From one really pissed off Matrox G-200 owner.
It is the 6 month anniversary of the release of the so called "LATEST" Matrox G-200 4.51 drivers for Windows, and still no news on when we will be seeing an update, other than a pathetic soon. (I am really beginning to hate that word, raise you hand if you are as well!)
Anyway, I am beyond the point of listening to any release dates that Matrox may tell, us, because since when have they last met a deadline they have set themselves?
All I constantly seem to read in the forum from the "Matrox Beta Testing Sycophants" is how great the latest beta drivers are.
If they are so great, why have they not been released?
I have to make the bold assumption that you guys have brains, and would not say unstable drivers that lockup your machine or crash your programs are great, so I think I can safely assume that the drivers are as stable, if not more stable, than the current "LATEST" drivers.
If these beta drivers are as stable as the current "LATEST" drivers and they give such great performance and visual quality enhancement, why have we not got them?
Can any sane person, explain why??
Who do I have to suck up to, so I can start getting some decent driver support as well??
If they aren't all that great, then at the very least, shut up, or say something like, "Well, you get an extra 5fps and it looks great, but it tends to lock up your system or crash xyz program."
Stop me if I am making too much sense here!
I will take anything, as long as I don't lose stability/quality, and any improvements I could get, would be much appreciated.
I am sick and tired of seeing release after release of new and improved TNT and Voodoo chipset drivers, and not a word except for a pathetic "soon" from Matrox and the "Matrox Beta Testing Sycophants". How many months have we been hearing the word "SOON" from Matrox and their unpaid lackeys??
It is seriously beyond a joke now.
I have gone from recommending Matrox boards, to telling people to steer clear of Matrox, because of the pathetic driver support, and their complete and utter lack of support for the end user. I bet many others are doing the same! I mean, do you really want a Video Card, no matter how great it is, that basically has no vendor support for their drivers?? I certainly don't, and I can not conscientiously recommend such a video card to anybody who asks my honest opinion, unless I hate them!
6 Months, no new driver update, seems like zero vendor support to me, anybody care to disagree with me on that point? All the other video chipset vendors seem to manage more frequent updates to the drivers of their flagship products, which the G-200 certainly "WAS"!
All of this is exemplified by the way they treat their number 1 supporter, Ant, where they basically gave him the short answer, when he requested new NT drivers. I bet the long answer was, "NO, AND F..K OFF!!!!" How he puts up with the complete lack of respect from Matrox, I have no idea, I think he should be nominated for Sainthood, as no human should have to put up with that sort of crap from anybody or any institution.
Matrox have to be absolute C..TS!, because it is beyond my ability as a human being to comprehend that any 1 person, or group of people could be as inept and incompetent as the Matrox driver people, or whoever controls the release of the Matrox drivers are.
Therefore I have to conclude they must be doing it deliberately, thus the label of C..TS is absolutely correct.
Before you all go getting your knickers in a knot, I don't give a shit about any possible arguments any of you may want to put forward, trying to say that x driver is newer than 4.51, I really am not interested!! Do I have to repeat myself in this regard? I hope not.
I will reinforce this point, I do not count a 2nd beta release of a piece of functionality that was supposed to be release code in the damn box when I bought the god damn thing, as a real update. Even if you do classify it as an update, it is about 3 months old as it stands, and you need 4.51 to run the friggin thing anyhow, all previous driver revisions, no matter how unified, certified, crapafied is irrelevant. Checkmate!
What really is the f..king problem??
P.S. Cut and pasted, just in case my post gets mysteriously deleted!
[This message has been edited by Whisper (edited 06-25-99).]
It is the 6 month anniversary of the release of the so called "LATEST" Matrox G-200 4.51 drivers for Windows, and still no news on when we will be seeing an update, other than a pathetic soon. (I am really beginning to hate that word, raise you hand if you are as well!)
Anyway, I am beyond the point of listening to any release dates that Matrox may tell, us, because since when have they last met a deadline they have set themselves?
All I constantly seem to read in the forum from the "Matrox Beta Testing Sycophants" is how great the latest beta drivers are.
If they are so great, why have they not been released?
I have to make the bold assumption that you guys have brains, and would not say unstable drivers that lockup your machine or crash your programs are great, so I think I can safely assume that the drivers are as stable, if not more stable, than the current "LATEST" drivers.
If these beta drivers are as stable as the current "LATEST" drivers and they give such great performance and visual quality enhancement, why have we not got them?
Can any sane person, explain why??
Who do I have to suck up to, so I can start getting some decent driver support as well??
If they aren't all that great, then at the very least, shut up, or say something like, "Well, you get an extra 5fps and it looks great, but it tends to lock up your system or crash xyz program."
Stop me if I am making too much sense here!
I will take anything, as long as I don't lose stability/quality, and any improvements I could get, would be much appreciated.
I am sick and tired of seeing release after release of new and improved TNT and Voodoo chipset drivers, and not a word except for a pathetic "soon" from Matrox and the "Matrox Beta Testing Sycophants". How many months have we been hearing the word "SOON" from Matrox and their unpaid lackeys??
It is seriously beyond a joke now.
I have gone from recommending Matrox boards, to telling people to steer clear of Matrox, because of the pathetic driver support, and their complete and utter lack of support for the end user. I bet many others are doing the same! I mean, do you really want a Video Card, no matter how great it is, that basically has no vendor support for their drivers?? I certainly don't, and I can not conscientiously recommend such a video card to anybody who asks my honest opinion, unless I hate them!
6 Months, no new driver update, seems like zero vendor support to me, anybody care to disagree with me on that point? All the other video chipset vendors seem to manage more frequent updates to the drivers of their flagship products, which the G-200 certainly "WAS"!
All of this is exemplified by the way they treat their number 1 supporter, Ant, where they basically gave him the short answer, when he requested new NT drivers. I bet the long answer was, "NO, AND F..K OFF!!!!" How he puts up with the complete lack of respect from Matrox, I have no idea, I think he should be nominated for Sainthood, as no human should have to put up with that sort of crap from anybody or any institution.
Matrox have to be absolute C..TS!, because it is beyond my ability as a human being to comprehend that any 1 person, or group of people could be as inept and incompetent as the Matrox driver people, or whoever controls the release of the Matrox drivers are.
Therefore I have to conclude they must be doing it deliberately, thus the label of C..TS is absolutely correct.
Before you all go getting your knickers in a knot, I don't give a shit about any possible arguments any of you may want to put forward, trying to say that x driver is newer than 4.51, I really am not interested!! Do I have to repeat myself in this regard? I hope not.
I will reinforce this point, I do not count a 2nd beta release of a piece of functionality that was supposed to be release code in the damn box when I bought the god damn thing, as a real update. Even if you do classify it as an update, it is about 3 months old as it stands, and you need 4.51 to run the friggin thing anyhow, all previous driver revisions, no matter how unified, certified, crapafied is irrelevant. Checkmate!
What really is the f..king problem??
P.S. Cut and pasted, just in case my post gets mysteriously deleted!
[This message has been edited by Whisper (edited 06-25-99).]
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