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Technical Specifications – Graphics
Matrox G550 Dual DVI 32-MB AGP
Graphics Controller
Form factor Low profile (LP) board with ATX bracket attached (kit also includes a Small
Form Factor (SFF) bracket)
Bus type AGP 4X, AGP 2X, and AGP 1X
Standard memory 32-MB, high-speed DDR
DAC speed 360-MHz RAMDAC; secondary 230-MHz RAMDAC
Data path 64-bit DDR external bus to frame buffer memory/256-bit internal
Internal bus width 256-bit DualBus
Memory interface 64-bit DDR memory
Frame buffer 32 MB
Operating systems supported Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT
4.0
Two integrated RAMDACs Yes
3-D engine acceleration Matrox HeadCasting* engine, two dual-textured 3-D pixels/clock for fast 3-
D game play, dual pixel pipelines with dual texturing units per pipeline,
floating point 3-D setup engine with dynamically re-allocatable resources;
Microsoft DirectX Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping; Vibrant Color
Quality rendering; bilinear, 8-sample-per-pixel trilinear, and anisotropic
filtering; Microsoft DirectX and OpenGL® alpha blending modes; Z-buffer
support
*Note: System recommendations for HeadCasting and DVD—450-MHz or
higher computer; 128 MB RAM; 56-K or higher modem with minimum 40-K
connection, microphone, and DVD-ROM; Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher,
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or Microsoft PowerPoint XP (for Matrox Virtual
Presenter)
3-D features
Single cycle multi-texturing Yes
Environment-mapped bump mapping Yes
Internal rendering 32-bit
Source textures Up to 32-bit
Maximum texture size 2048 x 2048
32-bit color output Yes
32-bit independent Z-buffer Yes
Stencil buffering Yes
AGP texturing Yes
Trilinear filtering Yes
Microsoft DirectX support Yes
OpenGL support Yes, through Matrox
DualHead 3-D display features
HeadCasting, Microsoft DirectX compliant, dual texturing units per pixel
pipeline, two pixel pipelines, single-cycle multi-texturing, environment-
mapped bump mapping, 32-bit internal rendering precision, up to 32-bit
source textures, 32-bit color output, bilinear, trilinear and anisotropic 3-D
filtering, 32-bit independent Z-buffer, OpenGL support
Other 3-D features
Alpha blending, fogging, specular highlighting, environment mapping,
stencil buffering, triple buffering, AGP texturing
Other Texture mapping support; true color RGB, flat, and Gouraud shading;
Direct3-D support; anisotropic filter; perspective-correct texture mapping;
specular highlighting (any color); hardware dithering (including dithering of
LUT textures); sort-dependent antialiasing; vertex and table fogging; dual
texture mapping; Plug-and-Play; 0.18-micron technology (lower heat/power
consumption); high-quality DVD playback with DVDMax; color space
conversion; QuickDraw supported DCI and Microsoft DirectX and OpenGL
blend modes; Microsoft DirectDraw support; support for picture-in-picture
and multiple video windows; Unique Motion Video Rendering support
Kit contents Matrox G550 graphics card with standard ATX bracket, DVI digital cable,
VGA analog cable, Small Form Factor bracket, CD containing software
drivers and documentation
Optional software bundles (not
included)
Matrox Virtual Presenter for Microsoft PowerPoint; Digimask™ System,
HeadFone™ by LipSinc; The Matrox Software DVD Player; eDualHead
browser enhancements (PageWrap, PageLog, and PageJump); Matrox
PowerDesk