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I have several G200A-based cards. This one uses the G200A chip combined with SG-RAM modules. The PCB is slightly different compared to the SD-RAM version. For example the empty space for a second D-SUB connector. > Read more

I have a few of these cards that all are a little bit different:
a) this particular card has SDRAM and a heatsink fitted.
b) almost identical but without heatsink and equipped with SGRAM.
c) a third one, again without heatsink but equipped with SDRAM.

I have a fourth one that is virtually identical to this one. I haven't tested and benchmarked all different models. Usually cards with SGRAM from the era are slightly faster because SGRAM has faster access times. I have no idea about the clock frequencies yet. I wonder why some are fitted with heatsinks... higher clocks maybe? > Read more

The G200 is Matrox' first fully AGP-compliant graphics processor. It's a 128-bit processor with two 64-bit buses (DualBus as Matrox calls it) which both can go up and down (unidirectional).

In general performance the Matrox G200 was not a bad card but it lacked good OpenGL support. Hot games from 1998 like Quake II use OpenGL and thus people bought faster 3D cards with better OpenGL support.

The G200 is released in two versions; the more expensive Millennium II and cheaper Mystique II. > Read more