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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!usit.net!news From: Kent Rankin <rafalk@use.usit.net> 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: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 22:14:28 -0400 Organization: none Lines: 18 Message-ID: <31745404.6AB1@use.usit.net> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4ja1g6$ddj@hiekkalaatikko.cs.hut.fi> <4jolnu$a42@idefix.eunet.fi> <3160A88F.2153@engin.umich.edu> Reply-To: rafalk@use.usit.net NNTP-Posting-Host: bway-slip94.dynamic.usit.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0B2 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14494 comp.os.linux.development.system:21459 comp.os.linux.x:29436 comp.os.linux.hardware:36475 comp.os.linux.setup:50742 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:609 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3224 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3038 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17422 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video:57157 Jimmy Wan wrote: > > Jyrki Alakuijala wrote: > >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. > > Well, for one thing, NT isn't exactly a mainstream platform(yet). > Don't judge them by just their NT drivers. Their Win 3.x drivers are > stable as hell, and blazing fast. > > Jimmy Wan University of Michigan-Computer Engineering > Turtle Beach Maui Page http://www-personal.umich.edu/~vecna/maui.html Might I add that their Win95 drivers could be used for building bridges, they are so stable...