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First post, by TELVM

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A friend gave me this card time ago, I think it could be some ~1996 Matrox PCI:

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Reply 4 of 8, by FGB

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Yes, it is the first generation Millenium card.

Compare it with the 2nd Generation here:

http://www.amoretro.de/2011/12/matrox-millenium-ii.html

You will notice that the 2nd generation chip has a ball grid array.

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Reply 8 of 8, by FGB

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That was nothing unusual back in these days. ATi did this with their Rage cards on a PCB module as well and before that, other manufacturers used DIP/DIL modules to upgrade the RAM.
But even some soundcards or controller cards could be upgraded with (common) Simm, PS/2 or Dimm RAM.

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