N2: Before I spend money on the "Reactor" thingy.... Question :)

Reactor Owners: I see some pretty staggering differences in the frame rates with the reactor card, enuff to make me seriously think about getting one. However I also have to use my machine to feed myself. I am a graphic artist by trade and run alot of WIN95 based programs such as: Fractal Design Painter, Adobe Photoshop, etc. Any known display problems before I spend my money? Thanks, Andy A ***Comm Motorsports Homepage -------------------------------- http://www.***comm.net/~tomcat

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>Reactor Owners: >I see some pretty staggering differences in the frame rates with the >reactor card, enuff to make me seriously think about getting one. >However I also have to use my machine to feed myself. I am a graphic >artist by trade and run alot of WIN95 based programs such as: >Fractal Design Painter, Adobe Photoshop, etc. >Any known display problems before I spend my money? >Thanks, >Andy A >***Comm Motorsports Homepage >-------------------------------- >http://www.***comm.net/~tomcat

I had a problem with the Reactor freezing Win95. It would happen in Powerpoint '95 when opening a new presentation and also in Wintune. I called Intergraph and they emailed me a new driver that fixed the problem. I think the Reactor is great and Intergraph support is top-notch. If I was using my home computer to do serious graphics work, however, I would keep another mainstream card such as a Millenium for backup in case I ran into problems. At $149, I basically regard my Reactor as a dedicated game card. I don't expect it to provide everything. I can always swap in the Matrox, but so far I haven't had to do it since I got the updated Reactor drivers. Bill

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>>Reactor Owners: >>I see some pretty staggering differences in the frame rates with the >>reactor card, enuff to make me seriously think about getting one. >>However I also have to use my machine to feed myself. I am a graphic >>artist by trade and run alot of WIN95 based programs such as: >>Fractal Design Painter, Adobe Photoshop, etc. >>Any known display problems before I spend my money?

I don't use either of those two packages, but I use the MS Office stuff a LOT, as well as a load of other stuff, including Corel Photopaint and Draw 6. No problems there. I didn't see the powerpoint problem reported either. So far, the Reactor has been rock-solid.

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>>Thanks, >>Andy A >>***Comm Motorsports Homepage >>-------------------------------- >>http://www.***comm.net/~tomcat >I had a problem with the Reactor freezing Win95. It would happen in >Powerpoint '95 when opening a new presentation and also in Wintune. >I called Intergraph and they emailed me a new driver that fixed the >problem. I think the Reactor is great and Intergraph support is >top-notch. If I was using my home computer to do serious graphics >work, however, I would keep another mainstream card such as a >Millenium for backup in case I ran into problems. >At $149, I basically regard my Reactor as a dedicated game card. I >don't expect it to provide everything. I can always swap in the >Matrox, but so far I haven't had to do it since I got the updated >Reactor drivers. >Bill