so the thing is that you are getting the machine from Matrox? and the bundle they offer comes with “intel inside”, have you asked them if they can do the card with an AMD? or alternatively try somewhere else maybe?…
Ive noticed with all the different PC based systems I’ve used that the Intel based machines tend to struggle a bit. I might be wrong but i would say an AMD based machine is the way to go as far as stabilty and speed etc etc… check it out….