Hi!
Why not use GeForceIII or other such card? I heard somewhere that Matrox is slowly losing in competition and performance as well. I use a RivaTNT2 card and it has good performance, but I don't think it will satisfy the need for very high end graphics that you are looking for. Also, why are you going in for a branded PC? Try assembling your own PC. Its fun to build them and its very cheap as compared to branded ones. Also, try going in for a very good Motherboard too. FSB matters a lot. I would personally recommend an ASUS board. I myself use this board. A real performer.
Alternatively, since you are putting in so much money, why not put some more and go for an SGI (Silicon Graphics) workstation? It rocks!
Regards, Shailesh.
-----Original Message----- From: Kishor Bhagwat [mailto:aaaaarrrgghhh@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 2:01 PM To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] advice on graphics hardware
hello! i'm involved(well....indirectly) in a purchase decision for a computer. it's main purpose is running graphics software(3DMax and that sort) The main contender is HP Vectra, with a Matrox card (agp). Please let me know of any experiences you guys might have with this model / graphics card (suggestions welcome please..its a 80K computer!)
regards, kishor
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