Matrox G400
Shares rank 25 of 42 graphics cards by recommenders
Recommended for sharp 2D image quality, solid drivers and multi-monitor setups. The common caveat is weak 3D performance and poor 3D drivers.
Recommended for sharp 2D image quality, solid drivers and multi-monitor setups. The common caveat is weak 3D performance and poor 3D drivers.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Excellent 2D image quality
“had super-solid drivers, and their 2-D image quality was amazing”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Matrox: Graphics for Professionals” “had a reputation for high output quality (DAC and such)”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Matrox: Graphics for Professionals”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Weak 3D performance and features
“if you needed any reasonable 3D performance or feature set, they weren't a great choice”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Matrox: Graphics for Professionals” Poor 3D driver quality
“my experience with the 3D drivers was pretty consistently terrible”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Matrox: Graphics for Professionals”
Other graphics cards people recommend
The four most recommended other graphics cards, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | 116 | 21 | 85% | 12 | 5 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | 102 | 37 | 73% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 | 77 | 26 | 75% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Nvidia GPUs | 67 | 67 | 50% | 11 | 6 yrs3 owners | — |
| Matrox G400This page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“my experience with the 3D drivers was pretty consistently terrible”
“G400 was surprisingly good, but it went downhill from there”
“if you needed any reasonable 3D performance or feature set, they weren't a great choice”
“with the open documentation they released, was able to make a driver for BeOS”
“had super-solid drivers, and their 2-D image quality was amazing”
“had a reputation for high output quality (DAC and such)”
“This was a very sweet video card.”
“THE card to have for a multi-monitor setup”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.