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Matrox Millennium G550 Dual DVI Review

This Matrox card has Dual Head capability for home or business users who want the ability to work on two displays at the same time.

WHAT'S HOT: The Matrox Millennium G550 features Dual Head capability; it allows you to connect the board to two displays (so you can run different applications on two computer monitors) or mirror the display (showing the same image on a computer monitor and a television). To accomplish this, it has a traditional analog-out port, plus a DVI-out port for connecting a digital monitor. Matrox bundles a cable with a 15-pin VGA connector on one end and two connectors (S-Video and composite) at the other end, as well as a DVI-to-VGA adapter that lets you connect two analog displays at once.

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WHAT'S NOT: Matrox didn't position the Millennium G550 for the gaming crowd. To play Test Drive 6 we had to disable fog effects, and frame rates in most of our test games were acceptable only at 640 by 480 resolution. For example, we slogged through Unreal Tournament in 1024 by 768 resolution at 32 frames per second--about half what other boards can do. However, the G550 did post marginally better scores than its predecessor, the Millennium G450.

WHAT ELSE: Matrox bundles its Virtual Presenter tool for Microsoft PowerPoint, as well as Digimask software; with the latter you can take two pictures of your head, which the software uses to create a 3D version of it. You can then record the speaking portion of a presentation and use Virtual Presenter to have your on-screen 3D head deliver the speech.

UPSHOT: The Dual Head capability can be useful for home or business users who want the flexibility of working on two displays at the same time, but we don't recommend this board for serious gamers.

SUMMARY

Matrox Millennium G550

4X AGP, Matrox G550 chip, 32MB of DDR SDRAM, 360-MHz RAMDAC; DVI-out, S-Video-out, composite-out, dual-display support, hardware HeadCasting support; software DVD player, color-calibration utility, Digimask software.

$125
800/361-1408
www.matrox.com/mga

User Reviews for Matrox Millennium G550 Dual DVI

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Strengths: Nothing out of the ordinary for this century

Weaknesses: $104 for a 32mb card in 2007? The card probably cost $104 when it came out 7 years ago, very outdated.

Overall Evaluation: Be sure to shop around, you can get an ok gaming card with between 256-512mb memory for under $100 and most if not all newer cards have multiple display capabilities. Go with NVIDIA or ATI, they have generic manufacturers make the same exact cards as their brand named ones for lower prices and sometimes overclocked! Don't waste your money on this overpriced dinosaur!!!!!!
Reviewed by: DrMichael

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Strengths: Stellar performance when used for it's intended application: Multiple monitors for CAD and business applications.

Weaknesses: Absolutely none, when used within it's design parameters.

Overall Evaluation: I have an Engineering / design / drafting business. I have thirty-four of these cards in several brands and models of computers. My experience with this card is considerable. Downtime equals significant dollars out of my pocket per minute. I use this card because of it's extremely high quality 2D imaging, and because it is absolutely the most reliable product I can buy ... at any price. When I hear gamers complain about the G550, I know it is because they are mis-applying it. The G550 is designed specifically for 2D business applications, and is not for use in a 3D gaming environment. So... You game-playing brothers out there, don't you be dissing this fine hardware because of your inadequate technical knowledge.

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