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Old May 16th 05, 01:08 PM
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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??


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Old May 16th 05, 01:51 PM
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On Mon, 16 May 2005 09:08:34 -0300, "news_reader"
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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/m...son_charts.cfm

Regards,



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Old May 16th 05, 04:59 PM
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On Mon, 16 May 2005 13:51:52 +0100, Stephen Howard
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| On Mon, 16 May 2005 09:08:34 -0300, "news_reader"
| 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/m...son_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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Old May 17th 05, 11:05 AM
Stephen Howard
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On Mon, 16 May 2005 15:59:33 GMT, Larc
wrote:

On Mon, 16 May 2005 13:51:52 +0100, Stephen Howard
wrote:

| On Mon, 16 May 2005 09:08:34 -0300, "news_reader"
| 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/m...son_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.


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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www.shwoodwind.co.uk
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Old June 22nd 05, 02:06 PM
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