Difference between G400 retail & OEM

[adamhamilton]

Are there any differences between the G400 32Mb retail and the G400 DH 32Mb OEM
apart from the bundled games?

Also, how overclockable are both of these cards - do they get anywhere near the MAX?

Thanks,

[Jorden]

One thing I know is that the retail has the heatsink screwed to the board, while the OEM (like mine) has it glued.

With a retail G400 you could have a chance that you have a Max in your hands, if you have 5ns memory chips and the fan connector on the board.

About OC'ability? I don't think there are many differences between the retail and the OEM.

Jorden.

[Maggi]

1st you won't get that fancy packet ...

2nd (important !) I think the VGA-2-TVout cable is not in the OEM version and must be purchased separately ...

Maybe there are more differences I don't know of ... anybody else ?

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Cheers,
Maggi
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Working Rig:
Asus P2B-DS @ 103MHz FSB
Double Pentium III-450 @ 464 MHz
4 x 128MB CAS2 SDRAM
Matrox Millennium G400 32MB DualHead
Nokia 445Xi (21")
Nokia 447Xpro (17")

Home Rig:
Asus P2B-S Bios 1010 @ 112MHz FSB
Celeron 300A @ 504MHz
2 x 128MB CAS2 SDRAM
Matrox Millennium G400 32MB DualHead @ 150/200MHz
CTX VL710T (17")

[DirtFarmer]

My G400DH showed up in anti-static bag with driver CD and VGA-to-TV adapter. No "Expendable" game on CD. Sounds like the OEM product but it did include the VGA-to-TV adapter.

It has 6ns RAM, glued on heatsink. It Rocks on my PIII@560.

Anybody else receive an OEM Dual-Head with VGA-to-TV adapter?

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[rickn]

all OEM DH cards come with the cable. If you dont get one then you are being ripped off.

My OEM G400 came with driver CD and cable. Who needs a fancy box anyway, and if you need a manual just head over to the matrox website and print out the manual PDF file they have for the G400

[Maggi]

hmmm ... maybe some local dealer here in Hamburg wants to gain some extra bucks ...

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Cheers,
Maggi
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Working Rig:
Asus P2B-DS @ 103MHz FSB
Double Pentium III-450 @ 464 MHz
4 x 128MB CAS2 SDRAM
Matrox Millennium G400 32MB DualHead
Nokia 445Xi (21")
Nokia 447Xpro (17")

Home Rig:
Asus P2B-S Bios 1010 @ 112MHz FSB
Celeron 300A @ 504MHz
2 x 128MB CAS2 SDRAM
Matrox Millennium G400 32MB DualHead @ 150/200MHz
CTX VL710T (17")

[Jorden]

Yup Maggi, he must be. No Expandable CD, but only the Tech-demo/drivers CD with my OEM and the VGA-to-TV cable.

Oh, the OEM usually comes in a white box, while the retail comes in the blueish one with print

Jorden

[This message has been edited by Jorden (edited 18 October 1999).]

[DuRaNgO]

My oem included all the same too, and yes, I think there's a good chance of getting the 5ns memory with the retail, I kinda wish I went that way, but still very
jim

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