Is a G400 32 meg AGP card (not the max) a good card for my K6-2 450, 128 megs sdram?

[jediphoenix]

Also has matrox fixed its problems with opengl performance? The card im upgrading from is a Viper 550 AGP 16 meg. Thx

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[jediphoenix]

please give me some answers on this before I get the card, thx

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[HollyBerri]

So what, if you decide that it's not sometime down the road, you can blame US??? I think not.

Decide for yourself...
http://computers.erzone.net/video/matrox.g400.shtml
http://www.AnandTech.com/html/review...m?document=951
http://www.fastgraphics.com/articles/99/05/g400/
http://www.ga-source.com/hardware/reviews/g400.shtml
http://www.hardwarecentral.com/featu...ts/matroxg400/
http://www.pcparadox.com/Reviews/Har...0_review.shtml
http://www.3dhardware.net/reviews/g400/
http://www.3dspotlight.net/reviews/h...00/index.shtml
http://www.activewin.com/reviews/har...400_32mb.shtml
http://www.agnhardware.com/hardwares....cfm?revid=247
http://www.cdmag.com/Home/home.html?...00_review.html
http://www.extremehw.com/reviews/3dv...400/index.html
http://www.fullon3d.com/hardware/reviews/0899/G400/
http://www.gamersdepot.com/rev_matrox_g400.htm
http://www.ixbt-labs.com/video/matrox-g400.shtml
http://www.lostcircuits.com/video/mga400/
http://www.sysopt.com/reviews/g400/index.html

Here are the review search engine results for the G400:
http://www.winreviews.com/scripts/co...p?alpha=Matrox
http://www.reviewfinder.com/showcat.asp?catID=19076
http://www.index-materiel.com/englis...s/Matrox_G400/

Someone else will have to speak to the OGL performance, but I'd suggest you do some checking on the Gaming forum....

But I can say that anything is a worthwhile upgrade from the original TNT you have, if you've got cash burning a hole in your pocket. Whether or not the G400 specifically will meet your needs is the function of reviews.

Good luck.

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[jediphoenix]

thx hollie and by the way I would never blame anyone in any forum for a final choice I made on anything. I had been looking at a lot of reviews but was getting conflicting reports. Thx for the new list for me to check I appreciate it. Jedi

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[Joel]

I have an AMD K6-2/400 and I am quite happy with my G400, but then again I am one of those people who doesn't card if my card is faster than someone else's. For me superior image quality is more important since I do more with my PC than play games.

Joel