Subject: Re: matrox or diamond?
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Jasper Y. Wong <wongj@rpi.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/28/1997 09:28:07
> 
> > I've both Diamond Stealth 3240XL (2mb version of 3400) and a Matrox
> > Millenium (4mb).  I've to say the Matrox is much better than the
> > diamond.  The matrox may not be the fastest card but its driver
> > support is much stabler.
> 
> Oh.  I thought the Matrox driver was newer and less mature.  I haven't
> had any problems with my current Diamond card and XFree - not any that
> I know of.  X has crashed a few times (maybe once a month), but that's
> all.  Aren't the Matrox cards much more expensive than the 3400?
> 
>   -jm
> 
> 
> -- 

They're about the same price...there's one more thing, the Diamond
card can only go up to 4mb vs 8mb on the matrox.

Jasper

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