[AG-TECH] advice on graphics adaptors

[Robert Olson]

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

At 01:22 PM 10/10/2001 +0100, Mike Giles wrote:

>Hi,
>
>We're about to buy the equipment for a new AG node at Oxford University.
>I'm happy about the equipment spec for almost everything, but I'd like
>advice about the graphics adaptors in the light of recent emails to this
>maillist.
>
>As recommended, we'll use a G450 AGP board for the primary two displays.
>For the other two displays the choice seems to be:
>a) G200 Quad PCI (G2+/QuadP-PL)
>b) G200 Dual PCI (G2+/DualP-PL)
>c) G450 Dual PCI (G45+MDHP16DB)
>
>Currently, it seems that a) is the recommended choice, but this is maybe
>because until recently it has been the only option?  c) seems to be a new
>product which may now be the better choice?  The AGDP Hardware Specification
>documentation dated Aug 24th, 2001 mentions that some sites now use c)
>-- can anyone from those sites please comment on their latest experiences?
>
>I've looked at Matrox's comparison charts under
>
>http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/comp_chart/home.cfm
>
>and I can't see any reason not to use c),  though there is a note about
>problems with non-Intel systems, but we're going with standard dual-PIII's
>so that's not an issue for us.
>
>I'd appreciate any guidance you can offer.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike Giles
>
>
>
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>
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