<s>
The	O
G200	O
is	O
a	O
2D	O
,	O
3D	O
,	O
and	O
video	B-Architecture
accelerator	I-Architecture
chip	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
designed	O
by	O
Matrox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
had	O
been	O
known	O
for	O
years	O
as	O
a	O
significant	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
high-end	O
2D	O
graphics	B-Architecture
accelerator	I-Architecture
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cards	O
they	O
produced	O
were	O
excellent	O
Windows	B-Application
accelerators	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
later	O
cards	O
such	O
as	O
Millennium	O
and	O
Mystique	O
excelled	O
at	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
stepped	O
forward	O
in	O
1994	O
with	O
their	O
Impression	O
Plus	O
to	O
innovate	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
3D	B-Architecture
accelerator	I-Architecture
boards	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
card	O
only	O
could	O
accelerate	O
a	O
very	O
limited	O
feature	O
set	O
(	O
no	O
texture	O
mapping	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
primarily	O
targeted	O
at	O
CAD	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
,	O
seeing	O
the	O
slow	O
but	O
steady	O
growth	O
in	O
interest	O
in	O
3D	O
graphics	O
on	O
PCs	B-Device
with	O
NVIDIA	O
,	O
Rendition	O
,	O
and	O
ATI	O
's	O
new	O
cards	O
,	O
began	O
experimenting	O
with	O
3D	B-Architecture
acceleration	I-Architecture
more	O
aggressively	O
and	O
produced	O
the	O
Mystique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mystique	O
was	O
their	O
most	O
feature-rich	B-Architecture
3D	B-Architecture
accelerator	I-Architecture
in	O
1997	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
lacked	O
key	O
features	O
including	O
bilinear	O
filtering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
,	O
in	O
early	O
1998	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
teamed	O
up	O
with	O
PowerVR	B-Device
to	O
produce	O
an	O
add-in	O
3D	O
board	O
called	O
Matrox	B-Application
m3D	O
using	O
the	O
PowerVR	B-Device
PCX2	O
chipset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
board	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
very	O
few	O
times	O
that	O
Matrox	B-Application
would	O
outsource	O
for	O
their	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
was	O
certainly	O
a	O
stop-gap	O
measure	O
to	O
hold	O
out	O
until	O
the	O
G200	O
project	O
was	O
ready	O
to	O
go	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
G200	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
aimed	O
to	O
combine	O
its	O
past	O
products	O
 '	O
competent	O
2D	O
and	O
video	O
acceleration	O
with	O
a	O
full-featured	O
3D	B-Architecture
accelerator	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Millennium	O
G200	O
received	O
the	O
new	O
SGRAM	O
memory	O
and	O
a	O
faster	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
,	O
while	O
Mystique	O
G200	O
was	O
cheaper	O
and	O
equipped	O
with	O
slower	O
SDRAM	O
memory	O
but	O
gained	O
a	O
TV-out	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
G200	O
was	O
Matrox	B-Application
's	O
first	O
fully	O
AGP-compliant	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
earlier	O
Millennium	O
II	O
had	O
been	O
adapted	O
to	O
AGP	B-Architecture
,	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
full	O
AGP	B-Architecture
feature	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chip	O
is	O
a	O
128-bit	O
core	O
containing	O
dual	O
64-bit	O
buses	O
in	O
what	O
Matrox	B-Application
calls	O
a	O
"	O
DualBus	O
"	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
doubling	O
the	O
internal	O
data	O
path	O
with	O
two	O
separate	O
buses	O
instead	O
of	O
just	O
a	O
wider	O
single	O
bus	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
reduced	O
latencies	O
in	O
data	O
transfer	O
by	O
improving	O
overall	O
bus	O
efficiency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
called	O
their	O
technology	O
Vibrant	O
Color	O
Quality	O
(	O
VCQ	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chip	O
also	O
supported	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
trilinear	O
mip-map	O
filtering	O
and	O
anti-aliasing	B-Algorithm
(	O
though	O
this	O
was	O
rarely	O
used	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
G200	O
was	O
Matrox	B-Application
's	O
first	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
to	O
require	O
added	O
cooling	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
heatsink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
regards	O
to	O
2D	O
,	O
G200	O
was	O
excellent	O
in	O
speed	O
and	O
delivered	O
Matrox	B-Application
's	O
renowned	O
analog	O
signal	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
3D	O
,	O
it	O
scored	O
similar	O
to	O
but	O
generally	O
behind	O
a	O
single	O
Voodoo2	O
in	O
Direct3D	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
slower	O
than	O
NVIDIA	B-Device
Riva	I-Device
TNT	I-Device
and	O
S3	O
Savage	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
G200	O
's	O
biggest	O
problem	O
was	O
its	O
OpenGL	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
life	O
G200	O
had	O
to	O
get	O
by	O
,	O
in	O
popular	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
slow	O
OpenGL-to-Direct3D	O
wrapper	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
layer	O
that	O
translated	O
OpenGL	B-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Direct3D	B-Application
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
hurt	O
G200	O
's	O
performance	O
dramatically	O
in	O
these	O
games	O
and	O
caused	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
controversy	O
over	O
continuing	O
delays	O
and	O
promises	O
from	O
Matrox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
until	O
well	O
into	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
G200	O
's	O
successor	O
,	O
G400	B-Device
,	O
that	O
the	O
OpenGL	B-Application
driver	O
would	O
finally	O
be	O
mature	O
and	O
fast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
drivers	O
had	O
some	O
problems	O
with	O
Direct3D	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Unreal	B-Application
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
problems	O
with	O
distortions	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
textures	O
caused	O
by	O
a	O
bug	O
with	O
the	O
board	O
's	O
subpixel	O
accuracy	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-General_Concept
G200	I-General_Concept
series	O
,	O
especially	O
the	O
G200e	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
popular	O
choice	O
for	O
server	O
motherboard	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
like	O
DELL	O
's	O
PowerEdge	O
series	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
robustness	O
,	O
low	O
power	O
consumption	O
and	O
limited	O
features	O
needed	O
just	O
for	O
VGA	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
1999	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
newer	O
version	O
of	O
G200	O
,	O
called	O
G200A	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
board	O
used	O
a	O
newer	O
250nm	O
manufacturing	O
process	B-Architecture
instead	O
of	O
G200	O
's	O
original	O
350nm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
Matrox	B-Application
to	O
build	O
more	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
per	O
wafer	O
at	O
the	O
factory	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
reduce	O
heat	O
output	O
of	O
the	O
chip	O
,	O
so	O
G200A	O
had	O
no	O
need	O
in	O
a	O
heat	O
sink	O
while	O
operating	O
at	O
the	O
clock	O
speed	O
of	O
G200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
6ns	O
SGRAM	O
chips	O
as	O
G400	B-Device
,	O
though	O
only	O
two	O
compared	O
to	O
G200	O
and	O
G200A	O
with	O
four	O
7ns	O
SGRAM	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BoardName	O
CoreType	O
Process	B-Architecture
Core(MHz )	O
Memory(MHz )	O
PipeConfig	O
T&L	B-Algorithm
?	I-Algorithm
</s>
<s>
250	O
MHz	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
AGP/PCI	O
Mystique	O
G200	O
Eclipse	O
350	O
nm	O
84	O
112	O
1×1	O
64-bit	O
SDRAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
230	O
MHz	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
AGP	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
230	O
MHz	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
AGP/PCI	O
G200	O
MMS	O
Eclipse	O
350	O
nm	O
1×1	O
64-bit	O
Quad	O
GPU	B-Architecture
graphics	O
card	O
for	O
4	O
monitor	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCI	B-Protocol
Millennium	O
G200A	O
Calao	O
250	O
nm	O
84	O
112	O
1×1	O
64-bit	O
Die-shrink	O
G200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
250	O
MHz	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
AGP/PCI	O
Millennium	O
G250	O
Calao	O
250	O
nm	O
96	O
128	O
1×1	O
64-bit	O
overclocked	O
G200A	O
,	O
OEM-only	O
.	O
</s>
