Gigabyte GA-MG400 Matrox G400 AGP

The first thing that is established here is that the GA-MG400 and the Millennium G400, each equipped with 16MB of SGRAM, perform identically. Thus we can also say that the 32MB version of the MG400, which wasn't available at the time of publication, will perform identical to the 32MB Millennium G400. The only real difference between the Millennium G400 and the GA-MG400 being that the Millennium G400 supports DualHead operation.

Here we see a slight shuffle in the standings. The 16MB of memory on-board the MG400 is suffocating it as the resolution/color depth increases. But for $90, as long as you don't mind not having DualHead support, the MG400 does a very nice job of performing. One thing we failed to mention earlier but must point out is that not only does the card perform well, but the image quality is excellent.

The additional $30 or so for the 32MB version would be well worth the investment in terms of performance.

The MG400 still performs respectably for its price class but the 16MB memory is clearly a limitation. Once again, with the 32MB G400 representative of how a 32MB MG400 would perform we can't help but recommend going for the slightly more expensive 32MB version.