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Allan,
Although I agree that Matrox has gerat drivers and that their cards are well
regarded, it has been true in the past that calling their tech-support was
usually a half an hour or more wait.
I own a Matrox G400 dualhead, and it is hands down the best graphics card I
own (from eight comparable graphics cards.) However, when I wanted to add a
PCI card to add even more monitors, I was told by their tech-support that
the only card could do that with was the G200 PCI, because the other Matrox
cards (e.g., G100) drivers were incompatible with the G400. I asked about
this six months ago and they still haven't gotten around having a universal
driver. The G200 will be available soon in Dual/Quad head versions which
will aliviate some of this.
In any case, I agree with you, but I think Matrox has lost a bunch of
customers due to their (previuos ?) tech-support inadiquacies.
Regards,
Ivan
----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Kaminsky <allan@xxxxxxxx>
To: <Sigstroker@xxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Graphics Cards
> At 08:57 PM 10/26/99 , Sigstroker@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >In a message dated 10/26/99 11:39:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >djdevos@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > > Anyone have any views on Matrox G400 card versus Appian graphics
cards.
> > > What are their pluses/minuses (cost, expansion capability, system
> > > requirements,
> > > ease of use etc.) Many thanks...
> >
> >Matrox is pretty dicey when it comes to warranty service or driver
support.
> >Doesn't make me comfortable that Fry's, the biggest local computer store,
no
> >longer carries their stuff. They have a liberal return policy, and I
suspect
> >a lot of Matrox stuff got returned.
>
> Matrox has great driver support. Their cards are very well regarded.
>
> Allan
>
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