1998 research cohort / GPU
Matrox · model variant
L3 · reviewed discrepancyMatrox MGA-G200 graphics chip is recorded in the 1998 GPU research cohort under Matrox. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
Matrox addresses high-end 3-D graphics performance
Intended users: high-end 3-D graphics users and OEMs
Engineering response: MGA-G200 2D/3D graphics chip
Matrox announces MGA-G200 high-end 3-D graphics chip · lines 5-15
Contemporary report labels the chip high-end 3-D and distinguishes chip announcement from undisclosed products.
Purpose is reported by contemporary technical press; product/board shipment is unresolved.
Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
Chip identity and announcement are supported, but the evidence does not establish a qualifying 1998 commercial shipment or board release.
PC Watch / Impress · lines 5-15
PC Watch identifies Matrox 2D/3D chip and says products/release dates were undisclosed.
Keep the chip announcement record; concrete products and release dates were undisclosed.
What would resolve it: Dated manufacturer, OEM, board-partner, distributor, or contemporary publication evidence establishing an actual 1998 product or shipment event.
First shipment, board identity/date, manufacturer source.
MGA-G200 is an announcement-only record in the frozen evidence; concrete product and release dates were expressly undisclosed.
Audit source · article lines 5-15
The contemporary report documents the May 1 announcement but says concrete products and release dates were not disclosed.
Follow-up: Do not accept as a qualifying commercial-shipment candidate without a separate first-availability source.
Several frozen rows rely on retrospective chronology or contemporary technical reporting without a confirmed first-commercial-shipment record; evidence is insufficient for automatic promotion.
Audit source · chronology lines 4-14
The evidence establishes launch/announcement wording but leaves exact shipment, channel, and regional scope unresolved across multiple rows.
Follow-up: Require human review and targeted primary or contemporary channel corroboration; do not normalize by inference.
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
PC Watch / Impress ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Chip identity. Contemporary PC Watch reporting says Matrox announced the MGA-G200 on May 1 and explicitly says board products and release dates were not yet disclosed.