Which Matrix

[afrankart]

I am thinking about picking up a new toy. I have my eyes on a Trauma, NYX, or Ironman. I have to admit I don't know a whole lot about them. If anyone could help me shed some light on which has the best features, or how they are different, please help me make up my mind. Thanks.

[barberjohn]

well, if you like boxxy, the new ironmans are it. they are extremely aggresively milled, with just about everything not needed milled off, and also have eyes. the trauma is more centered around getting the most shots out of a fill, and has more internal modifications. i do not know alot about the nyx, but i can tell you that the 2k3 matrices are going for pretty cheap, and they come with the lcd and eyes, and the highest i have seen them is for like 950, just they dont have the fancy outer milled and good looks like the other matrices. hope this helped!

[Nick O time]

Well

imo they are all essentially the same thing basically with different milling and eyes i think, but i am not a big matrix guy so don't quote me on it, it's just what i have been told. i would also reccomend looking at the DM4 if it's in your price range, i just recieved one durring Christmas and it rips although there aren't many upgrades for it . the Truama matrix has some nice internals i have heard too. if i had to choose from those three though i would probably choose probably the Ironmen just because its the most milled out and stuff and looks pretty cool, also i am not all that big of a fan of that stupid skull on top of the NYX. that is just my opinion though.

[magman007]

well buddy, i had a trix, and i sold it when dye started running things. I dont like dye's business practices when it comes to the trix. they handed out cease and desist orders to a majority of the aftermarket manufacturers, including Peegee and Aardvark, 2 companies who made the trix what it is today.


this bothered me, for 2 reasons. first off, i dont agree with what they did and how they did it, and 2nd off, dye cant make a good inline regulator, so who is to say they can comptetently make a good matrix bolt without messing it up?

I heard problems with the dye matrix's, simple things, eyes being drilled wrong, the lpr and inline being crap, etc. This really bothered me. While i loved my trix, i wasnt about to stand by a company who was dragging it through the mud. Dye makes barrels, and should stick to it.

If you are going to get a trix, then i reccomend the NYX. It is the no hastle, no extra fancy crap, amazing gun. It comes with eyes, and is programmed to set its on pulse times, depending on the eyes, so that it fires its fastest.

Personally, i would stick with your viking, or look into a speed or an a4. I am happy as all hell with my speed, and wdp doesnt dick us around

[afrankart]

At this point, I am looking more towards a trauma. Does anyone have any efficiency numbers and does the board have any type of debounce settings? Also, have the eyes come out yet?

[magman007]

avoid the trauma... first off, trauma doesnt even endorse the gun any more... the eye still isnt out yet (after a year of a promised eye) and the ff bolt has been known to break. and you cannot get a gen e style eye installed, because they run the wires through the milled out air tube, so it wouldnt work

[Steelrat]

I second the part about the bolt on the trauma breaking. Had it happen to a guy I was playing with. Not cool.

On a side note, why the switch from the viking to the matrix? Do you prefer the feel of the matrix, or just looking to try something new?

[50 cal]

Bought my stepson one of the nickled Freeflow Matrix last year for Christmas. It is pretty nice. Never a bit of a problem with it. It came with a sidewinder reg that is the cat's meow.
If I didn' have an Emag already I would get one of the Freeflow Matrix's in a heartbeat.

[Blazingace]

Ironman. Hands down. Lighter. Same internals. LCD. Sexy milling. Shortened grip. What more could one want. The eye works great. The NYX is really nice too. It is using the regular eye, but it still has the Egi board with the debounce. The Toxic is another good one since it has a magnetic trigger.

[RT pRo AuToMaG]

Get the Freeflow Matrix (not a trauma matrix anymore, FF has a new milling design now). Free Upgrades and Warrenty for life, plus when the new boards come out for them, it will have ACE, optical trigger, and debounce settings if I remember correctly. The Ironman is nice but with FF's warrenty deal and the free upgrades, you can;t go wrong. You can also pick up used Trauma Matrices for 900-1100 depending on the setup. I'd stay away from the NYX, I've heard bad things about the eye. Another option is to pick up a Dye LCD Matrix for 950 (comes with eye, dye tampon LPR, and dye hyper reg or whatever its called) and slap on a Sidewinder reg, Mini Trinity and an Aardvark Slambolt. And if you get a matrix, don't worry about dye ordering everyone to stop making aftermarket bolt parts because Aardvark just came out with a new bolt for the matrix that they patented themselves, so if worse comes to worst, just pick up one of those.

[Micromag man!]

NYX... Ironman is ugly and has no debounce.. besides all that extra milling isnt THAT great. Makes it look ugly IMO. My NYX shoots AWESOME.. ive had a few people say its the best marker theyve ever shot, and thats coming from amatuer players. further more it was stock.. and the new NYX eyes arent gay anymore, they r external, not that gay junk coming out the front, uses REAL eyes now

[E==Mag MAN]

The FreeFlow matrixs come with the Gen E for now and teh freeflow bolts are 1 piece now so theres no chance they break. The Truama is the best eye and will come with the Gen E eye.

Peace
Thomas

[JT2002]

lmao forget em all. go get an empire timmy! you wont be dissapointed

[punkcmonkiez]

my vote is for the ironman.. i like the no nonsense milling and im not shure if these come with all trix's now but theyt also have the nice little cp regs

[maglover52]

here is how i see it. alot of people like both the ironman and the nyx. people say the nyx has the best eyes out of all the matrixes. but people say the ironman is the lightest due to heavy milling such as the dead air chamber being milled off. both are fast. both are great guns. if i where u i would research them both then pick which one sounds best for u. they both look awsome and perform awsome so it comes down to which is better for YOU.