If you have 4 memory chips and if those chips have pins on 2 sides instead of 4 sides as pictured, you need SDRAM for your cards, 8MB max. Normally AGP cards use SGRAM.

Which is better, SGRAM or SDRAM?

I heard this upgrade is pointless for games, and only useful for bigger Windows desktop resolutions. Is that correct?

I remember trying to run 3DMark2001SE on a 8MB Millennium G200 and being unable due to lack of memory. Does the upgrade allow this to be done?

Errius wrote:

Which is better, SGRAM or SDRAM?

I heard this upgrade is pointless for games, and only useful for bigger Windows desktop resolutions. Is that correct?

I remember trying to run 3DMark2001SE on a 8MB Millennium G200 and being unable due to lack of memory. Does the upgrade allow this to be done?

SGRAM is better but you can't mix and match.

Extra 8MB would probably make no difference for a card as weak as the G200, it's roughly about as fast as an i740.

Errius wrote:

I remember trying to run 3DMark2001SE on a 8MB Millennium G200 and being unable due to lack of memory. Does the upgrade allow this to be done?

No, 3DMark2001SE requires 32MB of video memory.

Ok I will find some SDRAM but dose it matter what speed it runs at or can all speeds work?

GabrielKnight123 wrote:

Ok I will find some SDRAM but dose it matter what speed it runs at or can all speeds work?

You don't want to go buying SDRAM, you want to buy special SDRAM modules made specifically for that connector. They are not very comon.

GabrielKnight123 wrote:

I bought 3 Matrox AGP video cards that have "Matrox 834-00 Rev A" and on the back sticker is "G2+/SDA/8BF/20" it looks very like this card except for the memory chips mine has four of them instead of two:

Sound like an OEM version with standard DRAM. I own one of these as well.

If I take a picture of the ram slot can someone tell me what it needs?

Of course.

Think this is the part you're looking for

http://codemicro.com/store/product/356185001/New

or anyone up for a group buy 🤣 🤣 🤣

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=372287660069

Im having second thoughts that it will not be of any benefit plus the price would be to high so I will keep them just as they are, thanks for all the info.

Is it really worth chasing these upgrades? What difference do they make? Do any important games need them to run? If the advantage is just higher Windows resolutions/color depths then there's little point to them.

No, I would completely skip getting the extra 8MBs. For the same money you can probably just get a Matrox G400/450.

I agree Errius but on a good note when I saw these cards I thought they were like an AWE 64 so I grabbed them with high hopes but I guess this card is better than an S3 Trio 3d as ive read bad things for the 3D side of the S3 Trio 3D which I bought as well with the 3 Matrox cards.

Rawit wrote:

Errius wrote:

I remember trying to run 3DMark2001SE on a 8MB Millennium G200 and being unable due to lack of memory. Does the upgrade allow this to be done?

No, 3DMark2001SE requires 32MB of video memory.

3DMark01SE runs on 16MB Voodoo3 and TNT cards. Still, I can't guarantee that it will run on an upgraded G200, since the GPU itself might not be supported.

Standard Def Steve wrote:

3DMark01SE runs on 16MB Voodoo3 and TNT cards. Still, I can't guarantee that it will run on an upgraded G200, since the GPU itself might not be supported.

Just found out that VGA Museum has a YouTube video up showing the Matrox G200 running 3DMark2001SE. So the 32MB video memory requirement I read about is most likely not the case. But I can't see if they are running it stock or with added memory.

@Errius How much RAM do you have?

BTW, I have a Matrox/Compaq SGRAM (not SDRAM) module here, NIB, not using it. If you're interested, PM me.

I ran the 3DMark2001SE test on a computer with 256 MB RAM. It was an AGP card if that makes a difference.

The SGRAM modules (G2+/SG/MOD8) appear to be more common than the SDRAM.

Old webpages:

https://web.archive.org/web/20000621005044/ht … color_depth.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/19990427081808/ht … em_upg/home.htm

Here Millennium G200 is the SGRAM model and Millennium G200 SD the SDRAM model.

I think adding RAM reduces memory clock speed. That would be undesirable. 😀