[rescue] P2 CPUs?

Bill Bradford rescue at sunhelp.org
Mon Jun 11 23:45:57 CDT 2001


On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:41:15AM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> I kinda have my eye on replacing my infernal voodoo card with a Matrox
> 400 or 450.  It supposedly doesn't have the performance of the Rage 128,
> but the fact that it is used as part of the rendering engine for the
> Matrox RT2000 package is rather compelling to me.  Of PC software, the
> Matrox RT2000 (which is really a hardware/software package) is closest to
> where I'm slowly heading.  However, the RT2k is windows only.  Who knows
> if it would be anywhere near possible under linux using current drivers.

If you dont do a lot of 3D/OpenGL, the G450 is the best bet - best 2D 
image quality on the market, period.  As for OpenGL, they're great for
engineering/design type stuff, but not as good as the GF2MX for games.

bill

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Bill Bradford
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