The Chipset

Here it is......the Matrox G550 ;

Ah, the chipset, the most important part of a video card. Here are some of it's specs.....

Compatibility

The chip has been made so it is very compatible with today's Standards..

  • Support for DirectX 8 (and lower) as well as OpenGL. 
  • The Matrox Drivers Will be Unified
  • AGP 1x , 2x & 4x compliant

It is compatible with these Operating Systems.....

  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 95/98/ME
  • Windows NT 4
  • Linux

The chip also has many 3D features including.....

  • A Headcasting Engine for Visual Online Communication
  • Support for Environment Bump Mapping
  • 3DNOW! , MMX , SSE & SSE2 Optimizations

Those are a few of the chipsets 3D features. Let's take a look at the technology....

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