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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (405)	4/26/1998 3:38:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Matrox G200 Video Cards A preview of what is on the short term horizon from the matroxusers site. matroxusers.com click on G200 preview on the sidebar menu. It looks like it may be worth waiting for a few excerpts >>Well what can I say? It was a rainy day in Swindon and I got an exclusive look at the G200, it was an "Oh my God!" experience ;-) Whatever you've heard about the G200 is all true and then some. To all you die hard Millennium owners it's time to put that little wonder into retirement, a more than worthy successor is almost upon us.<< >>The G200 at the moment is an AGP card which FULLY supports AGP 2X, there may be a PCI version..<< >>Well the 3D side is amazing but it certainly doesn't overshadow the 2D which is equally as impressive. The couple of benchmarks I saw put it at double the speed of an AGP Millennium II, again remember this is a beta reference board with beta drivers. MPEG playback is awesome, full screen software playback, the picture quality is improved massively thanks to full X and Y interpolation with a front and back end scaler. There's no 2D hardware that is due out that I've heard of that is going to come anywhere even close to the G200's 2D performance.<< and from the Matrox site matrox.com >>More information about the MGA-G200 graphics chip will be released on Matrox's web site May 1, 1998. Products based on the MGA-G200 will ship in June 1998.<<