The Millenium G550 is yet another dismal failure in Matrox's record of 3D failures. Its one single innovation was a talking head, pompously called a Visual Online Communication module. By now, the industry has grown bored with trying to explain to Matrox that 3D has a very specific meaning on the market. Matrox, on the other hand, has visibly not tired of not taking a hint.

Tech Sheet

RAMDAC 360 Mhz
Technology 0.18 micron
Frequency 125 Mhz
Onboard RAM 64 MB DDR
RAM bus frequency 166 Mhz SDR/DDR
Render pipes 2

At Anandtech this card was summed up pretty sharply :

"Just like the G450, the G550 is targeted as far away from the gamer as possible"

The Millenium G450 The Parhelia