On 10/30/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "mike wilson" > > Subject: Re: OT - Dual DVI Video Cards > > > > > > > >>> Matrox, Gigabyte, ASUS, ATI and NVidia (PNY Technologies) are all good > >>> brand > >>> names. > >>> The graphics industry is pretty hot on Matrox, Noritsu uses Matrox cards > >>> in > >>> their photo labs. > >>> The Parhelia card that I just bought supports 4 monitors through dual DVI > >>> at > >>> an embarrassingly high resolution and pixel count. > >> All the ones I've seen that are that advanced sound about as loud as an > >> F16 with the afterburner on. Yours? > > > > The new system is surprisingly quiet. The power supply has 2x80mm fans, the > > case has 2x120mm fans, plus the fans on the processor and video card. > > This sounds like a lot, but it is much quieter than my old system. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > The loud cards tend to be gaming specific, they generate all that heat > when being pushed in 3D mode. The Matrox cards have pathetic 3D > performance in comparison, but you don't need that for PS work.
I can attest to the poor 3D performance of some Matrox cards. My work machine has a Matrox graphics card, and on large 3D models it sucks hind t.t compared to my home computer with it's Nvidia gaming card. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
