Compare Compaq Millennium G200 (8 MB) AGP Video Card to Compaq NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400, (32 MB) AGP Video Card

Millennium G200 is Matrox's most powerful graphics card for professional business graphics. This AGP 2X uses 8MB SGRAM and the new MGA-G200 128-bit DualBus graphics chip to provide advanced 2D, 3D and video acceleration. It can be upgraded to 16MB SGRAM. ??This graphics card supports AGP level 2X, which includes direct memory execute mode and sidebands. A sideband is an additional data path to the system memory apart from the main bus. Sidebanding lets the graphics processor line up new data requests as the main bus continues to gather data. Direct memory execute goes straight to the system memory for textures and pulls them directly into the graphics processor. These two technologies increase the AGP bandwidth and speed up data transfers. Millennium G200's hardware-accelerated 24-bit color produces photo-realistic images to view or edit graphics, documents, Web pages and designs at ultra-high resolutions without PC-slowdown. Its 250MHz RAMDAC delivers rapid refresh for flicker-fre... Less

GeForce2 MX brings the power of NVIDIA's second-generation graphics processing units (GPU) to desktop PCs. The result is the same stunning visual experience PC users expect from NVIDIA GPUs. ??GeForce2 MX400 uniquely incorporates Digital Vibrance Control (DVC), which makes all images - including 2D, 3D, and video - brighter and crisper, even on digital flat panels, with the flexibility of the TwinView dual-display architecture. Based on the award-winning GeForce2 MX architecture, this robust GPU includes advanced visual features, such as hardware transform and lighting and per-pixel shading, and provides GeForce2-level performance, all at a mainstream price. This rich feature set, combined with low cost, truly makes the GeForce2 MX400 the most cost-effective and flexible graphics solution available. Less