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Matrox G550 vs Radeon 8500
Hi, I am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 on an older Dell P3 1000mgh
Pentium,I'm not into games ,so I am wondering if I would get better 2 D performance with the G550,I using a Samsung 930B flat panel with digital output,I am basically looking at better text performance.Thanks |
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On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:59:38 -0500, "Tony Pacc"
wrote: Hi, I am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 on an older Dell P3 1000mgh Pentium,I'm not into games ,so I am wondering if I would get better 2 D performance with the G550,I using a Samsung 930B flat panel with digital output,I am basically looking at better text performance.Thanks I would try the ATI since you already have it, and it has dvi support. I like Matrox for 2D, so I've only owned Matrox cards. You could probably get the 8500 on ebay for less than $40. |
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My question is would I see a significant improvement in text?
"jayson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:59:38 -0500, "Tony Pacc" wrote: Hi, I am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 on an older Dell P3 1000mgh Pentium,I'm not into games ,so I am wondering if I would get better 2 D performance with the G550,I using a Samsung 930B flat panel with digital output,I am basically looking at better text performance.Thanks I would try the ATI since you already have it, and it has dvi support. I like Matrox for 2D, so I've only owned Matrox cards. You could probably get the 8500 on ebay for less than $40. |
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Tony Pacc wrote:
My question is would I see a significant improvement in text? "jayson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:59:38 -0500, "Tony Pacc" wrote: Hi, I am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 on an older Dell P3 1000mgh Pentium,I'm not into games ,so I am wondering if I would get better 2 D performance with the G550,I using a Samsung 930B flat panel with digital output,I am basically looking at better text performance.Thanks I would try the ATI since you already have it, and it has dvi support. I like Matrox for 2D, so I've only owned Matrox cards. You could probably get the 8500 on ebay for less than $40. In a word ... yes. Matrox is the notorious "leader" in 2d rendering/display ... while ATI concerns itself primarily, with 3d performance. -- Convert & Proud Adopter of ... Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 & my new favorite Browser ... FireFox 1.0 get on board at http://www.mozilla.org// |
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iamnotme wrote:
Tony Pacc wrote: My question is would I see a significant improvement in text? "jayson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:59:38 -0500, "Tony Pacc" wrote: Hi, I am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 on an older Dell P3 1000mgh Pentium,I'm not into games ,so I am wondering if I would get better 2 D performance with the G550,I using a Samsung 930B flat panel with digital output,I am basically looking at better text performance.Thanks I would try the ATI since you already have it, and it has dvi support. I like Matrox for 2D, so I've only owned Matrox cards. You could probably get the 8500 on ebay for less than $40. In a word ... yes. Matrox is the notorious "leader" in 2d rendering/display ... while ATI concerns itself primarily, with 3d performance. If he sees a _significant_ improvement in text by going from a Radeon 8500 to a G550 then his radeon was broken. There may be some slight difference that an expert on text rendering might be able to detect with a magnifier or instruments, but there is none perceptible to the average user. The notion that there is some huge difference in text quality between Matrox and other boards is pure hyperbole. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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I've used a Matrox G400 and an ATI 9100 (really a renamed 8500).
The ATI 8500 will give about 90% as good 2D as the Matrox G400/G550. So it's not worth spending the money. As a matter of fact, the 8500 architecture is newer then the G400/G450/G550. So driver support and 3D will be better (not trying to knock Matrox). If you really wanted the best 2D you would need to get a Matrix Parhelia "iamnotme" wrote in message news:k2%oe.1588936$6l.951285@pd7tw2no... Tony Pacc wrote: My question is would I see a significant improvement in text? "jayson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:59:38 -0500, "Tony Pacc" wrote: Hi, I am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 on an older Dell P3 1000mgh Pentium,I'm not into games ,so I am wondering if I would get better 2 D performance with the G550,I using a Samsung 930B flat panel with digital output,I am basically looking at better text performance.Thanks I would try the ATI since you already have it, and it has dvi support. I like Matrox for 2D, so I've only owned Matrox cards. You could probably get the 8500 on ebay for less than $40. In a word ... yes. Matrox is the notorious "leader" in 2d rendering/display ... while ATI concerns itself primarily, with 3d performance. -- Convert & Proud Adopter of ... Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 & my new favorite Browser ... FireFox 1.0 get on board at http://www.mozilla.org// |
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No much improvement
"Tony Pacc" wrote in message ... My question is would I see a significant improvement in text? "jayson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:59:38 -0500, "Tony Pacc" wrote: Hi, I am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 on an older Dell P3 1000mgh Pentium,I'm not into games ,so I am wondering if I would get better 2 D performance with the G550,I using a Samsung 930B flat panel with digital output,I am basically looking at better text performance.Thanks I would try the ATI since you already have it, and it has dvi support. I like Matrox for 2D, so I've only owned Matrox cards. You could probably get the 8500 on ebay for less than $40. |
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Matrox has usually had better 2D then other cards.
ATI was second, Nvidia was third. But the "others" have gotten better. "J. Clarke" wrote in message ... iamnotme wrote: Tony Pacc wrote: My question is would I see a significant improvement in text? "jayson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:59:38 -0500, "Tony Pacc" wrote: Hi, I am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 on an older Dell P3 1000mgh Pentium,I'm not into games ,so I am wondering if I would get better 2 D performance with the G550,I using a Samsung 930B flat panel with digital output,I am basically looking at better text performance.Thanks I would try the ATI since you already have it, and it has dvi support. I like Matrox for 2D, so I've only owned Matrox cards. You could probably get the 8500 on ebay for less than $40. In a word ... yes. Matrox is the notorious "leader" in 2d rendering/display ... while ATI concerns itself primarily, with 3d performance. If he sees a _significant_ improvement in text by going from a Radeon 8500 to a G550 then his radeon was broken. There may be some slight difference that an expert on text rendering might be able to detect with a magnifier or instruments, but there is none perceptible to the average user. The notion that there is some huge difference in text quality between Matrox and other boards is pure hyperbole. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:46:33 +0200, "
wrote: "Tony Pacc" wrote: My question is would I see a significant improvement in text? No, I use Matrox G400MAX, G550, P650 and Radeon 7500, 8500, 9600 and on the same monitor these is IMHO no discernable difference in text or colour quality. Best regards Andy If you are seeking after a maximum text quality, go LCD and DVI. At native resolution, a dot above "i" is one pixel. No less, no more, no in-between and completely flicker-free. Edi Zubovic, Crikvenica, Croatia |
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george1234 wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 17:41:05 +0200, Edi Zubovic edi.zubovic[rem wrote: If you are seeking after a maximum text quality, go LCD and DVI. At native resolution, a dot above "i" is one pixel. No less, no more, no in-between and completely flicker-free. that is not my experience. i did this with a syntax olevia 30" LCD and and ATI dvi output. Text looked awful I much prefer a CRT So lets see, you tried to display text on a crap TV and it looked bad and so LCDs with DVI are necessarily inferior to CRTs? I bet you weren't running it at its native resolution either. Now try a real monitor. --G -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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