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Why is the G400 so unfriendly to slower cpus? (not looking to get flamed)
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Because Matrox built the card for today's harware (and included the scalability for tomorrow's), not last years hardware or the year before...Core2 Duo E7500 2.93, Asus P5Q Pro Turbo, 4gig 1066 DDR2, 1gig Asus ENGTS250, SB X-Fi Gamer ,WD Caviar Black 1tb, Plextor PX-880SA, Dual Samsung 2494s -
Yup, designed to go in new computers. Not as upgrades. By far their biggest market is for OEMs, ie. brand spankin' new speedy systems.Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry CoxComment
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Again, the glass is half full. It's not CPU limited.
It's very scalable.
It's more future proof.
And if you're a maniac who feels the need to upgrade processors the minute the CPU you've been drooling over falls within your price range, like a certain person who occupies the same space as I do, it's the perfect board. If I could resist upgrading videocards every five minutes, it might actually save me some money.
Fast is good.
Paul
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Well, if you're looking for a technical explanation, isn't triangle-setup a large part of it?
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Hey, it worked great on my iCeleron 337a(75x4.5). And that's not really fast anymore. But it is better on my 525 (75x7)
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Stop whining and get a faster computer But seriously ManojM, it's unfriendly because slower CPU's tend to be more annoying and repetitive...
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Celeron 566@877 1.8V, 256meg generic PC-100 RAM (running at CAS2) Abit BH6, G400 16meg DH@150/200, Western Digital Expert 18gig, Ricoh mp7040A(morphed to mp7060A) Pioneer 6X DVD slot load, Motorola Cable Modem w/DEC ethernet card, Soundblaster Live Value Ver. 2, Viewsonic GT 775Comment
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