G400 OEM v. Retail specs - need quick answer please

[Fat Tone]

Can anyone please tell me the difference between the OEM and retail versions of the G400 32MB DH?

Sorry to be pushy but I need a quick answer whilst a stockist has a few of the OEMs available. If the only difference is the s/w then I'll go for it.

Thanks in Advance

Tony.

[SteveC]

It should be just the box, and maybe the software. Check you get the TV Out cable too though.

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Cheers,
Steve

My PC houses one of these things which seems to affect some people's lives far too much...

[Maggi]

OEMs won't be upgradeable with the RR-G, I think ...

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Cheerio,
Maggi

Asus P2B-S @ 112MHz FSB - Bios 1010 final
Celeron300A @ 504Mhz
128MB 7ns SDRAM
G400 DualHead 32MB SGRAM @ 201 MHz memory clock

[Chris H]

OEM dual-head cards ARE upgradeable with RRG. They are exactly the same as the retail pack version except no box or games. You get the card, the tv-out cable and the driver/DVD player cd-rom.

[Maggi]

And do they have that connector for the RR-G ???

If I remember correctly, exactly that was the difference ... or was it just for the SH OEMs ?

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Cheerio,
Maggi

Asus P2B-S @ 112MHz FSB - Bios 1010 final
Celeron300A @ 504Mhz
128MB 7ns SDRAM
G400 DualHead 32MB SGRAM @ 201 MHz memory clock

[SteveC]

I *think* that was just SH ones...

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Cheers,
Steve

My PC houses one of these things which seems to affect some people's lives far too much...

[Maggi]

Any MATROX people out there to confirm or deny ???

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Cheerio,
Maggi

Asus P2B-S @ 112MHz FSB - Bios 1010 final
Celeron300A @ 504Mhz
128MB 7ns SDRAM
G400 DualHead 32MB SGRAM @ 201 MHz memory clock

[Fat Tone]

Thanks for the replies guys...it looks like it comes down to "do I care about Expendable?"

Cheers

Tony.

[DarkSyd]

*somewhere* (total brain lock...) I read that there would be a Dual Head add on card available for Single head users. If I can figure out where I saw that..I'll let you know. I even had a price (~$50 Canadian) from somehwere..but I don't see it on my price list anymore. Nuts

[Slartibartfast]

If you REALLY want Expensive-able, you can have mine...

- Slarty

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[rickn]

all dualhead cards are RRG compatible. It is the singlehead cards that are not. And yes, the OEM DH cards do have the connector. I remember Haig confirned it on the Matrox users group

[Fat Tone]

I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth. If you are serious, I'll email you my address!

Cheers, Tony.

[Fat Tone]

They had 8 in stock, and I missed them!

Oh well, another few days of fretting...

[Fat Tone]

It's all over - Simply had some of the regular G400 32Mb DH retail for only £6 more than the OEMs that DABs had earlier in the day. Thanks for the help.

Anyone want to buy my G200 + extras below?

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Cheers, Tony.

System: K6-2-400, 128MB PC100, PcChips M577, 16Mb G200 Millenium (5.13,2.3, TV-out), Seagate 8.6Gig, SB PCI128, P821 (ALi M3309) DVD decoder, WinTV/PCI Tuner, CL 2x DVD, 36x CDROM, LS-120, Logicode 56K modem, etc

[SteveC]

top....

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Cheers,
Steve

My PC houses one of these things which seems to affect some people's lives far too much...