How good is the 2D image quality on a Matrox G400 16mb?

[SickBeast]

Is it as good as the newer 450/550 cards? And how is the 2D windows performance? Thanks

 

[Looney]

It's good. I don't think you can get any better than the G400/450 series.

 

[SickBeast]

Awesome, that's all I needed to know, thanks

I'm building a CAD workstation cuz for my new job they want me to leave my computer at work :Q:Q:Q

So I'm basically building a new rig. I'm gonna buy a second tbred-b 1700+ chip because of the great luck i've had with the one that i have now. I'm planning to match it up with an nforce2 board, and put my old radeon 8500 in there

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
How good is the 2D image quality on a Matrox G400 16mb?

"Sickeningly Seckhsay."

However, the G550 has, bar none, the best 2D evAr to grace a consumer-level card. Especially with the DualDVI output. :Q

- M4H

 

[SickBeast]

Yeah but I thought that if you were to use DVI, it doesn't matter what videocard you're using because it's a direct digital connection. Also, I had some issues when I tried to hook up my CRT screen to the DVI port on my R8500 card. It wouldn't let me run any higher than 1280x1024

PS. Isn't the Parhelia better than the G550?

 

[TheVoid]

I honestly can't tell a difference in 2D image quality between a G450 Dualhead that I'm using right now at work, and my Leadtek Ti4200 I have at home. I think it is cause of the monitors though. My monitor at home is a Sony G420S 19" and at work I have a 17" Dell P793 with a Diamondtron tube.

The image quality is definitely better on my G420S than this Dell. Probably more because of the monitor and not the card though.