PC video cards ?

Philip Peake said:

I know this iis a bit off the topic of Nikon SLRs, but it does have
something to do with the processing of the images.

I have a 2 year old Voodoo3 video card, which is now obsolete and
the company that manufactured it is out of business (aquired by
NVidea).

I wanted to replace it with a current card, and hopefully get a bit
better graphics performance at the same time (as well as processing
my D1X NEF images, I alsol use the machine for video (DV) editing).

I just bought a Matrox G550 video card, and installed it today. I
was non too pleased to find that after profiling the monitor, I
couldn't assign the .icc profile. in fact, I couldn't assign ANY
profile. A quick look at the Matrox support site showed that others
had the same problem. the reply from Matrox was that icc profiles
are only for high-end printers, and anyway, thats a Microsoft
thing, so go talk to them.

Hmmm ... well, the driver has to use the profile to set up its LUT
... so its not just a Microsoft thing ...

Anyway, I will call their tech support (no 800, number, long
distance to Canada only, and no e-mail support, just a support
bulletin board) on Monday, but I am 99% certain that this card will
be going back for a refund.

I tried to look up reviews of PC video cards, but all you can find
are reviews of how wonderful a particular card is with some game.
Next to useless if you don't want to play games ...

So, does anyone have any reccommendations for PC video cards for
use with Windows 2000 ?

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complex said:

I know a lot of graphics people are looking forward to the Matrox
Parhelia 512 which should be out very soon. I've only read a little
about it, though. I'm going to be getting a Gainward GeForce4
myself, because I do play some games, and it's just an all-around
good video card. It has TV-in and -out, and comes with a four-port
FireWire PCI card. Of course, it also has some pretty amazing 3D
processing. Last I checked, it was $334 - check
http://pricewatch.com/

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Philip Peake said:

I know this iis a bit off the topic of Nikon SLRs, but it does have
something to do with the processing of the images.

I have a 2 year old Voodoo3 video card, which is now obsolete and
the company that manufactured it is out of business (aquired by
NVidea).

I wanted to replace it with a current card, and hopefully get a bit
better graphics performance at the same time (as well as processing
my D1X NEF images, I alsol use the machine for video (DV) editing).

I just bought a Matrox G550 video card, and installed it today. I
was non too pleased to find that after profiling the monitor, I
couldn't assign the .icc profile. in fact, I couldn't assign ANY
profile. A quick look at the Matrox support site showed that others
had the same problem. the reply from Matrox was that icc profiles
are only for high-end printers, and anyway, thats a Microsoft
thing, so go talk to them.

Hmmm ... well, the driver has to use the profile to set up its LUT
... so its not just a Microsoft thing ...

Anyway, I will call their tech support (no 800, number, long
distance to Canada only, and no e-mail support, just a support
bulletin board) on Monday, but I am 99% certain that this card will
be going back for a refund.

I tried to look up reviews of PC video cards, but all you can find
are reviews of how wonderful a particular card is with some game.
Next to useless if you don't want to play games ...

So, does anyone have any reccommendations for PC video cards for
use with Windows 2000 ?

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Ron Hildebrand said:

Boy, I'm really surprised at this.

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Ron Hildebrand said:

But you really can't beat the Matrox cards for 2D quality. Sharp,
and clear across the entire screen.

The G450 does work with profiling, and I think may be a bit cheaper
than the 550, so try that one. (I have a G400 32 max in one
computer, and a G450 in my newest, Win2k machine. Both cards are
quite calibrate-able!)

Ron

Philip Peake said:

I know this iis a bit off the topic of Nikon SLRs, but it does have
something to do with the processing of the images.

I have a 2 year old Voodoo3 video card, which is now obsolete and
the company that manufactured it is out of business (aquired by
NVidea).

I wanted to replace it with a current card, and hopefully get a bit
better graphics performance at the same time (as well as processing
my D1X NEF images, I alsol use the machine for video (DV) editing).

I just bought a Matrox G550 video card, and installed it today. I
was non too pleased to find that after profiling the monitor, I
couldn't assign the .icc profile. in fact, I couldn't assign ANY
profile. A quick look at the Matrox support site showed that others
had the same problem. the reply from Matrox was that icc profiles
are only for high-end printers, and anyway, thats a Microsoft
thing, so go talk to them.

Hmmm ... well, the driver has to use the profile to set up its LUT
... so its not just a Microsoft thing ...

Anyway, I will call their tech support (no 800, number, long
distance to Canada only, and no e-mail support, just a support
bulletin board) on Monday, but I am 99% certain that this card will
be going back for a refund.

I tried to look up reviews of PC video cards, but all you can find
are reviews of how wonderful a particular card is with some game.
Next to useless if you don't want to play games ...

So, does anyone have any reccommendations for PC video cards for
use with Windows 2000 ?

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Philip Peake said:

Ron Hildebrand said:

Boy, I'm really surprised at this.

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So was I. The only profiling support is a toy which looks a lot
like the Adobe tool with RGB sliders and a tiny graph to adjust
transfer characteristics. It saves the results in the same
directory used by ICC profiles, but with their own extension.

I thought that Matrox would be the way to go. Oh well, I'm busy
packing it up to ship back now that i have the RMA number.

Philip Peake said:

But you really can't beat the Matrox cards for 2D quality. Sharp,
and clear across the entire screen.

The G450 does work with profiling, and I think may be a bit cheaper
than the 550, so try that one. (I have a G400 32 max in one
computer, and a G450 in my newest, Win2k machine. Both cards are
quite calibrate-able!)

Ron

Philip Peake said:

I know this iis a bit off the topic of Nikon SLRs, but it does have
something to do with the processing of the images.

I have a 2 year old Voodoo3 video card, which is now obsolete and
the company that manufactured it is out of business (aquired by
NVidea).

I wanted to replace it with a current card, and hopefully get a bit
better graphics performance at the same time (as well as processing
my D1X NEF images, I alsol use the machine for video (DV) editing).

I just bought a Matrox G550 video card, and installed it today. I
was non too pleased to find that after profiling the monitor, I
couldn't assign the .icc profile. in fact, I couldn't assign ANY
profile. A quick look at the Matrox support site showed that others
had the same problem. the reply from Matrox was that icc profiles
are only for high-end printers, and anyway, thats a Microsoft
thing, so go talk to them.

Hmmm ... well, the driver has to use the profile to set up its LUT
... so its not just a Microsoft thing ...

Anyway, I will call their tech support (no 800, number, long
distance to Canada only, and no e-mail support, just a support
bulletin board) on Monday, but I am 99% certain that this card will
be going back for a refund.

I tried to look up reviews of PC video cards, but all you can find
are reviews of how wonderful a particular card is with some game.
Next to useless if you don't want to play games ...

So, does anyone have any reccommendations for PC video cards for
use with Windows 2000 ?

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ducoar said:

Phill,

I've been using the G550 for quite some time under windows 2000,
using a cusomt icc profile.

Under display properties -> settings -> Advaced -> Color
Management. Form there you add and set a profile as default.

Never had a problem with this, not sure why yours is different.

The only complaint I have is that on a Dual Monitor/G550 setup the
profile only works for your main display.

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ducoar said:

Hope this helps.

Philip Peake said:

Ron Hildebrand said:

Boy, I'm really surprised at this.

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So was I. The only profiling support is a toy which looks a lot
like the Adobe tool with RGB sliders and a tiny graph to adjust
transfer characteristics. It saves the results in the same
directory used by ICC profiles, but with their own extension.

I thought that Matrox would be the way to go. Oh well, I'm busy
packing it up to ship back now that i have the RMA number.

ducoar said:

But you really can't beat the Matrox cards for 2D quality. Sharp,
and clear across the entire screen.

The G450 does work with profiling, and I think may be a bit cheaper
than the 550, so try that one. (I have a G400 32 max in one
computer, and a G450 in my newest, Win2k machine. Both cards are
quite calibrate-able!)

Ron

Philip Peake said:

I know this iis a bit off the topic of Nikon SLRs, but it does have
something to do with the processing of the images.

I have a 2 year old Voodoo3 video card, which is now obsolete and
the company that manufactured it is out of business (aquired by
NVidea).

I wanted to replace it with a current card, and hopefully get a bit
better graphics performance at the same time (as well as processing
my D1X NEF images, I alsol use the machine for video (DV) editing).

I just bought a Matrox G550 video card, and installed it today. I
was non too pleased to find that after profiling the monitor, I
couldn't assign the .icc profile. in fact, I couldn't assign ANY
profile. A quick look at the Matrox support site showed that others
had the same problem. the reply from Matrox was that icc profiles
are only for high-end printers, and anyway, thats a Microsoft
thing, so go talk to them.

Hmmm ... well, the driver has to use the profile to set up its LUT
... so its not just a Microsoft thing ...

Anyway, I will call their tech support (no 800, number, long
distance to Canada only, and no e-mail support, just a support
bulletin board) on Monday, but I am 99% certain that this card will
be going back for a refund.

I tried to look up reviews of PC video cards, but all you can find
are reviews of how wonderful a particular card is with some game.
Next to useless if you don't want to play games ...

So, does anyone have any reccommendations for PC video cards for
use with Windows 2000 ?

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Thanks
Armand
http://www.nikond1.net
http://www.nikond1.net

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Philip Peake said:

I know this iis a bit off the topic of Nikon SLRs, but it does have
something to do with the processing of the images.

I have a 2 year old Voodoo3 video card, which is now obsolete and
the company that manufactured it is out of business (aquired by
NVidea).

I wanted to replace it with a current card, and hopefully get a bit
better graphics performance at the same time (as well as processing
my D1X NEF images, I alsol use the machine for video (DV) editing).

I just bought a Matrox G550 video card, and installed it today. I
was non too pleased to find that after profiling the monitor, I
couldn't assign the .icc profile. in fact, I couldn't assign ANY
profile. A quick look at the Matrox support site showed that others
had the same problem. the reply from Matrox was that icc profiles
are only for high-end printers, and anyway, thats a Microsoft
thing, so go talk to them.

Hmmm ... well, the driver has to use the profile to set up its LUT
... so its not just a Microsoft thing ...

Anyway, I will call their tech support (no 800, number, long
distance to Canada only, and no e-mail support, just a support
bulletin board) on Monday, but I am 99% certain that this card will
be going back for a refund.

I tried to look up reviews of PC video cards, but all you can find
are reviews of how wonderful a particular card is with some game.
Next to useless if you don't want to play games ...

So, does anyone have any reccommendations for PC video cards for
use with Windows 2000 ?

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