RE: Graphics card for PC (was: Monitor Choice Poll)

["Rafe B." <rafeb@adelphia.net>]

At 11:57 AM 11/19/2001 -0800, gary  wrote:

>Yeah, but the Nvidia cards can do nice 2d graphics AND open GL. Further,
>Nvidia unlike Matrox has not sold vaporware.


I'll argue the opposite case here, gary.

I bought and returned two nVidia cards in 
the last several weeks.  In both cases, the 
chart on the box said 1600 x 1200 resolution 
was possible, within limits of the monitor, 
natch.

The monitor can handle it.  That's a fact.

Now, it doesn't matter if I use Microsoft's 
monitor-descriptor INF for the PT-775, or 
if I use Viewsonic's latest.  In either case, 
and on both nVidia cards, the nVidia drivers 
doggedly refused my attempts to run at 
1600 x 1200.

By contrast, Matrox's drivers offer very  
thorough control over resolution and refresh 
rates, including timing control for each mode 
(v/h size, v/h centering.)  As I've mentioned 
-- their latest non-certified driver for the 
G-200 is quite stable (on my machine) and will 
let me push the res well beyond 1600 x 1200.

Your gripe was (IIRC) 3D and GL performance, 
which just happens to be irrelevant to me.  
I also recall that my G-200 card would bring 
down the computer on the WinTune OpenGL test. 
I still think of Matrox mostly as the last, 
best card for those of stuck in the 2D world.



rafe b.


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