not to good, actually i was not installing a video card, in reality i was
building a whole system.
i did deduce that the problem was not the video card though.
let me say something here, when building a system or when upgradeing a system
their is a chance of it not working.
so to the person that is haveing trouble sometimes it is better to use a
differant card that works right off than missing around trying to make
something work that does not work.
reason being that tech support can cost you more than a video card ever would.
also while mother board companies say their stuff is compatible with every
thing, it is best to buy stuff from a company that test that companies
products.
so in my case i went to the mother board site and looked for testing with 2
products.
matrox video card and adaptec scsi controller cards.
they specificly test that stuff with the board i used.
so those 2 things should go smoothly, still i may have trouble with the sound
card.
of course i may not.
i only say what i say about sound cards because the new sound cards in the
market that do duel sound are newer, andbecause they are newer they are
more likely to encounter problems.
many a tech says give it a year to work out the bugs before considering it.
unfortunately most blind software synth speech users do not want to wait that
long.
another tip, contact your local screw driver shop and see what systems they
sell already put together.
note the video card and mother board combination, more than likely the reason
they picked them is because windows plug and play worked in those systems.
bill cameron
At 08:59 PM 1/18/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Hey, how is the Matrox working?
>
> Jeremy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bill cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 8:38 PM
>Subject: Re: JFW with Matrox G200.
>
>
>>no because i am a total i am buying the
>>millineum, no t v needed.
>>while i considered the 100 g the sales people gave me conflicting
>>information about whether it would be able to use the optional decoder
>card.
>>always assume the sales person may be in error and double check.
>>for that reason i picked the millineum, by the way it and the mystic cost
>the
>>same.
>>also u s b is able to work with most computers cameras for video input.
>>and now their is a computer in the market from sony that has the new super
>fast
>>fire wire bus.
>>plus adaptec now has a combo scsi firewire card for sale, of course it cost
>700
>>dollars.
>>soon all mother boards will offer this serial bus which has a capacity of
>100
>>mega bytes per seconed.
>>much faster than the 1.2 of u s b.
>>like u s b it allows users to chain link devices.
>>expect to see this in the next year.
>>personally i expect that it will not take off until the operateing system
>has
>>support built in for it.
>>probley in windows n t 5.
>>so expect about a year down the road, of course u s b took about 2 years to
>get
>>of the map.
>>by the way if you do go t v tuner see if the card can use a cable
>connection,
>>because cable is less likely to suffer from electrical interferance.
>>
>>
>>bill cameron
>>
>>
>>
>>At 12:04 PM 1/15/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>>Hello, are you getting a Marvel?
>>>
>>> Jeremy
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: bill cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 3:49 AM
>>>Subject: Re: JFW with Matrox G200.
>>>
>>>
>>>>ask me after monday and i shall have tested this card.
>>>>hj told me that it would work, and the driver should be similar to the
>100
>>>g.
>>>>the 100 g card is a a g p bus card, a g p type 1 to be exact.
>>>>it uses s d ram, 8 meg if i remember right.
>>>>and probley is the fastest 2 d only card.
>>>>reason here is that nobody is makeing newer models that are 2 d only.
>>>>matrox millineum 200 g uses faster memory than the 100 g and also faster
>>>than
>>>>the other 200 g models, the mystic and marvel.
>>>>both of those cards are t v versions, the mystic about 140 and the
>marvel
>>>>about 300.
>>>>the marvel offers video capture, which allows one to hook up a camera or
>a
>>>v c
>>>>r to the card.
>>>>by the way their all kinds of t v support, for insstance their is t v
>out
>>>>which can be used by kids playing games on a big screen.
>>>>it could also be used to play d v d movies if the card supports video
>>>>inlaying, which all the matrox 200 g cards do.
>>>>of course another great thing is that the 200 g cards also have an
>>>optional m
>>>>peg 2 decoder card that cost 80 dollars.
>>>>this card can do hardware decompression of d v d movies so one does not
>>>have
>>>>to result to software m peg 2 decompression which slows down the system.
>>>>another advantage is that this card is supposed to not require an
>>>additional
>>>>hardware i r q for the decoder daughter card.
>>>>most d v d kits require installing a seperate m peg 2 decoder card that
>>>uses a
>>>>i r q.
>>>>these new cards should make the seperate decoder card unnecessary.
>>>>
>>>>additional t v features
>>>>t v in which could support t v if you use the tuner in a v c r, and the
>>>>ultimate is a t v tuner built right into the card.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>when you consider that the extra cost of a t v tuner video card exceeds
>the
>>>>cost of a t v, does it make any sense to spend that much extra, for a
>>>tuner
>>>>that will be exposed to all kinds of electrical interference
>>>>the 200 g millinium does not have any t v features in it.
>>>>also all that i said should be taken with a grain of salt, mainly because
>i
>>>am
>>>>a total and i am not 100 percent sure what card has what, but this info
>>>should
>>>>provide the user with the ability to ask the right question.
>>>>all the 200 g line has the same 3 d chip set.
>>>>all have 8 meg of s d ram or faster.
>>>>all are a g p 2 x cards.
>>>>all have the optional decoder card, which is not yet available.
>>>>the marvel was so popular that for the first 2 months it was back
>ordered.
>>>>by the way one review of win 98 did not like the t v features of win 98,
>>>>personally i never used it.
>>>>also of all the dual purpose cards in the market right now, 2 chip sets
>>>stand
>>>>out.
>>>>the matrox, and the new intel video chip set.
>>>>hj usually tries to make sure that their stuff works with the matrox
>line.
>>>>when i say duel purpose i mean that the cards are better than average
>>>business
>>>>graphics.
>>>>plus they have the very best 3 d video of any duel purpose cards
>>>>the intel chip set is found in many cards, like diamond etc.
>>>>both these cards allow one to play 3 d games at about half the speed of
>the
>>>3 d
>>>>voodoo 2, which is only a 3 d card .
>>>>by that i mean if you own the voodoo 2 you still need to buy a regular
>>>video
>>>>card.
>>>>that card is the very best 3 d card, so to be honest if you have a child
>>>these
>>>>newer dual purpose cards really are the first cards that can play 3 d
>>>games
>>>>like quake very well
>>>>hope this info is helpful.
>>>>if the cards from matrox measure up to all their claims it should prove
>to
>>>be
>>>>the very best video card in the market.
>>>>one other point, i said that video capture allows one to hook up a v c r,
>>>what
>>>>i should have said is that it allows a special high end v c r with
>editing
>>>>capabilities, so the user can clip a single frame from the v c r and
>store
>>>it
>>>>on the harddrive.
>>>>just wanted to point out that their is a differance between t v in and
>>>video
>>>>capture.
>>>>
>>>>bill cameron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At 09:44 PM 1/14/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>>>>Hello everyone.
>>>>>I'm still trying a few things with the STB I asked about a few days ago,
>>>but
>>>>>now I'm looking at another card.
>>>>>Has anyone used the Matrox G200 with JFW under win98? Does this card
>work?
>>>>>The www.hj.com sight says magic does, but they haven't tested it with
>JFW
>>>>>yet.
>>>>>Also, if the card works, what is it called exactly? I've heard there are
>>>>>different versions of the G200.
>>>>>One more question, there is a TV card version of the Matrox G200, has
>>>anyone
>>>>>tested this one with JFW?
>>>>>The person who will be getting this card is partially sighted.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks much!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeremy
>>>>>
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