Reccomendations for Video Card

"news_reader" <news_reader.RemoveThis@rogers.com> wrote:

 >I am new to the Matrox video cards, have been looking at the G450 and G550.
 >For a single CRT monitor, which would serve me fine??
 >

Sadly as a user of Matrox Cards since the original Millenium I would
suggest an ATI card if all you want is a single Monitor.

Any of the low end ATI Radeon Cards will give you an adequate output and
cost very little. All the drivers seem to be much more stable these days.

I still use Matrox on my Work Computers (G400MAX and P650) as for dual
screen work they are great, for my Home PCs and the Childrens PCs a mix of
ATI and Nvidia all seem to work just fine and you can play games on them as
well.

Matrox seem to have rested on their Laurels from the days of the G400MAX
when they were top of the heap. Unfortunately ATI and Nvidia have left them
behind in all areas including dual screens. (Bit Like Number 9 who were one
of the best in the 80s but have been long gone)

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On Mon, 16 May 2005 13:51:52 +0100, Stephen Howard
<seesigfor DeleteThis @email.uk> wrote:

| On Mon, 16 May 2005 09:08:34 -0300, "news_reader"
| <news_reader DeleteThis @rogers.com> wrote:
|
| >I am new to the Matrox video cards, have been looking at the G450 and G550.
| >For a single CRT monitor, which would serve me fine??
| >
| Depends what you planned to do.
| I use a 450 for 'office' work, running two monitors with a cloned
| display. It works just fine ( with some limitation as to the secondary
| refresh rate ).
|
| If you look on the Matrox site there's a handy comparision chart of
| the various cards.
|
| http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mms/comparison_charts.cfm

Those comparisons are for the MMS series. I somehow doubt the OP had
in mind shelling out $600 or $700 for a specialized multi-monitor
video card.

If there's no thought of future digital output for an LCD monitor, the
standard G450 should be fine. The G550 does have added digital
support for an LCD monitor through inclusion of a DVI connector. On a
CRT monitor, I doubt there would be any noticeable difference in what
would be seen from either a 450 or a 550. I have a 450 in my second
system that I moved from my main system when I bought a P650.
Frankly, output from the 650 looks the same to me as it did with the
450.

Perhaps Matrox will support the 550 for a bit longer than it does the
standard 450, but who knows? They are still supporting G400s and
G200s.

I notice the 550 is only $8 more than the 450 (including shipping) at
Newegg. Both are OEM versions.

Larc



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On Mon, 16 May 2005 15:59:33 GMT, Larc <larc-news RemoveThis @jupiterlink.net>
wrote:

 >On Mon, 16 May 2005 13:51:52 +0100, Stephen Howard
 ><seesigfor RemoveThis @email.uk> wrote:
 >
 >| On Mon, 16 May 2005 09:08:34 -0300, "news_reader"
 >| <news_reader RemoveThis @rogers.com> wrote:
 >|
 >| >I am new to the Matrox video cards, have been looking at the G450 and G550.
 >| >For a single CRT monitor, which would serve me fine??
 >| >
 >| Depends what you planned to do.
 >| I use a 450 for 'office' work, running two monitors with a cloned
 >| display. It works just fine ( with some limitation as to the secondary
 >| refresh rate ).
 >|
 >| If you look on the Matrox site there's a handy comparision chart of
 >| the various cards.
 >|
<font color=purple> >| <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mms/comparison_charts.cfm</font" target="_blank">http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mms/comparison_charts.cfm</font</a>>
 >
 >Those comparisons are for the MMS series. I somehow doubt the OP had
 >in mind shelling out $600 or $700 for a specialized multi-monitor
 >video card.

Oops, my mistake....if the OP follows the links they'll wind up at the
chart for the standard cards.
 >
 >If there's no thought of future digital output for an LCD monitor, the
 >standard G450 should be fine. The G550 does have added digital
 >support for an LCD monitor through inclusion of a DVI connector. On a
 >CRT monitor, I doubt there would be any noticeable difference in what
 >would be seen from either a 450 or a 550. I have a 450 in my second
 >system that I moved from my main system when I bought a P650.
 >Frankly, output from the 650 looks the same to me as it did with the
 >450.
 >
 >Perhaps Matrox will support the 550 for a bit longer than it does the
 >standard 450, but who knows? They are still supporting G400s and
 >G200s.
 >
 >I notice the 550 is only $8 more than the 450 (including shipping) at
 >Newegg. Both are OEM versions.

Being somewhat 'old', these cards are widely available off
ebay...think I paid about £20 for my 450 a few years ago.

Regards,



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