#Which Video Card Works?
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Ok…
Here I am, ready to have my new P133 system built. The PVR/AD2500 are already
enroute from AmiWare in Ontario. Gary at AW mentions that he's heard that the
Matrox Millennium has had problems in co-existing with the DPS PVR… so he
recomends I go out and buy a Diamond Stealth 64VRAM (he's not selling me the
video card anyway) which he knows works. He offered to call Dan at DPS and ask
him. He calls me back and says that several PVR users have tried the Matrox
and called about problems, but they've never called back. He also mentioned
that Matrox promised to send them a firmware update, but they never did. And
these guys are all in Canada… you'd think they'd work with each other! So
his suggestion is poll users and find out what works for them.
My new system will have the SuperMICRO P55CMS mobo (FWTW), so I'm curious about
any PVR users out there… what video cards are you using? Has anyone tried
the just released Diamond card that does support 3D rendering and animation? I
have to believe that this is a question that a lot of potential users are
asking. I know the Diamond Stealth card works, but was hoping that I'd be able
to use the Matrox with it's added features. Comments?
Mike/MASS
Mike,
>> Has anyone tried the just released Diamond card that does support 3D
rendering and animation? <<
I am using the Diamond Viper Pro Video which has hardware Codec that supports
AVI playback. The PVR/AD2500 are working together with the Viper without a
glitch. I'm running NT about 99% of the time and have not tried to get the AVI
Codec up and going in NT. Just make sure that the board you chose is NT
compatible.
-Mike
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Mike…
One of the reasons DPS recommends the Diamond card (actually the Stealth
64VRAM) is because the NT drivers are stable… and of course the hardware
seems to get along OK. Another recommended card was the ATI Mach64 Turbo.
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Mike,
Just remember if you need Com4, it will not be usable with a Diamond video
card. Mark could tell you more about this conflict.
Regards……………..Rick – Technical Animations