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    Only certain graphics cards are being supported. Amiga, Inc. are in a partnership with Matrox, so the current G450 and G550 cards are supported as well as the next generation cards coming from Matrox. Also supported will be Voodoo 3,4 and 5 cards - simply because they offer a damn good price-performance ratio at this time. So far nVidia and ATI cards are not being supported due to the difficulties in getting source code etc. for these cards.
    Last edited by Amiga Blitter; 31 January 2002, 13:05.

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    and This....

    Huddersfield Amiga Users group were next to Pagan and were proudly giving out leaflets about thier own up and coming show. Following on from the great sucess of 2001's Alt-WOA in Hudderfield, the team are returning the Alt-WOA to the Old Cornmill once again for what (fingers so crossed it hurts) should be the launch party of the Eyetech AmigaOne-1200 on Saturday 23rd February 2002. The event will grow from the original one-floor event to cover the three floors of the venue, and promises to be a great success with many exhibitors and user-groups already signed up!



    Last edited by Amiga Blitter; 31 January 2002, 13:12.

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    • #3
      ...so the new Amiga DE is going to be a universal virtual platform emulated on every system known to man? Gosh, that's so megalomanic it almost makes sense
      All applications developed for one system - and all systems. It's a sweet thought. A little like worldwide peace, and nearly as probable... Hope they have put some serious thought into that virtual architecture of theirs.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Tempest
        .....
        A little like worldwide peace, and nearly as probable... Hope they have put some serious thought into that virtual architecture of theirs.
        You don't know the people in charge at Amiga if you really think this. However you seem quite true with the first part of the quoted sentence.

        Amiga until know have nothing working showed, just released specs and "fabulous plans" (that keep being changed - I wonder how there can be any real development with those rapid and 180° turns in management decisions..).
        There are, however, groups deriving from REAL Amiga engineers and hardware and software companies that used to deliver that are building a path - the Pegasos / MorphOS team (and they DID already present a quite nice beta - even on older platforms - since quite some time now to the general public and thus seem to have quite some advantage in development).
        But we named the *dog* Indiana...
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        • #5
          Amigas are sexy!

          My girlfriend is goin to return!! And with Matrox inside!
          Forgive me my love, how could I ever have forsaken you!

          Die Microstuff! I want my Workbench back!!
          Old loves never die!

          There is no weakness, but to cringe and despair because one thinks oneself weak.
          For so long as one´s will is undefeated one is strong, for so long as the desire for revenge still endures.
          -Tom Holland, Deliver us from Evil

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          • #6
            from the initial announce of AmigaOne (oct 2001):

            The Zico specification is as follows:

            One AmigaDE friendly host processor (PPC, x86, Arm, SH4, MIPS)
            64MB+ memory
            Next Generation Matrox graphics card
            Creative EMU10K1 based audio card
            10 GB+ HD
            CD/DVD
            USB 1.0
            Firewire
            10/100 Mbps Ethernet
            56k modem
            Spare PCI slots for expandibility
            Wouldn't this mean that the next gen matrox will be released before 23 feb? Or are they just gonna support it?
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            • #7
              hmmmmmmm....

              Ant, care to spew out more phrases that make will make all MURCers want to forget that any other graphics card maker besides Matrox exists?

              "And on the 8th day, gOD did create Parhelia, and cast the foul video solutions from nVidia and ATi into the fiery depths of hell..."

              Jammrock
              “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
              –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Michel
                Wouldn't this mean that the next gen matrox will be released before 23 feb? Or are they just gonna support it?
                Don't get your hopes up, those specs have been there for something like two years already. It might support it... If there ever will be an AmigaOne, and if there ever will be a next gen Matrox card. Remind you, they talk about USB too, yet their pages state that USB support will be added later.

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                • #9
                  New at martox !!!

                  Montreal, Canada, February 5, 2002—Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced the selection of its Millennium G600 next generation Dual-DVI graphics card for Amiga Inc AmigaONE.

                  The industry's first graphics card with dual-DVI output from a single chip, full DirectX 9 and OpenGL1.2 implementation, the Millennium G600 Dual-DVI is a future-proof graphics solution for the AmigaONE platform.

                  The Millennium G600 Dual-DVI now brings its superior features to the Amiga Inc AmigaONE. The AmigaONE provides ultimate power in an affordable workstation. With a wide breadth of graphics options, including the Matrox Millennium G600 Dual-DVI graphics card, this workstation is ideal for high-level CAD/CAE, DCC, animations, cinematic special effects and game development.


                  Users in the most demanding business and home computing environments will benefit from the powerful, well-balanced acceleration of the industry’s only 512-bit DualBus architecture implementing support for AGP 8X and AGP Pro. In addition to a 256-bit interface to memory and support for a maximum of 256MB of double data rate synchronous memory, the Matrox G600 uses a new 3D Rendering Processor to deliver up to eight times the real-life performance of previous generations. Fully DirectX™ 9 and OpenGL 1.2 compliant, the Matrox G600 is an extremely powerful 3D rendering engine supporting the most advanced 3D features.



                  About the new Matrox G600 graphics chip

                  Superior Performance
                  Building on the revolutionary design of the 256-bit DualBus of the MGA-G400, Matrox extends the Matrox G600 to a full 512-bit DualBus to deliver twice the throughput rate of traditional 256-bit architectures. The new 512-bit DualBus design implements two independent 256-bit buses operating in parallel inside the Matrox G600 chip. To complement the lightning-fast 512-bit DualBus and create a well-balanced performance design, the Matrox G600 also employs a full 256-bit interface to memory. With the advent of a true 256-bit bus to memory coupled with the 512-bit DualBus, the Matrox G600 eclipses all other solutions by achieving acceleration that is within 10 per cent of the theoretical maximum, even at the most demanding resolutions.

                  With the company’s new 3D Rendering Processor, the Matrox G600 achieves up to eight times the 3D rendering performance of the award-winning MGA-G400 in real applications at high resolution. The setup engines in the Matrox G600 are capable of drawing over 40 million triangles/second and natively support DirectX 9 most advanced features.

                  Although the Matrox G600 offers optimal support for AGP 4X / AGP Pro, the chip was conceived as an AGP 8X device from the ground up. The chip therefore employs technical innovations enabling it to sustain optimal performance over the AGP 8X bus.

                  The Matrox G600 includes Matrox’s Motion Video Rendering (MVR) architecture developed to accelerate video effects in video editing solutions. Using the MVR, the Matrox G600 is capable of texturing from mip-mapped, non-power of two, non-square YUV textures such as a native DVD video stream in 16:9 format. The MVR provides television-quality video as textures in a 3D environment and opens the potential for real-time video in 3D games, professional modeling and design.

                  In the relentless pursuit of outstanding image quality in 2D, Matrox pays particular attention to the quality of the video signal. Matrox’s UltraSharp DAC technology includes superior components and the most optimized board-level design to ensure image quality excellence is maintained by a high quality analog output signal. With an integrated DAC of up to 480MHz, the Matrox G600 supports mammoth resolutions in the highest color depths.

                  Availability
                  The Matrox G600 chip has been sampling to OEMs and other industry partners since January 2002. Products based on the Matrox G600 chip will be available to end users in Q2 ’02.

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                  • #11
                    Dogbert=Master of Fake Matrox Press Releases!

                    I just hope your not the first one to post the "real" Press Release of Matrox Next Gen Card

                    Scott
                    Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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                    • #12
                      if i were matrox then i would think about giving you a job Dogbert, lol
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                      • #13
                        Nice press release Dogbert, but you forgot the part about Matrox.....

                        Ask Haig if he can get you a job in Matrox's PR department

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                        • #14
                          Great

                          Have you send this one to Matrox ? I think you should do so !
                          System : ASUS A8N SLI premium, Athlon 64X2 3800+, 2Gb, T7K500 320Gb SATAII, T7K250 250Gb SATAII, T7K250 250Gb ATA133, Nec ND-3520, Plextor PX130A, SB Audigy 2, Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO, 24" Dell 2407WFP.

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                          • #15
                            Anyone seen this review of AmigaOS XL?.

                            looks promising..
                            PIII 1Ghz|AbitSa6R|512mb Kingston|Matrox Parhelia 512 Retail|80gb WD & 30gb IBM 75gxp|Diamond MX300 A3d 2.0|36xcdrom|6x32AopenDVD|Sony DRU500A|Intel Pro 10/100 S|IIyama Vision Master Pro 450 | Celly 300a@450 'server' powered by a G400MAX

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