Matrox G400 MAX

The competition looks tough, but the G400 MAX has got a couple of tricks up its sleeves (more later). Coming out of the box youll find a nicely packaged card along with a CD containing drivers and demos (including a full version of Rages Expendable).

S3s got its S3 Texture Compression, the Voodoo3s are all about high frame rates, and TNT2s boasts full features. So what does the G400 MAX have to brag about? Well, for one thing, it takes advantage of Win 98s multi-monitor support. Take a gander at the back of the G400 MAX and youll see not just one, but two inputs for monitors. Go ahead and plug em in, enable the DualHead Display option, and youre on your way to expanding your desktop across two screens. We had a ball surfing the Web, using two browsers on the two different monitors. We also booted up Microsofts Combat Flight Simulator, one of the few games available now that offers dual-monitor support. Gamers can have the cockpit view as their main window and then open up additional windows (map view, virtual-cockpit view, and so on) and drag them to the other monitor, or vice versa. Matrox informs us that there are currently nine titles in the works or on store shelves that support this cool feature, including Accolades Test Drive 6 and Activisions Star Trek: Armada.-- Danny W. Lam / GamePro