which is better g450 or g400?

[birdy]

is this a stupid quetion?

I thinking about getting a ne wcard for the second pc, i need something with very classy 2d, hence the matrox. I can get a g450 or a g400max. the max is 30quid more expensive so which should i go for?

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1st system

Coppermine 650E @ 946mhz (145mhz FSB). Globalwin VOS32 HSF, Abit Bf6. 256mb Winbond pc133, USR Message Modem external, SB Live!, Maxtor Diamond Max 30GB!!@ 7200rpm, Quantum 850mb HDD, Promise UDMA66, G400 @ max settings, Hauppage WinTV GO!,generic 50*CD ROM, generic 24*CD ROM, 3Com 10/100 PCI NIC. Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer USB. Win98/w2k Dual boot. All wrapped up in Songcheer Super wide with loads of fans and 2 PSUs. Belinea 10 30 40 17" monitor, FPS100 sound system, Cyborg 2000 joystick, generic keyboard.


Crossover cable

2nd system

Pentium III 700 @ 933mhz, Taisol HSF,Abit BX133RAID @133mhz, 256mb pc133, 30GB IBM Telesto HDD, Adaptec 2940 SCSI card, Plextor 40 speed SCSI CD, Yamaha 8x4x24 SCSI CDRW, All In Wonder pro 32MB, SBLIVE, 3Com 10/100 PCI NIC, 17in Belinea 10-30-40 Monitor, epson 460 stylus printer, genius vivid pro 2 scanner. Generic keyboard, 3d program pad, Genius netmouse pro, Songcheer Desktop ATX Case ATX,3 00Watt PSU (original went bang)

[Pace]

What kind of stuff will you be doing on this other PC? I think the Max will only be worth it for games.

Paul.

[SteveC]

G450 has a touch better image quality. Max is a bit quicker for games. Other than that, they're very similar.

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[Venturer]

The image quality of the G450 and G400 series is the same because they are based on the same core architecture (For core architecture i mean the "chip scheme", not the building architecture that for G450 is 0.18um and for G400 0.25)!
However G450 cards are slower than normal G400 because they have 64bit DDR bus instead of 128 one!
Take a G400 D.H or a G400MAX

[This message has been edited by Venturer (edited 28 November 2000).]

[Novdid]

If you´re ever going to consider playing games so go with the MAX.

[SteveC]

Venturer:

The image quality of the G450 and G400 series is the same

My G450 is a 'bit' clearer and more vibrant than my G400 (OC'ed to MAX).

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[Greebe]

I'll second SteveC on that. I run my Cornerstone 21" @ 1600x1200 32bit 24/7 with both cards connected and can see a small improvement with the G450 over the G400 (Max).

Venturer, it's 64 bit DDR vs 128 bit SDR = virtualy the same proformance with the 128 bit being slightly faster

Birdy, if your leaning toward gaming, what monitor do you plan to use... if 17", another OC'd G400 vanilla might best suit you.

[Greebe]

Of course I missed the most important... wait a tad longer and you won't have any question as to what your next choice will be (hint hint

[birdy]

right, so the impression i am getting here is that the g400 would be generally better if i plan on any gaming but for 2d there really is no difference.

Cheers guys