Matrox G400MAX, good enough?

Boogiepop · January 17th, 2002

thinking of using the card for TV-out to TV (where else), mostly for dvd/divx movies and most probably playing EPSXE on it, would it be sufficient?

Hope current users or those who had used the card b4 for epsxe gaming would comment on the speed and image quality of the card. can i play games using NICE settings using these card?

thks in advance!!

Amberion · January 17th, 2002

Don't take this the wrong way, but matrox has a ****ty reputation in terms of 3d acceleration. Good business cards, good all around stuff, but 3d acceleration? Nahhh... Take my advice. If you want TV-out, get the Geforce with that daughter card thingy. I think that's TV out... I could be wrong.

Amberion

Zell · January 17th, 2002

Yes you can !! Use Petes D3D X6 !! In fact the test made by the authors of epsxe is on a Matrox G200 !

Boogiepop · January 18th, 2002

erm, does that mean i could get great graphics and nice speeds from the card? so far the reviews i see put it around the speed of a tnt2 card, tat correct?

oh, and btw, when filtering is enabled, the whole screen could be seen to be divided into squares, is tat a problem of the card or the filtering itself?

Boogiepop · January 18th, 2002

and would epsxe support environment bump-mapping?

Ranma Kawaii · January 18th, 2002

Man... Don't take this 3D Cards thing too hard... I had a nice playing with an "Intel Natural Graphics Controler" of 8 MB, it played everything smoothly with Pete's D3D DX6 ( Only on a very few games I need to use Kazz Soft ), finished FF9 with it...

The cofig. was like this:

Plugin: Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.1.56
GFX card: Intel(r) 82810E Graphics Controller 4.12.01.2604

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Resolution
- 640x480 Window mode ( I like windows )

Textures:
- R5G5B5A1
- Filtering: 3
- Caching: 2

Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 60 ( 50 for PAL stuff )

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: hardware

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: on
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: on [00000200] ( I was playing FF9 when I copied this Configs. )

Well, good luck.

**Demigod** · January 18th, 2002

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Originally posted by Boogiepop
erm, does that mean i could get great graphics and nice speeds from the card? so far the reviews i see put it around the speed of a tnt2 card, tat correct?

oh, and btw, when filtering is enabled, the whole screen could be seen to be divided into squares, is tat a problem of the card or the filtering itself?

It's a result of the filtering. The 2D backgrounds are composed of tiles which are filtered individually, resulting in a tiling effect. Enable filtering option 6 in Pete's GPU plug-in or take off 2D filtering.

Your card should be sufficient to play epsxe at a decent rate. I believe the Matrox G400 performs similar to a TNT2 Utlra.

Epsxe does not use environmental bump-mapping. It doesn't use any sort of bump-mapping technique at all.

January 17th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Boogiepop Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 12	Matrox G400MAX, good enough? thinking of using the card for TV-out to TV (where else), mostly for dvd/divx movies and most probably playing EPSXE on it, would it be sufficient? Hope current users or those who had used the card b4 for epsxe gaming would comment on the speed and image quality of the card. can i play games using NICE settings using these card? thks in advance!!

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Amberion +5 Holy Avenger P90 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: St. John's, NFLD, Canada Posts: 128	Don't take this the wrong way, but matrox has a ****ty reputation in terms of 3d acceleration. Good business cards, good all around stuff, but 3d acceleration? Nahhh... Take my advice. If you want TV-out, get the Geforce with that daughter card thingy. I think that's TV out... I could be wrong. Amberion __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Asus M2N-MX SE rev. 2.01G 2GB PC6400 DDR2 SDRAM Geforce 8600GT 256MB 19" Widescreen LCD@1440x900 Sound Blaster Audigy LS LG DVDRAM DVD writer. Logitech Wingman Rumble Pad Running Windows XP Home

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Zell The Sword Saint Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Death Zone Posts: 1,750	Yes you can !! Use Petes D3D X6 !! In fact the test made by the authors of epsxe is on a Matrox G200 ! __________________ Kuzuryusen ! God-like speed to attack all nine vital points in one stroke. Impossible to dodge and defend ! How want's to stop me E-Mail

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January 18th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Boogiepop Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 12	erm, does that mean i could get great graphics and nice speeds from the card? so far the reviews i see put it around the speed of a tnt2 card, tat correct? oh, and btw, when filtering is enabled, the whole screen could be seen to be divided into squares, is tat a problem of the card or the filtering itself?

January 18th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Boogiepop Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 12	and would epsxe support environment bump-mapping?

January 18th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Ranma Kawaii Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 84	Man... Don't take this 3D Cards thing too hard... I had a nice playing with an "Intel Natural Graphics Controler" of 8 MB, it played everything smoothly with Pete's D3D DX6 ( Only on a very few games I need to use Kazz Soft ), finished FF9 with it... The cofig. was like this: Plugin: Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.1.56 GFX card: Intel(r) 82810E Graphics Controller 4.12.01.2604 Resolution/Color: - 800x600 Resolution - 640x480 Window mode ( I like windows ) Textures: - R5G5B5A1 - Filtering: 3 - Caching: 2 Framerate: - FPS limit: on - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: 60 ( 50 for PAL stuff ) Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 2 - Framebuffer texture: 2 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: off - Advanced blending: hardware Misc: - Scanlines: off [0] - Unfiltered FB: on - Dithering: on - Full vram: off - Game fixes: on [00000200] ( I was playing FF9 when I copied this Configs. ) Well, good luck.