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    Matrox Gxxx cards vs VIA Twister-K!

    Hi guys!
    I recently bought a Compaq Presario 716EA notebook with VIA Twister-k as a graphic section! Need info on that "Twister"!
    I never heard the existence of such graphic chip and i would to know if it's faster (or slower) than Matrox's cards (mainly than G400MAX)!

    Thx to all!
    ATHLON XP 2600; Abit KX7-333Raid; 1GB SDRAM DDR PC-3200 Corsair XMS; Matrox Parhelia AGP 256; HITACHI 7K250 250GB; HITACHI 120GXP 120GB; HITACHI 120GXP 60GB; Sound Blaster Audigy 2; Plextor DVDRW PX-716A; Plextor CDRW Premium
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  • #2
    Forget that, save your money and get a Parhelia ASAA (As Soon As Available )

    More seriously, I haven't even heard about that Via chip, sorry. Anyway I doubt it is very powerfull, and the visual quality is probably awfull....
    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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    • #3
      Video quality seems good on a 14.1" LCD TFT (very sharp colors for a LCD) screen but i think 3d performances are really low (i can t do any benchmark now)! Not enough 3d power for that new ATHLON 4 mobile 1.2ghz!
      I ll buy a Parhelia when it will be avaiable for my home system but it s a big shame Matrox doesn t offer any graphic solution for th mobile market!
      ATHLON XP 2600; Abit KX7-333Raid; 1GB SDRAM DDR PC-3200 Corsair XMS; Matrox Parhelia AGP 256; HITACHI 7K250 250GB; HITACHI 120GXP 120GB; HITACHI 120GXP 60GB; Sound Blaster Audigy 2; Plextor DVDRW PX-716A; Plextor CDRW Premium

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      • #4
        This should answer your question.

        London, England, May 15th, 2001 - S3 Graphics, Inc. and VIA Technologies, Inc. today jointly launched the VIA ProSavage TM KN133TM. Known informally as 'Twister K', the VIA ProSavage TM KN133TM is the world's first fully integrated SMA (shared memory architecture) chipset developed specifically for AMD's new mobile AMD AthlonTM 4 and AMD DuronTM processors.
        So it's basically an S3 Savage based graphics core to isn't going to give you amazing 3D performance
        When you own your own business you only have to work half a day. You can do anything you want with the other twelve hours.

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        • #5
          Thx a lot for this infos!
          But, in your opinion, is it faster or slower than G400MAX?
          ATHLON XP 2600; Abit KX7-333Raid; 1GB SDRAM DDR PC-3200 Corsair XMS; Matrox Parhelia AGP 256; HITACHI 7K250 250GB; HITACHI 120GXP 120GB; HITACHI 120GXP 60GB; Sound Blaster Audigy 2; Plextor DVDRW PX-716A; Plextor CDRW Premium

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          • #6
            Slower

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            • #7
              Drivers

              If your current drivers work, you might just want to consider leaving them alone.

              However, if you feel compelled to update - the Best savage driver, hands down - is here (go for JGC's latest Unified):
              http://jgc.homeip.net/download.php?cat=16

              otherwise log into the S3 driver site:
              http://www.s3graphics.com/DRVVIEW.HTM

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              ECS K7S5A Pro, Athlon XP 2100+, 512 Megs PC-3200 CAS2.5, HIS Radeon 9550/VIVO 256Meg DDR

              Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe C Mobile Athlon 2500+ @ 2.2GHz, 1GB PC-3200 CAS2.5, Hauppauge MCE 150, Nvidia 6600 256DDR

              Asus A8R32 MVP, Sempron 1600+ @ 2.23GHz, 1 Gig DDR2 RAM, ATI 1900GT

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