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Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe

World's first PCI Express x1 graphics card
The Millennium G550 PCIe graphics card brings the reliability, stability, and features of the proven Millennium G550 product line to PCI Express systems. The x1 design of the card makes it compatible with all compliant PCI Express slots - especially useful for systems with no available PCI Express x16 slots. In addition to having Matrox display drivers for Windows, the Millennium G550 PCIe is the world's first PCI Express graphics card with open-source display drivers for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
 
Key features
• 32MB graphics memory
• PCI Express x1 interface, compatible with all compliant PCI Express slots (PCIe x1, x4, x8, and x16)
• Matrox DualHead - to power two displays simultaneously
• Dual digital flat panel support up to 1280 x 1024 resolution per display
• Single display plus TV output support*
• Easy to use Matrox PowerDesk utility suite
• Matrox DualHead Clone - to view a copy of one display on the other display
• Matrox Multi-Display Zoom - to view a portion of one display, full-screen on the other display
• Matrox DVDMax - to view hardware-accelerated video playback in a video window on one display and full-screen on the other display
• Passive cooling (heat sink with no fan) for silent operation and extra reliability
• Support for displays with special aspect ratios
• Support for customizable unattended installation for rapid multi-system set-up
• Open-source Linux/Unix display drivers available
• Unified and Microsoft® WHQL-certified drivers for Millennium G-series products
• Unified Microsoft Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, and Windows® Vista XDDM display driver
• ATX form factor
• Global sales and technical support
• 3-year warranty

*TV-output cable sold separately.

Optional upgrades
• TV-output cable - composite/s-video (P/N: /15953-02)
• Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake) display driver
• Sun Solaris x86 display driver

Hardware included
• Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe graphics card (P/N: G55-MDDE32F‡)
• Two DVI (male) to HD15 (female) adapters (P/N: /ADAPT20)

‡ G55-MDDE32 may also be available from resellers. For more information, see online Matrox RoHS information.

Multi-display configurations

DualHead (2 displays)
Display 1
Display 2
CRT monitor
Analog flat panel
Digital flat panel
CRT monitor
Analog flat panel
Digital flat panel
NTSC/PAL TV or VCR*
*TV-output cable upgrade sold separately.

Maximum resolutions and refresh rates
To offer the ultimate in productivity, Matrox Graphics provides the industry's most comprehensive resolution, color depth and refresh rates support.

Maximum resolution per display
Analog
2048 x 1536
Dual Analog
2048 x 1536 (primary display)
1600 x 1200 (secondary display)
Digital
1280 x 1024
Dual digital
1280 x 1024

Refresh rates (single display configuration)
Resolution*
Vertical (Hz)
2048 x 1536
85
1920 x 1440
85
1600 x 1200
100
1280 x 1024
120
1152 x 864
140
1024 x 768
160
800 x 600
200
640 x 480
200
*Primary analog display.

Minimum system requirements
• System: All PCI Express slots
• 128MB RAM
• 600 MHz CPU
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows® XP operating system
• CD-ROM