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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.PBI.net!decwrl!brighton.openmarket.com!wizard.pn.com!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!newsmaster From: more@stekt.oulu.fi (Jyrki Alakuijala) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video Subject: Re: Matrox Millennium and hardware acceleration Date: 1 Apr 1996 13:29:34 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4jolnu$a42@idefix.eunet.fi> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4ja1g6$ddj@hiekkalaatikko.cs.hut.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: mustang.varian.fi X-Newsreader: News X1.0-34 (Win32) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13945 comp.os.linux.development.system:20392 comp.os.linux.x:28183 comp.os.linux.hardware:35024 comp.os.linux.setup:48317 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:388 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2907 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2678 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16391 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video:55217 >Depending on my knowledge The matrox is not really 3d accelerated, but it >[...] > >Am I right. (or is telling this thing violation of nda? ) I think it is fair to call matrox really 3d accelerated. We have experienced about 200%-300% improvement in rendering speed when compared to Microsoft SW OpenGL. Matrox did not help us much though; our software graphics library is already about 500% faster than MS opengl in our application domain and we were pretty disappointed in Matrox Millenium 3D performance. However, there are good solutions for OpenGL even in microsoft environment. For example Intergraph TDZ-300 (even with 1T) provides about 10-100 times the speed we have got from a matrox millenium in ppro or dec alpha 233 mhz. I cannot recommend millenium to any other use than making it a 1600x1200 true color card. I guess there are not that many affortable 8 MB frame buffers around, are there? The hardware in matrox seems to be ok. Matrox produces a fairly sharp image, even with the highest resolutions. However, the mga drivers have always been a problem. Matrox seems to have no quality procedures other than trying the drivers for two minutes or so. I have had problems with *all* the NT drivers (about ten different versions for 3 different cards...) i ever used for various matrox products. Currently I am using my 8 MB Millenium (in DEC Alpha) in 1024x768 24 bpp mode just because the high resolution modes crash in bitblitting large bitmaps. --Jyrki