On 9 apr, 00:33, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
> HDI wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I hope someone can help me.
>
> > In my P4 I've got a Nvidia Geforce 2 mx 200 AGP card and I want to
> > replace it with a matrox millenium G550 dual monitor card.
>
> > If I'm right the new matrox millennium G550 will fit perfectly in my
> > agp slot port because they are both universal AGP cards.
>
> > Can anyone confirm this before I buy this new card?
>
> > Thx
>
> According to this, the G550 is universal. Notice that some Matrox
> models, existed as two different standards. So for some Matrox
> products, you have to be much more careful.
>
> http://www.playtool.com/pages/agpcompat/agp.html
>
> Matrox used to have a forum, where issues like this may have
> been discussed. But they closed that forum. The G550 is listed
> here, as being OK. On the G400, you have to check the part number
> for "4A" to be safe. This is an archive of the site - not all
> links on an archived page, will work properly.
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/200401140...matrox.com/mga...
>
> * * Paul

Ok thanks.

I visited the local shop site and the only matrox G550 I found was an
'Matrox Millenium G550 - 32 MB - PCI Low Profile - 2 x
VGA' (manufacturer code: g55mddap32dbf), so no AGP. There are also
PCIe but I haven't got such a slot.

Should I look further for an AGP or does both of them have the same
performance and is the slot the only difference?
Maybe I'm wrong but I thought AGP is better than PCI.

A second question. Can I put any PCI card in a pci slot or are there
also differences like AGP.