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Title: Matrox G1000
Post by: Chathurawind on May 10, 2002, 04:34:07 AM

It seems that Matrox finally decided to make a decent 3D  chip. Check it out (http://www.reactorcritical.com/cgi-bin/news.cgi?templ=archive.http&id=1119)

Title: Re: Matrox G1000
Post by: Chathurawind on May 10, 2002, 04:58:38 AM

Is this the thing that Amiga was talking about a while ago? Weren't they saying something about zico supporting current Matrox junk and some sort of future awesome chip when it comes out?

Forgive me for being so vague. :-)

Title: Re: Matrox G1000
Post by: Chathurawind on May 10, 2002, 05:01:36 AM

Aren't news moderated? How many times are we supposed to see this?

Title: Re: Matrox G1000
Post by: Chathurawind on May 10, 2002, 08:13:03 AM

There is no such thing as the G1000!! All specifications are based up, wait until Matrox releases the news.

Title: Re: Matrox G1000
Post by: Chathurawind on May 10, 2002, 11:06:21 AM

*YAWN*
Maybe Matrox releases a chip, that is again slower than it predecessor...afaik the G400MAX has been the fastest so far.

Title: Re: Matrox G1000
Post by: Chathurawind on May 10, 2002, 11:20:35 AM

I'm subscribed to the matrox news and in their latest newsletter they mentioned that something big is coming, also, if you visit their site there is a very enigmatic flash intro mentioning that they have big news for may 14-th, so maybe this time they got it right.

Title: Re: Matrox G1000
Post by: Quixote on May 10, 2002, 01:43:43 PM

I strongly suspect that this is a hoax; It wasn't posted on Matrox's site, and the page's author misspelled Perihelion.


Take care...
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Quixote
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Title: Re: Matrox G1000
Post by: bhoggett on May 10, 2002, 05:43:59 PM

The link it points to is a hoax, and the features are pure speculation only.

However, Matrox do have an announcement coming up, and a new much improved card is overdue.

As for becoming king of the hill again, I'm more concerned whether they can sustain a short development sycle for new cards. The way the industry is going, there's usually a new "king of the hill" every three months or so, and if Matrox can't do better than they have been doing, the new card will be just a flash in the pan.

Title: Re: Matrox G1000
Post by: Chathurawind on May 10, 2002, 06:45:30 PM

"As for becoming king of the hill again, I'm more concerned whether they can sustain a short development sycle for new cards. The way the industry is going, there's usually a new "king of the hill" every three months or so, and if Matrox can't do better than they have been doing, the new card will be just a flash in the pan."

So you're rich and buy a card every 3 months? Most of us are not, and in fact that doesn't make much sense. If Matrox can maintain a slightly better (agreed the current one is too big) that's enouph. Hey do you have any GForce 4 sale?:)