The PARIS Forums


Home » The PARIS Forums » PARIS: Main » is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe
is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe [message #99527] Wed, 16 July 2008 16:09 Go to next message
jeremy luzier[1] is currently offline  jeremy luzier[1]   UNITED STATES
Messages: 18
Registered: March 2008
Junior Member
with a widescreen monitor?

i hate this card.

jL

Report message to a moderator

Re: is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe [message #99528 is a reply to message #99527] Wed, 16 July 2008 19:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Tom Bruhl is currently offline  Tom Bruhl   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1368
Registered: June 2007
Senior Member
Hi Jeremy,

Many have said Matrox is evil. I've had and used a G400 and a G550 PCI.
Drivers seem lame. Card is slow by today's standard. It surprises me that
it was worthy of a PCIe interface. I'd say lose the card.

Tom




"jeremy luzier" <none@comcast.net> wrote in message news:487e8046@linux...
> with a widescreen monitor?
>
> i hate this card.
>
> jL
>

Report message to a moderator

Re: is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe [message #99529 is a reply to message #99527] Wed, 16 July 2008 21:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Aaron Allen is currently offline  Aaron Allen   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
Senior Member
Dump the matrox, get a GeForce/nVidia card. You will be SO much happier man.
AA


"jeremy luzier" <none@comcast.net> wrote in message news:487e8046@linux...
> with a widescreen monitor?
>
> i hate this card.
>
> jL
>

Report message to a moderator

Re: is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe [message #99530 is a reply to message #99529] Thu, 17 July 2008 04:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kim W is currently offline  Kim W
Messages: 165
Registered: July 2006
Senior Member
Yeah, have to agree about Matrox.
If you want to run 3 or 4 monitors, I came across a 1x PCI-E
card which would complement a 16x card, if you only have one 16X slot.
I bought one and it's very good.

http://cgi.ebay.com/GeForce-7300GT-128MB-DDR3-DVI-VGA-PCI-E- 1X-HDTV-Card_W0QQitemZ110267377972QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3762QQt cZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

"Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>Dump the matrox, get a GeForce/nVidia card. You will be SO much happier
man.
>AA
>
>
>"jeremy luzier" <none@comcast.net> wrote in message news:487e8046@linux...
>> with a widescreen monitor?
>>
>> i hate this card.
>>
>> jL
>>
>
>

Report message to a moderator

Re: is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe [message #99532 is a reply to message #99530] Thu, 17 July 2008 10:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jeremy luzier[1] is currently offline  jeremy luzier[1]   UNITED STATES
Messages: 18
Registered: March 2008
Junior Member
anyone know what would work well with a tyan mobo with dual opterons?


"Kim W." <no@way.com> wrote in message news:487f2b04$1@linux...
>
> Yeah, have to agree about Matrox.
> If you want to run 3 or 4 monitors, I came across a 1x PCI-E
> card which would complement a 16x card, if you only have one 16X slot.
> I bought one and it's very good.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/GeForce-7300GT-128MB-DDR3-DVI-VGA-PCI-E- 1X-HDTV-Card_W0QQitemZ110267377972QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3762QQt cZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
>
> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>Dump the matrox, get a GeForce/nVidia card. You will be SO much happier
> man.
>>AA
>>
>>
>>"jeremy luzier" <none@comcast.net> wrote in message news:487e8046@linux...
>>> with a widescreen monitor?
>>>
>>> i hate this card.
>>>
>>> jL
>>>
>>
>>
>

Report message to a moderator

Re: is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe [message #99533 is a reply to message #99532] Thu, 17 July 2008 10:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Aaron Allen is currently offline  Aaron Allen   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
Senior Member
AMD owns ATI. Depends I guess on what chipset is on your mobo. Do you know
what they are?

If it's an AMD chipset, I'd probably do ATI video, and if it's anything
else, I'd go nVidia.

AA


"jeremy luzier" <none@comcast.net> wrote in message news:487f8256@linux...
> anyone know what would work well with a tyan mobo with dual opterons?
>
>
> "Kim W." <no@way.com> wrote in message news:487f2b04$1@linux...
>>
>> Yeah, have to agree about Matrox.
>> If you want to run 3 or 4 monitors, I came across a 1x PCI-E
>> card which would complement a 16x card, if you only have one 16X slot.
>> I bought one and it's very good.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/GeForce-7300GT-128MB-DDR3-DVI-VGA-PCI-E- 1X-HDTV-Card_W0QQitemZ110267377972QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3762QQt cZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
>>
>> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>>Dump the matrox, get a GeForce/nVidia card. You will be SO much happier
>> man.
>>>AA
>>>
>>>
>>>"jeremy luzier" <none@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:487e8046@linux...
>>>> with a widescreen monitor?
>>>>
>>>> i hate this card.
>>>>
>>>> jL
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Report message to a moderator

Re: is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe [message #99555 is a reply to message #99532] Fri, 18 July 2008 05:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Chris Ludwig is currently offline  Chris Ludwig   UNITED STATES
Messages: 868
Registered: May 2006
Senior Member
HI Jeremy,
The Nvidia video cards tend to work best on that Tyan board. The Tyan
S2895 uses a Nvidia chipset for its main board anyways.
If you can still fins a 7300GT I'd get that. If no then the 8600GT will
be the next best.
Avoid the 8400 and 8500 sense some of them use a form of shared memory
that can cause trouble with some hardware and OS combos.

Check out models from Gigabyte, ASUS, EVGA and XFX. They tend to be
built better than others.

Chris


jeremy luzier wrote:
> anyone know what would work well with a tyan mobo with dual opterons?
>
>
> "Kim W." <no@way.com> wrote in message news:487f2b04$1@linux...
>
>> Yeah, have to agree about Matrox.
>> If you want to run 3 or 4 monitors, I came across a 1x PCI-E
>> card which would complement a 16x card, if you only have one 16X slot.
>> I bought one and it's very good.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/GeForce-7300GT-128MB-DDR3-DVI-VGA-PCI-E- 1X-HDTV-Card_W0QQitemZ110267377972QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3762QQt cZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
>>
>> "Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>
>>> Dump the matrox, get a GeForce/nVidia card. You will be SO much happier
>>>
>> man.
>>
>>> AA
>>>
>>>
>>> "jeremy luzier" <none@comcast.net> wrote in message news:487e8046@linux...
>>>
>>>> with a widescreen monitor?
>>>>
>>>> i hate this card.
>>>>
>>>> jL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>
>

--
Chris Ludwig
ADK
chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
(859) 635-5762

Report message to a moderator

Re: is anyone using a Matrox G550 PCIe [message #99558 is a reply to message #99533] Fri, 18 July 2008 12:50 Go to previous message
jeremy luzier[1] is currently offline  jeremy luzier[1]   UNITED STATES
Messages: 18
Registered: March 2008
Junior Member
yeah i've got the S2915... nvidia chip set.

i'll check those cards out... thanks.

Report message to a moderator

Previous Topic: Funkiest guitar player ever?
Next Topic: copy ?
Goto Forum:
  

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [ RSS ] [ PDF ]

Current Time: Thu Jun 12 03:47:37 PDT 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01475 seconds
.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Powered by: FUDforum 3.1.3.
Copyright ©2001-2023 FUDforum Bulletin Board Software