#Matrox Millennium 4m?
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I know some of you out there have upgraded to the Matrox Millennium. I haven't
heard a thing about it. Any comments? What are the features over a standard
Diamnd Stealth 64 PCI w/4M? Any software out there to support it yet. Why
should I upgrade? TIA
Timothy
NVision Inc. & Digibotics
Tim,
I can't judge relative to the Diamond card but I had an ATI Mach64 card and the
Mill screams. I am still having trouble with the basic Windows drivers, but DOS
apps (3DS) and Win NT stuff are solid. The VESA 2.0 extensions are killer.
Makes the games (frame rates) super. I confess I bought it to speed up the
flight sim games I have. Also I have been trying to use Premiere but the ATI
card would blow it out. Haven't tried that yet.
I use Truespace also and the 3DR stuff is super. The MPEG player is fun too.
Wish I had a MARS card to compress my animations to MPEG now… Oh well.
Anyway, would I buy it again? Yes.
Bye!
Mark
Cool, thanks for the info. I heard you can add a video frame grabber to that
card as well as a lot of upgrades.
Timothy
>I heard you can add a video frame grabber to that card as well as a lot of
upgrades. <
From what I understand, only one thing can be added- ram daughterboard or
"extra feature" card. I'd check with Matrox on that before assuming it when
you buy one. 🙂 Just in case.
JNJ
Tim,
Just be sure and but the 4meg version to start with. Only it can be upgraded.
If you buty a 2meg version your stuck with it.
I can't see the purpose of the frame grabber card if your like me and have a
PAR board and a TBC/IV card for video capture. But the 4meg addon card!!!
Ahhh!!! Now that's something! 8megs on a low-buck card for 3DS MAX! Cool! Great
for a home machine to do modeling and test rendering while the monster system
is rendering at the office! I like it! I suspect the Millenium will become the
card of choice, at least for the near term, for MAX due to its cost. Not
everyone is going to chunk out $2000-$5000 for a video card set for MAX.
Also after further experimentation, the Millenium is really fast, and the
sample 3D program that comes with it, and has solid rendering preview, just
whets my appetite for MAX. Also the NT drivers do appear stable. We'll see…at
least its not dumping me out and forcing a reboot.
Later!
Mark
Mark,
From all the reviews I've read, graphic performance is good, but video
interpolation on this card stinks! It's one of the slowest rated video-wise.
May be partly due to WRAM rather than VRAM.
Also, the 3D exceleration isn't compatible with 3DS (according to Matrox).
What's your opinion?
Scott
Scott,
The color seems fine on Photoshop and Corel. The video is super! I don't know
what reviews you read but I'm very happy. Also it plays MPEG files! WOW!
I think the video question comes from the 16 bit buffer (65K colors). That mode
offers the highest video performance for the card.
Bottom line: would I buy it again? Definitely yes!
Mark
Mark,
>>I think the video question comes from the 16 bit buffer (65K colors). That
mode offers the highest video performance for the card.<<
Who cares about 65k? I need 24 bit video! I don't want to mess with palettes.
Still, I might order one & check it out!?!
Scott