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Matrox Matrox G-Series Video Card Rounup
Date Posted: Mar 21 2000
Author: Joe
Posting Type: Review
Category: Video Card Reviews
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Matrox G-Series Video Card Rounup By: Joe

RoundUp - Matrox G400 32mb MAX

This is the big dog of the G400 Series as of today, its blistering fast RAM DAC, Core speed, and Ram speed are nothing to laugh at. It also carries 32mb of 5ns 240Mhz Samsung SDRAM.

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.

Quick Overview

Core Chipset

MGA-G400 MAX

RAM DAC speed

360 Mhz

RAM/(upgrade to)

32

AGP/PCI

AGP

AGPx

AGP 2x , 4x*

Hardware DVD?

Built-in

TV Out?

Yes via Dual head wire

TV In?

No

DVE?

No

Upgrades:

Rainbow Runner GS kit, DVI

* Doesnt run at 4x, is just compatible with the 4x connector

Matrox Marvel G200TV

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