Matrox RT.X100 moan - Page 2

Mike Thorpe · #11 (**permalink**) 02-09-2005, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by Alan Mills

Any graphics card bought in the last couple of years has been designed AFTER the RT.X100 which has been around for a few years. So I could just as easily argue that it's these cards that are not compatible with the RTX100 and not an issue for Matrox at all.

I have to disagree, because it's extremely rare (I admit, not impossible) for both newer and older graphics cards (or even any components) to be incompatible with other hardware that is supposed to use the same technology. Other companies manage to make their graphics cards future proof by sticking to proper design guidelines, so why can't Matrox do it?

Having a miniscule compatibility list is no excuse in this day and age. Matrox are the Apple of graphics cards, ie, there are bigger manufacturers with a broader user base which have a compatibility list that's light years in advance of the competition, but because of the specialist nature of the cards, they have a fan base which can't really get that technology elsewhere. If Matrox had competition from any other manufacturer such as ATI or nVidia, they would be ripped out of the water faster than a dolphin in a tuna net.

You may have guesed that incompatible PC components (that supposedly use the same technology) annoy me

Alan Mills · #12 (**permalink**) 02-09-2005, 03:29 PM

tone33 - have you installed Hotfix1 for your RT.X100? You'll need Premiere Pro 1.5 for it though.

Details at http://forum.matrox.com/cgi-bin/rtx1...;f=22;t=000047

or download the latest patch at http://www.matrox.com/video/support/...tware/home.cfm

Also, from chatting to Matrox at the videoforum a fortnight ago I know that there is a HotFix2 coming soon - along with a couple more realtime effects at the end of this week

Tony A · #13 (**permalink**) 02-09-2005, 10:29 PM

Thanks, Alan. I have the Hotfix - it’s sitting on the desktop, wanted to try all the variables before installing it. Will be doing this any day now.

Just read your post in the ‘Announcements’! I know this card is a great performer, and you are right to sing its praises. The reseller let me dabble before buying, so I can well understand your enjoyment of it. It’s great - some of those effects/transitions are unique. Hope your day went better.

(To digress - someone maybe asked this before, but I’ll ask again: seeing as it was McGill himself who got wasted in the first episode, is the next one a prequel? Or is it ‘Son of McGill’? ‘Wife of McGill’? Just curious.)

Alan Mills · #14 (**permalink**) 02-10-2005, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by tone33

(To digress - someone maybe asked this before, but I’ll ask again: seeing as it was McGill himself who got wasted in the first episode, is the next one a prequel? Or is it ‘Son of McGill’? ‘Wife of McGill’? Just curious.)

And exactly when, pray tell, did you actually see McGill die in the first movie?

Basic plot of new movie. McGill's best mates go after the guys that took him out after he fails to 'report in'. I'll be behind the camera this time. We shall see the making of a 'new star' this time around. Although there is a flashback or two so I might just say hello

Which reminds me, I must phone the police today to find out how I can have a big shootout scene without the local Armed Response Unit coming along and arresting us for waving prop guns around in public.

Marc Peters · #15 (**permalink**) 02-10-2005, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by Alan Mills

Which reminds me, I must phone the police today to find out how I can have a big shootout scene without the local Armed Response Unit coming along and arresting us for waving prop guns around in public.

Sod it, just film that too... it'll at least be realistic. What price good film, eh?