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 Matrox G-Series Video Card Rounup
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Date Posted: Mar 21 2000
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Author: Joe
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Posting Type: Review
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Category: Video Card Reviews
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Page: 3 of 14
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Matrox G-Series Video Card Rounup By: Joe
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RoundUp - Matrox G400 16mb
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In learning how to use my new digital cam I lost allot of images, I lost all mine from the G40032mb and 16mb :(
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Here we start out at the lowest end of the high end Matrox G400 Series. The G400 chip was an evolution of the G200 core. It implemented
a MUCH better (4x+ better) 3D rendering core, and pioneered a few new technologies.
The G400 chip runs a Dual 256Bit Bus, allowing it to use another brilliant feature - Dual Head.
This will allow you to use one G400 Dual Head card for 2 monitors with no performance hit to the card.
Another new feature released in this chip set was EMBM (Environment Mapped Bump Mapping). This allows for extremely life like games and 3D
renderings.
Even with the new much faster core, it is still not quite up to speed for 3D performance as many of the current cards are.
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Quick Overview
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Core Chipset
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MGA-G400
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RAM DAC speed
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300 Mhz
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RAM/(upgrade to)
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16
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AGP/PCI
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AGP
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AGPx
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AGP 2x , 4x*
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Hardware DVD?
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Built-in
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TV Out?
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Yes via Dual head wire
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TV In?
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No
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DVE?
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No
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Upgrades:
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Rainbow Runner GS kit, DVI
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* Doesnt run at 4x, is just compatible with the 4x connector
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Hell NO!
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Worst Poll Ever.
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