G400 Max? How do I know?

[14wntr]

I purchaced a OEM G400 max (I think) Is there a way to tell if it is a true max? Do they normally ship with fans? Mine has none. The sticker reads G4+MDHA32G. I have not put the card in yet as the mobo I have at the moment will not support a 256 aperature setting. It makes a lot of really NOT cool beeps though! Any info would be great!
Thanks

[Kruzin]

There is no such thing as an OEM MAX. MAX only comes in a retail box, with a fan.

You have a "vanilla" G400 Millennium.

[14wntr]

The G4+ thing means nothing I take it?

[Nuno]

Nope. If someone told you that was a MAX you were deceived. There´s no OEM Max. Max has a Aavid fan. You can see what board you have in display properties -> definitions -> advanced -> information. In "graphics chip" there should be "Matrox G400 Max" or something like that and the "Ramdac" should be "360 Mhz".

I supose it is a dual-head (DH). At least did they give you the cable you need to output to TV?

My Retail vannilla is a G+MDHA32GR (R-retail?) so...

[JAZZ]

My Max reads g4+mmdh... I'm guessing the second "m" is for MAX !

[14wntr]

Damn! Now I have to put a hurting my local retailer! I will take your word on it. Actually he said if it turned out not to be a max he would gladly take it back and blame his distributor. I would check on the properties but I cant get the card to work yet due to this crappy mobo. And yes i did get the cable. I was wondering why they would put such a nice heatsink without a fan on a top of the line card.

Thanks

[Muad'Dib]

Wait wait wait... I ordered my "MAX" through the Matrox Online store. It came without a fan. You trying to tell me that ain't a MAX??? What is this whole "vanilla" thing? Under graphics hardware, it says my model is a Matrox MilleniumG400 MAX AGP 2X-4X
but under graphics chip, it says Matrox G400... What's the deal? Someone explain to me please, thanks

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"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that men never learn anything from history"
-- George Bernard Shaw

[space7]

Muad'Dip. I don't now if Matrox sell a G400Max with out a fan. Download MGA tweack not for overclock your card but to see what frequence it gave to you. For the chip it can be that he say a G400 because the name of the chip is G400 for the max and the non max version.

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Sorry for my English.
A G400 in a new G4 have wing's

[space7]

14wntr. I am 100% sure that you have the non-max version G4+MDHA32GR is the part number of the G400 DH non-max the max have the part number of G4+MMDHA32GR. Muad'dip i forget to say wach for your part number.

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Sorry for my English.
A G400 in a new G4 have wing's

[14wntr]

Oh sure, just when I am about to go lambaste the guy at the computer store, doubt sets in. I am getting motion sick...oh..no...HUARF!!! There thats better. I wish I could try the thing out, its like a really cool toy that is stuck in the wrapper! Its driving me insane!!


Thanks, 14wntr

[Scytale]

A MAX without a fan is not a MAX. It will easily get too hot at 150/200.

[14wntr]

Do they charge the extra money just for a fan or are the different chips?
Can I safely clock it up to "max" values and just add a fan?

14wntr

[Wombat]

The MAX also has 5ns memory chips, instead of 6ns. Most standard G400's have 6ns (some have 5ns, but that's because they were meant to be MAXes, but weren't good enough). Also, if you have a regular G400, it will not have the fan connectors to power the fan. You really ought to take it back.

-Wombat

[14wntr]

Thank you Wombat I will, with blood in my eye!

[Scytale]

Wombat is right - take it back. Blood in eyes will do fine.

The G400 chips -only the chips- follow the same design, but some G400 chips are of better quality. When QA test results show that a chip can do better than 150/200 it will become part of a MAX and it will get matching components.