Matrox Millennium G200 vs VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataG200 (1998−1999)
GPU code nameno dataEclipse
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 January 2001 (23 years ago)1998 (26 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speedno data84 MHz
Boost clock speed121 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data10 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data350 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.08
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCI
Lengthno data150 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataSGR
Maximum RAM amountno data8 MB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data143 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1.144 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data5.0
OpenGLno dataNone
OpenCLno dataNone
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8 and Matrox Millennium G200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8 is a notebook card while Matrox Millennium G200 is a desktop one.


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