64bit DDR vs 128bit SDR....

[Rags]

but hardly used in the real word.

Ummm...think again. Coders use it all the time. I find it a boon for coding. DVD Max is awesome. Using Photoshop and PSP 5 is awesome using dualhead, having windows separated by a monitor, and having those windows fullscreen is so much easier than scrolling and task barring. I think that there are many more out there who feel like I do.

Rags

[ALBPM]

Dual Head is now the RAGE!!! where I work. Suddenly, instead of writing Product Flows and doing Process developement work in our FAB. I find myself spending about a third of my time installing G400's and setting up Dual Head systems for other Engineers and Managers.
Can't wait till the G450 is in stock at the local shop where I buy the cards for work since that is a cheaper alternative and has higher resolutions for the second head.

I spend most of my time writing process flows for CMOS and Integrated Micro Machine/CMOS products and Dual Head is Frigging invaluable!!!!! Especially when some of these Process flows have over 700 process steps.

We use 'WorkStream' software on a VAX network to track the various product lots in the FAB. With Dual Head I can have three or more WorkStream windows open on one display while I can have MS Word, OutLook and the folders from 3-4 local and Corporate Networks open on the other.
I use Word to write and edit product flows and SPEC files which then get sent through another network to our CIM Group which transfers it to WorkStream and edits the product flows for the FAB's use.

I can easily say the G400 has tripled the amount of work I can do and has made my job so much easier. I now have more free time to play with.... umm 'upgrade' other's systems...LOL

The G450 would be ideal for these applications and more cost effective.

In no way is the G450 a FLOP!!!!!

Paul

[ski]

If I recall the G450 was targeted at the OEM market which Matrox does not have a strong hold on like ATI has. I never said Dual was not useless as I love mine. But if I am writing in C++ I don't need to monitiors. Most regular businesses won't need DualHead.

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[Rags]

I use C++ all the time with dualhead. It's one of the best things I have done so far with it.

Rags

[Wombat]

Dualhead is great for C++ too. "See" the code on one screen, debug it on the other. I don't think they're using Matrox cards at my lab @ HP (almost certain since it was two monitors under Unix before the mga drivers were out), but there are a number of people with two monitors so they can view the circuits in a separate screen. Yummy.

[Ali]

I work at a finance company, and all our machines there use Matrox cards. All the credit control guys have dualhead.

Its very handy having the custom Hirepurchase program open in one window, and having baynet (local credit check system) open on another screen. We put all our old 15inch monitors that were going to be thrown out as the second head.

Most of the guys there are too stupid to work out how to use alt-tab to change between windows, so its saved a lot of trouble on my end.

Ali

[Tronic]

Actually, I think that 64bit DDR is a bit faster than 128bit DDR ... In "half" of a clock cycle, with 64ibt DDR you have already received 64 bits, but with 128bit you have nothing. At full clock both have transferred 128 bits..

At least 64 bit bus is cheaper, because only 64 wires are needed..

[DarkSyd]

Tronic
I'll be interested to see some benchies regarding that. My 'semi-game' machine needs a new card, and I was looking at a Geforce MX. The CL DDR card is about 30$ Cdn less than the SDR cards...so if performance is about the same or better I think I will pick one up.