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Reccomendations for Video Card
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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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 Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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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. 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 §§§ - Change planet to earth to reply by email - §§§ |
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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, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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