Matrox QID LP PCIe: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Matrox started QID LP PCIe sales 17 December 2004 at a recommended price of $799. This is a desktop graphics card based on a MP architecture and made with 0 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 128 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.3 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 9.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 168 mm.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Matrox QID LP PCIe: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | MP (2004) | |
| GPU code name | MP-A4 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 17 December 2004 (20 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000) |
Detailed specifications
Matrox QID LP PCIe's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Matrox QID LP PCIe's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 0 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Texture fill rate | 2.000 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| ROPs | 2 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 8 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Matrox QID LP PCIe and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
| Length | 168 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Matrox QID LP PCIe: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 300 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 9.6 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Matrox QID LP PCIe. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Matrox QID LP PCIe, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | |
| OpenGL | 1.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
