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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news.smartlink.net!news.rootsweb.com!uchinews!ncar!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.p3.net!NewsWatcher!user From: twj2@locke.ccil.org (Tom Janofsky) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:45:39 -0400 Organization: EPS Associates Lines: 32 Distribution: world Message-ID: <twj2-1408961345390001@206.137.130.173> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <stephenkDvp30A.366@netcom.com> <4u7hv4$jcd@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <4u9oeg$91j@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <32093E50.39EB@aloha.net> <slrn50ipqh.a9.cbbrowne@dantzig.brownes.org> <32097C81.167EB0E7@star-gate.com> <3209F875.3652CCE1@pobox.com> <320B5C98.38201961@xinside.com> <320B894A.5BFAB1C1@pobox.com> <4umjgf$d4o@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4umq90$ho4@idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be> <4uq3c8$kd7@lut.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.137.130.173 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:20454 comp.os.linux.development.system:29856 comp.os.linux.x:38060 comp.os.linux.hardware:47617 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1049 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4631 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4411 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25526 > >Most Linux users I know do know what's good hardware, and they're willing to > >pay for it (for the _hardware_). They don't think you can buy a > >state-of-the-art screeming multi-media machine at the local mall for 1000 USD, > >like most W95 users do. They do know Matrox boards are great and fast and worth > >their money, and they would buy one if XFree would support it. > > > >So the Linux market may be small, but the penetration of high-end graphics > >boards is much higher in those tiny market than in the general > >home-garden-kitchen W95 market. > This is not intended as flame. I previously had Diamond Stealth 64 > Vram (S3968). Local store gave me a Matrox Millenium for test. Matrox gave me > so much better picture with same monitor that I changed to it instantly. > Matrox costs something like $300. You can have RedHat bundle with Metro-x > for $50. I personally am willing to pay that extra $50 to get that better > picture quality. My point: If you can afford a Matrox, you can afford to buy > the X-server. It is another question is whether or not this is against your > principle that all Linux should be freeware. > > ###Tero Narinen#################################################### > ###Skinnarilankatu 28 F 17###"BEWARE THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN"#### > ###53850 Lappeenranta###################-John Dryden############### > ###tero.narinen@lut.fi############################################# Of course there is a trade off for that performance, the Matrox is an interrupt maniac. If your doing video/audio capture or similarly sensitive stuff, the Milenium isn't worth it. tj