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Product:
Matrox Millennium G450
Company: Matrox
Website: http://www.matrox.com
Estimated Street Price: $149
Review By: Julien JAY
Final
Results and Overall Mark
Well we have reached the end of the
review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for the Matrox
Millennium G450.
Final
Comments
How
It Grades |
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Installation:
90%
2D: 95%
3D: 60%
DualHead: 90%
OverAll Performance:
80%
Features & Drivers: 95%
Price:
85%
Users' Guide:
50%
Overall: 80%
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Due to the new focus of
Matrox this card isn’t designed for hard core gamers as its gaming
performance are really weak if you compare them to a GeForce II Mx…
However for small business and office this card is really great due to the
high quality of its 2D engine and to the extraordinary unrivalled DualHead
feature. Matrox is now the only card manufacturer to offer such an
advanced DualHead feature that answers to almost every need. If you’re a
corporate user or if your computer is primarily destine for work then you
can buy this card right now as its performances are really outstanding.
The basic 3D features will help you enjoy some games and the DVD software
will turn your PC into a cinema room. But if you’re a hard core gamer this
card is simply not for you.
Three different versions of the
card are available:
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Matrox Millennium G450,
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Matrox Marvel G450 eTV.
Specs
& Package |
Overall
Score |
80% |
Version
Reviewed |
Matrox Millennium G450
(retail) |
Release
Date |
Already
in stores! |
In
The Box? |
1
User's guide,
1 Drivers CD,
1 TV screen converter cable,
Bonus software. |
The Good Points |
Good drivers
Full AGP 4x
Extremely high 2D quality
Enhanced RAMDAC
Outstanding
DualHead feature
Affordable price for business use |
The
Bad Points |
3D features
Users' guide is too short |
Reviewers
PC Setup |
Pentium
III 1 Ghz B
Intel VC820 Motherboard
Windows Millennium Edition
256 MB PC800 RDRAM w/ECC
DirectX 8.0
17" Sony Trinitron Monitor
Sound Blaster Live! Platinum
Adaptec 19160 Ultra SCSI card
Promise Ultra ATA 100 controller
Pinnacle Studio DV Plus
Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB
Microsoft TrackBall Explorer
Microsoft
Natural Keyboard Pro
DVD Pioneer 105s (16/40x)
Yamaha 16/10/40 IDE internal
burner
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PC
Required |
Minimum
System
Free AGP slot
Windows 95/98/Me or Windows NT
4.0 with SP3 or Windows
2000
Pentium 150Mhz or greater for W9x and Windows Me
Pentium 133Mhz or greater for Windows 2000
32Mb of RAM for Windows 9x
48Mb of RAM for Windows NT/2000
75Mb of available hard disk space
CD-Rom Drive
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