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While they haven't been totally finalised officially, we can sort of see what kind of requirements Longhorn will need to run at full speed.
There looks to be 3 levels of sexiness for the new interface - boring 2D, Light 3D and Heavy 3D. Both 3D options need DX9..
So how well will any future Matrox cards support these features - considering that graphic designers such as myself are still quite into Matrox, and that we love our eye-candy... I hope Matrox is quite ambitious with this.
If not, we could always test our patience with the Aston Desktop if it comes out for Longhorn.... nice idea but frustrating to use imho!
After reading previews of the nextgen ATI and NVidia cards I am starting to feel a little bit inadequate in 3D with my trusty P650, a few more horsepower would do very nicely indeed in a year or so.
There looks to be 3 levels of sexiness for the new interface - boring 2D, Light 3D and Heavy 3D. Both 3D options need DX9..
transparencies, dramatic window movements, 3D elements in the UI, and various tactics to shift visual focus by accentuating text, window positions, and the like.
So how well will any future Matrox cards support these features - considering that graphic designers such as myself are still quite into Matrox, and that we love our eye-candy... I hope Matrox is quite ambitious with this.
If not, we could always test our patience with the Aston Desktop if it comes out for Longhorn.... nice idea but frustrating to use imho!
After reading previews of the nextgen ATI and NVidia cards I am starting to feel a little bit inadequate in 3D with my trusty P650, a few more horsepower would do very nicely indeed in a year or so.
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