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Matrox's New Three-Head Video Card
This Anonymous Coward was one of many readers to point to sites with information on Matrox's upcoming Parhelia-512 graphics card: "It appears that some foreign hardware sites have violated NDA and posted some very juicy details on Matrox's next generation hardware. iXBT's review can be found here(1), and a MURC posting with some other pics from China can be found here (2).
It looks like the real deal. Will Matrox wake up from their long slumber in the 3D gaming market, or will this card be another stopgap like the G550 was?" Update: 05/12 14:07 GMT by T : Alexander Medvedev of ixbt.com points to the English version now online as well, and notes : "Please note, we can't violate NDA becouse we _do _not _sign _anything
with Matrox Graphics. And never receive any info from Matrox."
I've had major problems with Matrox drivers under Windows XP.
Imagine a Beowolf custer of theses...
It would involve a shit load of monitors.
I have thought about using the G450 agp dual head with another PCI video card for a triple head with windows NT. Has anyone tried this, and how well does it work?
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
LOL! I completed both MI1 and MI2 yesterday, using ScummVM.. :)
Ahh, some nostalgica... =)
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Just how is it trolling to describe the rumored Matrox card as "kick ass". I'm trying to imagine a way in which this could be construed as crapflooding, insulting (which would technically be flamebait), or insincere.
I suppose I'm glad, in a way, that the crackmoderators chose to -2 me, since I can shrug that off easily... they could just as easily modded down a relevant AC, or a particularly insightful newbie. No rhyme nor reason. Upon consideration, yes, strangely, I'm honored to be the lightning rod that protects the innocents from the never-ending threat of crackmoderation. Still, like that lightning rod out on top of the barn that keeps it from burning down... after the thunderstorm "OUCH!".
Again, let me say it. Even if the new card is only so-so 3d performance-wise, triple monitor built into a single card is undebatably KICKASS. What more needs to be said?
Well, I can think of one thing, maybe. For instance, maybe Taco needs to consider some minor changes to the moderation system. Nothing major, but it would be nice if maybe moderators were forced to leave a small message(70 chars, maybe even less) in addition to the moderation label. Nothing canned either, make them type something out. Hell, it doesn't even have to be publically visible, only allow the comment owner to see it, and the meta-moderators. Give me some damn feedback just how they think I should be posting. For all I know, I just had the bad luck to be slammed by the only two people in the world that have kickassaphobia.
Why would Taco want to do this? Well, for one, it would allow me the sincere, mostly non-trolling poster to know what it is that the moderators are actually thinking, so that I can alter my behavior and place less of a burden on them, so they can mod down all the crapflooders. And it would weed abusive moderators out alot quicker, if the m2ers can see that they were just saying "fuck off, I don't like you". They'd either be forced to think up something semi-plausible (not so easy), give away their true sentiments (just modbombing), or move on to something else (not worth the trouble). This is win/win.
Final note: triple port video cards kick ass. They put nice big dark blue bruise on those butt cheeks. They lift you off the ground, with each and every well placed foot. Single port video cards cry for mercy. THAT KIND OF ASSKICKING.