"official" info about what you need to run the next Matrox card

[Czar]

http://forums.matroxusers.com/showthread.php?s=e8a646524bb29b2f3b40736062ba5cc5&threadid=32753



<< What is the minimum system requirement recommended for this new card ?

Haig posted May 06, 2002 12:10 PM

Hasn't been determined yet but I think it will be ~ a 600Mhz cpu.

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Haig
Matrox Graphics
Technical Support Manager
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<< Very Important Question for Me: Will the new Card physically and electrically fit into an "old" AGP 2x slot ? because i do not want to upgrade my BX board ...

Related to the previous questions. I'm using a PIII running at 533Mhz (133Mhz fsb) and my AGP slot is 2X. Will I be able to use the new card? If yes, will the above mentioned specs affect it's performance (and to what extend will that be)?

Haig posted May 06, 2002 02:07 PM

It will physically fit into a 2x slot. Electrically, we haven't determined if we will support it or not becuase we would like to have it working on a 2x.4x.8x system.

Our drivers won't block any installation based on the motherboard. I don't know to what extent a lower cpu will affect performance.

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Haig
Matrox Graphics
Technical Support Manager >>



hope my hardly working 550mhz athlon running at 700mhz will be enough

 

[Ciber]

why the hell would this card need a 600 mhz cpu?

 

[iluvdeal]

<< why the hell would this card need a 600 mhz cpu? >>




Depends on what cpu they are referring to. If a Celeron 600 is required that's pretty low.

 

[mastertech01]

<< hope my hardly working 550mhz athlon running at 700mhz will be enough >>



You would spend more for the video card than your system would cost to do a serious upgrade?