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  • if Matrox could release something like this, they'd be sitting pretty

    if they could release a card that has the price of a GF2 MX (or radeon LE), just a bit faster then a Kyro2 (or GF2 GTS) and have some (if not all) of the DX8 instructions, it would be great. It would have such an advantage over all the budget cards, and be just as fast as the higher-end ones plus have DX8. this is basically what a GF3 MX would be like, except that's not suppost to be coming out for a little while (4-6months).
    so if Matrox was releasing a card similar to this soon) it would be sweet.

    chip spec's (my specs )
    core: 200mhz with 3 pixelpipelines and 2 or 3 TMU's. full DX8 support.
    TNL: 40-60 million (and whatever else it needs).
    Memory: 200mhz DDRFCRAM (is this still a possability?) and whatever "special tweaks, that eliminate bandwidth"


    i just thought of this the other day, and though it would be really really sweet if Matrox (or anyone else) could make this card.

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  • #2
    Since we are fantasizing anyway how about:

    100 Pipes
    100 Textures per pipe
    1Ghz Core (CPUs manage it)
    1 Billion fully lit triangles per sec
    64 bit colour
    512Mb on chip RAM at 1024bit datapath
    Comes with 2 24inch flatpannels
    Cost US$100-150

    I would be very happy with that.

    Ali

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    • #3
      If Matrox had THAT kind of hardware even Bill Gates might show up at their booth on some hardware show
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      • #4
        Nah, still too expensive.. Something like.. $10.. or better yet, they put $1,000,000 in the box to make sure everyone will get that card? Now that would be an advantage over the competition

        AZ
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        • #5
          Sure, Ill jump in too:

          next gen matrox card

          Dual DVI w/ vga adapters w/ dual RAMDACS supporting 2048x1600 resolution each
          250mhz Core
          3.5ns DDR SDRAM, 64MB
          fillrate somewhere in the 1200-1500 range
          all the eyecandy goodies of the radeon plus displacement mapping
          better drivers
          SMP support(no compatibility)
          enhanced drivers for Pro Engineer

          price: under $350

          I dont mind paying. I really dont. honestly, if i had the choice of a gf2mx equivalent card costing 150 bucks, or a real powerhouse card costing 350 bucks, id buy the more powerful one easily. i dont know about you folks, but i dont want to buy a graphics card every year. i figure if i buy higher end now, it will last longer. ::shrugs::



          [This message has been edited by WaR-ped (edited 03 May 2001).]
          First Love:
          • Lite-On FS020 enclosure w/4 120mm Panaflos and soon a 172mm Nidec
          • MSI 694D Pro w/ BIOS 1.6
          • 2x800E cC0 Pentium 3 w/ 2xVolcanoII
          • SyncMAX(NEC) PC166 VCM SDRAM 4x128mb w/ CAS = 1
          • nVidia Quadro2 Pro, but Matrox at heart
          • And other non-important stuff like hard drives and a dvd drive
          • Pineapples


          Second Love:
          1990 Toyota Celica GT

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          • #6
            Sure, Ill jump in too:

            next gen matrox card

            Dual DVI w/ vga adapters
            250mhz Core
            4ns DDR SDRAM, 64MB
            fillrate somewhere in the 1200-1500 range
            all the eyecandy goodies of the radeon

            price: under $350

            I dont mind paying. I really dont. honestly, if i had the choice of a gf2mx equivalent card costing 150 bucks, or a real powerhouse card costing 350 bucks, id buy the more powerful one easily.

            First Love:
            • Lite-On FS020 enclosure w/4 120mm Panaflos and soon a 172mm Nidec
            • MSI 694D Pro w/ BIOS 1.6
            • 2x800E cC0 Pentium 3 w/ 2xVolcanoII
            • SyncMAX(NEC) PC166 VCM SDRAM 4x128mb w/ CAS = 1
            • nVidia Quadro2 Pro, but Matrox at heart
            • And other non-important stuff like hard drives and a dvd drive
            • Pineapples


            Second Love:
            1990 Toyota Celica GT

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            • #7
              Hmm Sisyfos something like this

              http://www.matrox.com/mga/archive_st...c_postshow.cfm

              System:
              Asus A7V rev. 1.01p bios 1011
              AMD Thunderbird 800
              SBLive retail with liveware 3.0
              Matrox g400 MAX pd 6.51
              LG Flatron 795FT 17" monitor
              IBM 13.5 GB 7200 hdd
              Pioneer 106-s dvdrom
              WinME
              directx 8.0a
              384mb pc133

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              • #8
                Next gen Matrox specs:

                - more-than-one VGA output
                - pcb
                - graphic chip
                - Heatsink & fan
                - Video RAM
                - AGP interface
                - Price: somewhere between $1 and $100000

                It will have MATROX written on the box and it´ll be available sometime in the future.

                Ok, face it, I guessed it. There´s no way you can deny it.

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                • #9
                  Sounds about right, although I've heard that they did away with the pcb
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                  • #10
                    Can someone please assure me that Grego, in his next-gen-M depression/anticipation, hasn't memorised every press release/article/sentence on Matrox.com

                    Maybe he'll see the "big" announcement first then!

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                    • #11
                      Heatsink and Fan - how about integrated dual-purpose carbon nanotube?

                      Design the processor using carbon nanotube interconnects, and transistors. Can act as memory, processor and heat conduit all at the same time... And be smaller than currently produced chips...

                      Total "Fusion" in the design...

                      Check these out (from /. [ Slash Dot ] )...

                      Carbon Nanotubes May Make The Ultimate Heat Sink

                      Potential 100 GHz Carbon Nanotube Molecular Computer

                      Carbon Nanotube Semiconductor Possibilites

                      Cool Ehh?

                      Guyver

                      [This message has been edited by Guyver (edited 05 May 2001).]
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                      - Gigabyte GA-7N400-Pro
                      - AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
                      - 1.5GB Dual Channel DDR 433Mhz SDRAM
                      - 6.1 Digital Audio
                      - Gigabit Lan (Linksys 1032)
                      - 4 x 120GB SATA Drives, RAID 0+1 (Striped/Mirrored)
                      - Sony DRU-500A DVD/+/-/R/RW
                      - Creative 8x DVD-ROM
                      - LS120 IDE Floppy
                      - Zip 100 IDE
                      - PNY Ultra 5900 (256MB)
                      - NEC FE950
                      - DTT2500 Cambridge Soundworks

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                      • #12
                        Nahhhh, I know from very reliable sources (a friend of a cousin of a friend of a lady that is aunt of a janitor in Matrox HQ) that it´ll use a Heatsink and fan...

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