Hello George,
woensdag 01 september 1999 06.00, George Fliger wrote to Kris Steenhaut:

 GF> On 29 Aug 99 11:49am, Kris Steenhaut wrote to Eddy Thilleman:

 KS>> Hello Eddy,
 KS>> woensdag 25 augustus 1999 10.50, Eddy Thilleman wrote to Bas
 KS>> Heijermans:

 ET>> Hi Bas,

 ET>> 16 Aug 99, Bas Heijermans of 2:292/180 wrote to MIKE RUSKAI:

 MR>>> The problem with the Matrox cards locking up while
 MR>>> displaying software  cursors is not caused by overheating.
 MR>>> I can reproduce the problem here,  and I have six cooling
 MR>>> fans inside my case.  Nothing in there ever  overheats.

 ET>> Are you using the Matrox v2.23 (or later) driver? In that case,
 ET>> try with the v2.21 driver (you can install it over the current
 ET>> one, just

 KS>> Well, you had it right about Matrox: their drivers really suck,
 KS>> no matter what bios the card is on, no matter wich 2.22 @ 2.31
 KS>> driver, no matter wich 256 @ 16.7 resolution . I've tried &
 KS>> interchanged them all by now.

 KS>> The most reliable, hmm, better say the less unreliable, are the
 KS>> latest beta 2.31.
 KS>> The 2.31 only block at high processing activities, and not on
 KS>> high file transfers too, as the 2.22 @ 2.30 do.

 KS>> Maybe the SDD drivers will bring a solution. If not, definitely
 KS>> the Matrox will be kicked out here.

 GF> Sorry you feel that way because I do not experience any of the

I don't feel it that way, it tis that way.

Moreover, since about two months, complaints about Matrox do popup from all
over the World.
If you really don't know, just subsribe to some newsgroups.

Why since two months? Coz finally people dare to contradict the official
guru's.


 GF> problems you describe with MY Matrox Millennium II.  It's been
 GF> extremely solid, especially with the latest drivers and flash bios
 GF> code.

Well, if it solid on your's you are lucky, coz on most systems it isn't that
way at all.


 GF>   In fact, the latest drivers fixed a background display problem
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Didn't you say they are "extremely" solid? :-)

 GF> With the above in mind, your comment that Matrox drivers, "really
 GF> suck" seems to only apply to your use of them.

No boy, the "it's only you" trick will not work anymore. Complaints do bumb in 
from all over the work. Do subscibe to some newsgroups, please.


 GF>   They blow the socks
 GF> off of IBM's GRADD drivers and SDD's drivers in speed and performance
 GF> here.


This is an ““““““ld story, you know? The SDD drivers blow the socks off the
Matrox, even the 2.31.
You'd better update your level of information a bit, I'm afraid.

BTW: even the IBM-NS programmers team have pointed to the Matrox as cause of a 
some serious  of Netscape bugs.

No, it is not only my. And imho, the Matrox can't be recommended at all.






 GF> George


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    Groeten uit Gent,
    Regards/2

      Kris

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