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To: Esteban who wrote (18412)	4/4/2001 7:23:56 PM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110635

Esteban ... one thing I really like about the Matrox dualie is the Adobe pdf manual you can get online ... it is GOOD ... the Millenium 450 is ok ... I was not blown away with the card nearly as much as the manual ... ATI has a dualie ... didn't know it at the time I got the Matrox ....so I don't know that it would be any better than the Matrox ....or worse, either .. just have to wait til I get one ... For some reason, strange, too ... as much as I tinker, and buy/trade/lose/burn parts ... I had never gotten a TV out card ... either I don't know how to correctly use one, or whatever ... but the tv out portion is next to worthless for me ... no way can I watch/use/or be happy with any of the TVs that I hooked up to my M450 ....and I tried a bunch ... resolution was horrible ... not fit to look at .... the dual head monitor part was fine ... I like it a LOT .. so I wasted the 20bucks or so extra that the tv out part cost .. the dual head rig was fine ... handled the two monitors with ease and sharp focus ... really nice ... What I was really wanting, and being ignorant at the time of purchase ... maybeeeee I know a tad bit more now ..... is I wanted a TV TUNER card ... not a tv out .... now when I get a tuner ... got one coming in that ATI Allinwonder Radeon 225buck jobbie I ordered ... I might decide I really didn't want that either .... looking back .... I can't BELIEVE I paid over 200bucks for a damn vid card .... sheeeeeeeesh ... can't believe it .... LOL I think what happened was I got spoiled by "borrowing" a quad head Appian .... now that is a NICE unit .... but .... it cost nearly 500bucks when I had my hands on it ... The price on the Matrox is ok ... and I'll be happy to have it laying around one of these days when I get a board that is running out of slots .... Matter of fact, I haven't even talked to anyone who has a dualie ATI .... and I know of no one who is unhappy with the M450 so don't let my ramblings discourage you from it ... time for me to go water the plants I moved out of the greenhouse today onto the back deck ... got sweaty this afternoon and it felt good .....gggggg Nemer