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Matrox Millennium G400, (16 MB) AGP Video Card

Matrox Millennium G400, (16 MB) AGP Video Card
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Matrox Drivers disappointing

Written: Dec 29 '00

Product Rating: Product Rating: 2.0
Pros: Works well on single-processor machines

Cons: No SMP support
richardi's Full Review: Matrox Millennium G400, (16 MB) AGP Video Card
The Matrox G400 Max Dualhead Windows 2000 drivers do not support multiple processors (SMP). My Dell Workstation 420 shipped with this card, and it works well if I disable one of my two processors. However, if I enable both processors and run any 3d application, Windows 2000 blue-screens.

Matrox have accepted this as an issue with their W2K drivers, but have no plans to write an SMP compatible driver. I have no idea whether this is also true for Matrox drivers for other Operating Systems, but as this is a policy decision on the part of Matrox, I would advise that you check before purchasing for a multi-processor PC.

This will not affect the majority of PC owners, as multi-processor machines are not common. However, I thought it worth a mention.

Otherwise, this seems to be a reasonable 3D card.



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