G400 users.......

[chihuang]

Yeah, I know that G400 is a great card and I also believe that most of you were also the G200 lovers. Since that I can't afford a G400 right now, I wonder if any of you guys have an used "8MB SGRAM" module for MillG200 for sale? BTW, is there any difference in performance between 8 or 16?

BTW, although I am a junior member, but I have been reading you guys' valuable informations without posting since the September last year. Thank you guys!

[chihuang]

I have another question: If I am really going to get a G400 (instead of a 8MB upgrade), do you guys think that it really worth it that much (for around US$200)? How about GeForce 256 from nVidia?

[Speedy]

as far as I remeber, there will be no difference in 3d gaming, only in 2d, so save your self some money, try selling your g200 and get g400

edit: and don't come here saying that u will get geforce, cause some people on this forum will eat u alive!

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Matrox Millennium G400 Dual Head - English
Resolution 800*600
Color Depth 16-bit Color
Frame Buffer Triple buffering
Refresh Rate VSync Off
CPU Optimization AMD 3DNow!(tm)
3DMark Result 5420.49 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed 9142.76 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score 2206.33 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race 63.58 FPS
Game 2 - First Person 47.24 FPS
Processor Type AMD-K7(tm) Processor
Processor Speed 500 MHz
Physical Memory 128 MB



[This message has been edited by Speedy (edited 10-10-1999).]

[chihuang]

Ha......I do NOT like the people come here and say how good other hardwares are and how did they dump their Matrox too.....
The reason I mentioned it is that I want to know the suggestion from you guys, G400 users, and how do you think about it(the nVidia stuff).

[Marco]

Hi chiuang!
I've just read a test about the gforce256. The test where in the german CT, maybe you know them.Here are some results.
Expendable 1024*768*16 53 fps
Expendable 1280*1024*16 48 fps
Expendable 1024*768*32 48 fps

Q3 Test 1.08 Demo 1 1024*768*16 16bit texture60 fps
Q3 Test 1.08 Demo 1 1024*768*16 32bit texture 53 fps
Q3 Test 1.08 Demo 1 1024*768*32 16bit texture 42 fps
Q3 Test 1.08 Demo 1 1024*768*32 32bit texture 37 fps /at this point I'm better with my G400@162/202.5 Sh 32MB
Hi chiuang!
Q3 Test 1.08 Demo 1 1280*960*32 32bit
texture 22 fps
They've tested on a P3 500 Q3 all max, triliniar filtering.This results are not better than a tnt2/u.Thinking into the future the geforce can do up to 80000 polygons.
In ogl, geforce beat the shit out off proffessional ogl boards.Maybe this was a little help for you.

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Celeron 300A@450
Asus P2B,G400 SH 32MB
128MB Cas2 PC100

[bunnymud]

Are you only going to play games or do you also mess around with Adobe, 3d Maxx, and the like. I say this because I also do CG and the matrox kicks ass in both app's and games. But if yer only doing games, go for something less sofisticated(?).

[Brian R.]

Your upgrade to 16 MB may be cost effective if you want additional colors at high resolutions. This is useful at 1600x1200 or higher.