):
Because they are done by nVidia themselves, that's why.
Matrox G550 review : Comment 26 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Sam on 25-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
Fair enough :)
Matrox G550 review : Comment 27 of 27ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 25-Jun-2001 22:00 GMT
The BeOS drivers then? Can't recall right now, but are they also done by nVidia?
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