Matrox G450 vs Matrox G550

Comparative analysis of Matrox G450 and Matrox G550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Matrox G450

Matrox G550

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox G450	Matrox G550
Essentials
Architecture	G400	G500
Code name	Condor	Condor
Launch date	1 January 2001	1 January 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	125 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s	250.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	10 million	10 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Length	150 mm	168 mm
API support
DirectX	6.0	8.0
OpenGL	None	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR