Matrox G400 Max (OpenGL ICD) Need Info

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I've been looking into getting a G400 Max for some time now, I know that the 2d part of the card can't be beat as well as direct3d. The problem i have is the performance of the g400 max in opengl games, every review i saw stated that the card fell way short when comparing it to a v3 or the tnt2u.. I know that this card is not intended only for gaming purposes, but... my question is, First, will matrox improve the Opengl performance of the card by releasing a new icd? if so, when can we see a significant improvement? Second, how much room of improvement lies within th g400 max (Opengl apps and games)
Thanx... Federico

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At last! somebody answered me
Thanx for the info.

[Nuno]

You´re welcome

Feel free to post any of your concerns, I´m sure people around will answer.

[Nuno]

From what I´ve heard (still waiting for my G400... It will arrive this friday YES! YES! YES! ) the current OGL performance is nothing to be ashamed of. It reaches TNT2 and V3 levels at 1024x768 and above. With a card like the G400 (or TNT2 or V3) surely there isn´t a point playing in lower resolutions, right?

About driver future releases, new drivers are coming very soon (5.20, I guess), and the permormance boost in OGL is nothing short of incredible - for quake2. Several people have been able to disclosure benchmark numbers running with this drivers. See http://www.ixbt-labs.com/archive/july99.shtml and see the difference (and that was with 5.13.021, so imagine what 5.20.xxx can do...)