Matrox M series graphics cards

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d_cole
Sep 14, 2008
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I am thinking about buying an M9125 card from the new range of Matrox M series cards. The details are here:

< http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/m_ series/m9125pciex16/>

I have tried without success to find a review of this series and of the card I am interested in particular. Nor can I find any mention of it or its performance in a user forum anywhere. My display is a NEC2690 (26") running at a resolution of 1920×1200. I don’t game and just want a new card for PS and Corel Painter work. I have CS3 and will probably move to CS4 idc. I also want a card that is passively cooled.

I’d be grateful if someone here would please look at this card and advise me whether this is a reasonable choice for Photoshop etc. It is expensive for what it is – especially as I don’t run multi-displays – but allowing for all that, will CS3 etc be happy with it, please?

Thanks

David
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JJ
Jay Jhabrix
Sep 14, 2008
Hi David…

Can’t really shed much light on the subject except to say that i used to swear by Matrox cards. They used to be great – and am sure they still are – for 2D.

The only reason i shifted from them was that i started dabbling in 3D and their performance there was pretty not ok.

But for 2D and multiple monitors am sure they still rock.

JJ
DB
Daniel_Buki
Sep 22, 2008
David

I’m thinking about the same card. I’m wondering if you’ve found any further information?

JJ: What card(s) do you prefer now?
DC
d_cole
Sep 22, 2008
Daniel
I bought an M9125. IQ is fine as expected and it works happily with CS3 and with my 26" NEC2690 display. I had some trouble loading a calibrated (Eye-One Display 2) profile after installing the Matrox driver, but eventually sorted it out. The software is rudimentary after Nvidia (eg you cannot get temp read outs) but functional. Would I recommend it? – IQ is ok but it’s expensive for what you get and given the basic accompanying software. But overall – no complaints and Matrox tech support were helpful.

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