[AG-TECH] advice on graphics adaptors

[Matthew Wolf]

Here's a trick I've found useful: cnet's shopper section
(shopper.cnet.com) is very helpful in finding things.  They poll various
vendors and also (important here) check on who has them in stock. The
top-level page for a "matrox g450" search is at
http://shopper.cnet.com/shopping/search/results/1,10214,0-1257,00.html?tag=&qt=matrox+g450&cn=&ca=1257

After poking around a little on your behalf, I find that thenerds.com
seems to still have some (ie 6) of the compaq-branded versions.  Here's
their page.

http://www.thenerds.net/productpage.asp?pn=225269

Pretty much everyone else does seem to be out of them.  I can only find
the G550 listed as AGP on Matrox's web site, so I hope that they're not
giving up on the pci cards...

Hope this helps!

Matt 

Robert Olson wrote:
> 
> Are they already phasing them out for the G550s maybe? I see CDW has some
> listed available.
> 
> http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?key=g450+pci
> 
> --bob
> 
> At 02:06 PM 10/10/2001 -0800, Steve Munk wrote:
> >At 7:27 AM -0500 10/10/01, Robert Olson wrote:
> >>I would go for the G450 PCI. Don't expect to run it in dual-head mode, as
> >>I saw fairly poor performance with that. I've got a
> >>G450AGP/G450PCI/G450PCI setup in our portable node, and it appears to be
> >>working well.
> >>
> >>--bob
> >
> >I'm trying to setup a new AG display machine which uses a Matrox G450 AGP
> >card and two G450 PCI cards.  Trouble is, I haven't been able to find a
> >vendor with the PCI G450's in stock, including Mwave.com,
> >TheChipMerchant.com, Microwarehouse.com, and as a last resort Matrox
> >itself.  Matrox was unable/unwilling to give me a date when they would be
> >able to ship more product.
> >
> >This is probably relevant to anyone who is trying to build a new display
> >machine with the latest recommended specs:  Does anyone know of a vendor
> >who has PCI Matrox G450 cards in stock?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Steve
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        -- College of Computing, Georgia Tech
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