Matrox News Releases

Matrox shows new Rainbow Runner family of video add-ons: affordable video solutions to the desktopnew
Matrox first to bring hardware accelerated Destruction Derby TM 2 to the PC Exclusive bundle with Matrox Mystique® until January 1997 new
Matrox Mystique endorsed by major game developersnew
Matrox announces optimized support of Windows NT 4.0 delivering top speed and productivity for high- performance usersnew
Matrox takes majority of market share in high end PC manufacturers with new Window RAM graphics sub-system new
Matrox offers promotional in-store video and educational interactive demo for retailers
Gateway first of several OEM design wins to be announced for Matrox Mystique®
Matrox and Dell sign OEM agreement
Matrox Millennium now integrated in new Motorola PowerStack™ II systems for the Enterprise Market
Matrox Mystique endorsed by major game developers
Matrox offers its first dealer demo kit through Ingram Micro in the US and Merisel in Canada
Matrox shows new Matrox Mystique at Comdex Hispano America
Matrox Graphics Accelerators - Millennium & Mystique nominated for PC Computing's 1996 MVP awards

Matrox shows new Rainbow Runner family of video add-ons: affordable video solutions to the desktop

Editor's Summary: - Matrox's new Rainbow Runner series of video add-ons for the Matrox Mystique offers a variety of high-quality, affordable video solutions for the PC user. Based on Matrox's proprietary video co-processor, the MGA-VC064SFB, the Rainbow Runner series offers a professional quality MPEG decoder and video scaler with live NTSC / PAL input and output, as well as a TV Tuner.

Montreal, Canada -- Matrox presents the new Rainbow Runner family of video add-ons for the Matrox Mystique. Based on Matrox's new MGA-VC064SFB video co-processor, the Rainbow Runner series offers full-featured, high-quality video solutions for the PC user, such as hardware MPEG playback and NTSC / PAL / Secam input and NTSC / PAL output.

MGA-VC064SFB - Advanced chip technology - The Rainbow Runner family of video add-ons is based on Matrox's new advanced video co-processor, the MGA-VC064SFB. Developed using Matrox's 20 years of experience in the high-end digital video industry, this processor combines a hardware MPEG decoder and the Matrox Hi Q scaler. This high quality up and down scaler with X and Y filtering and color space converter allows to playback ultra-high quality video in a windows at up to 1024 x 768, 60 fields per second. The MGA-VC064SFB's use of shared frame buffer architecture represents a cost-effective solution for video, while its dedicated ports allow easy connection to a range of video peripherals, delivering a full-featured video solution for the Matrox Mystique user.

Rainbow Runner Video - MPEG, live video in and NTSC/PAL output - The Rainbow Runner's dedicated hardware MPEG decoder off-loads the CPU of data intensive operations, allowing it to perform other functions while the video is displayed, representing an ideal solution for Video CD playback, or playback of MPEG and AVI files downloaded from the Internet.
In addition to the high-quality scaler and MPEG decoder, the Rainbow Runner Video also allows end-users to display any NTSC, PAL, or Secam signal from a video camera, a VCR, a laser disk or the Rainbow Runner TV on the Windows desktop. This represents an ideal solution for live video in a window, frame grabbing, video capture and video teleconferencing.
The Rainbow Runner Video also has the unique capability of converting the desktop into an NTSC or PAL signal, allowing the user to display graphics or video on their television. Rainbow Runner Video supports hardware flick reduction which greatly improves image quality when displaying on a television. Users can take advantage of this feature to play games or make presentations on a large screen TV or record presentations on a VCR. The frame grabbing capabilities of the Rainbow Runner Video let the user capture still frames, or import their PhotoCD pictures, edit them with the bundled image editing software and create a slide show with output to television for display.

Rainbow Runner TV - live television on the desktop - Combined with the Rainbow Runner Video, the Rainbow Runner TV is an ISA board which allows the user to display a television signal on their desktop. With support for Closed Caption signal, Teletext, and IntercastTM, Rainbow Runner TV provides a good solution for media monitoring, or viewing television on the PC.

Rainbow Runner series - Pricing and availability* - The Rainbow Runner family of video add-ons for MATROX Mystique represents a unique combination of performance at affordable prices. Planned shipment for Rainbow Runner products is Q4, 96. Rainbow Runner Video - $179, Rainbow Runner TV - $99.
* Names and prices subject to change before shipping

November 14, 1996

Matrox first to bring hardware accelerated Destruction Derby TM 2 to the PC Exclusive bundle with Matrox Mystique® until January 1997

Montreal, Canada — Destruction Derby 2 makes its awaited debut on the PC platform with a special hardware accelerated version exclusively bundled with the Matrox Mystique until January 1997. Harnessing the cutting edge 3D technology of the Matrox Mystique, Destruction Derby 2 from Psygnosis explodes on the PC at exceptionally high frame rates with richly detailed textures.

"Destruction Derby 2 runs very well on the Matrox Mystique," says Martin Edmondson Head of Reflections, developers of Destruction Derby 2. "The Mystique's powerful 3D engine delivers the full arcade experience of Destruction Derby 2 to today's PC gamers."

Destruction Derby 2 takes full advantage of the Matrox Mystique's unique scatter gather PCI bus mastering capabilities, allowing maximal graphics processing to deliver high frame rates at a high quality level. With Mystique's support of higher resolutions, color depths and refresh rates, the hardware accelerated Destruction Derby 2 runs at four times the software resolution, achieving full frame rate at 640 x 400 in 65,000 colors. The game also benefits from the Matrox Mystique's support for both CLUT 4 and CLUT 8 texture compression, making maximal use of the Mystique's frame buffer space, and allowing it to use more texture details to enhance quality.

"The PC version of Destruction Derby 2 uses stunning artwork and remarkable detail levels," said Dan Wood, Senior Product Manager for Matrox. "By using CLUT 4 and CLUT 8 textures for every texture map in the game, Destruction Derby 2 takes full advantage of the Mystique's advanced technology to deliver a highly immersive game play experience."

This exclusive hardware accelerated version of Destruction Derby 2 also uses the Mystique's ability to apply depth-cued lighting to texture mapped objects like smashed fenders and crumpled engine hoods, as well as spotlight effects in the night driving tracks, while maintaining full rendering speed.

A Montreal-based graphics chip designer and board manufacturer, Matrox Graphics Inc. is a leader in the graphics industry. Matrox was the first to introduce a 64-bit graphics engine for the PC market with its MGA Series, which has received over 130 international awards since 1993. With 20 years of experience, Matrox continues to offer leading edge solutions at the best price/performance.

November 14, 1996

Matrox Mystique endorsed by major game developers

Montreal, Canada – The new Matrox Mystique is gaining recognition as the best all in one mainstream solution. Over 70 software development companies, including Microsoft, Psygnosis and Activision have committed to support the Matrox Mystique with upcoming titles, showing great enthusiasm for its fast 2D and 3D game performance.

Many developers, such as Mindscape, EIDOS, Probe Entertainment, Reality Bytes, will support the Matrox Mystique through Microsoft's Direct 3D API. While over 20 others like Activision, Psygnosis and Virgin/Criterion and more are directly porting titles to the Matrox Mystique to take full advantage of its powerful 3D rendering engine and support for palletized textures. Major game developers are using the Matrox Mystique to best represent their new titles in a variety of venues. Microsoft chose the Matrox Mystique to demonstrate its software at two game and entertainment shows in the United Kingdom. Mystique's acceleration showed Microsoft's new 3D games at their best in all 3D systems at the European Computer Trade Show (ECTS) and the Live '96 show in London.

"The Matrox Mystique is an awesome 3D games accelerator, whose advanced rendering functionality is being fully harnessed in upcoming hits from Criterion Studios," said Mike King, VP of Marketing at Criterion Studios. "Criterion believes that with the Matrox Mystique, Matrox has hit upon a winning architecture whose combination of power, ease of development and likely market share represent a platform that game developers cannot afford to ignore."

Matrox Mystique offers high-performance 3D texture mapped rendering in 640 x 480 x 16-bit color resolutions to deliver ultra-high frame rates for an exceptional level of game play. Its advanced graphics processor, the MGA-1064SG, integrates functions such as PCI bus mastering, support for CLUT 4 and CLUT 8 texture compression, as well as hardware accelerated perspective correction for richly textured, smooth 3D game rendering.

A Montreal-based graphics chip designer and board manufacturer, Matrox Graphics Inc. is a leader in the graphics industry. Matrox was the first to introduce a 64-bit graphics engine for the PC market with its MGA Series, which has received over 140 international awards since 1993. With 20 years of experience, Matrox continues to offer leading edge solutions at the best price/performance.

For a list of Software Developers click here

November 14, 1996

Matrox announces optimized support of Windows NT 4.0 delivering top speed and productivity for high- performance users

Las Vegas, NV – Always the leader in providing optimized support for the latest operating systems, Matrox is pleased to announce it now offers full-featured Windows NT 4.0 drivers for the Matrox series of high-performance graphics accelerators. Support for up to four monitors, resolutions as high as 1800 x 1440, OpenGL and Direct Draw hardware acceleration, as well as upcoming drivers for 3D StudioMAX and AutoCAD, make Matrox's graphics accelerators the ideal solution for business, 3D design and high-performance users under Windows NT 4.0.

Matrox series of graphics accelerators - the experts' choice for Windows NT - As the graphics board of choice in professional NT systems from key system manufacturers like IBM, Dell, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Motorola and Digital, the Matrox Millennium is the most reliable high performance graphics accelerator for the professional market. Windows NT 4.0 is a graphically demanding operating system under which a majority of applications require support for high resolution displays at high refresh rates and high color depths. The Matrox Millennium's powerful design, based on dual-ported Window RAM technology, delivers consistently high performance for all data-intensive Windows operations, including professional Windows, multimedia and 3D design applications. Comparatively, the Matrox Mystique's ultra-high performance in 8-bit and 16-bit colors, video and texture-mapped 3D make it the ideal solution for mainstream business, consumer CAD, low resolution AutoCAD and multimedia applications under Windows NT 4.0.

"In the coming months, Matrox sees a growing movement in the professional graphics market towards Microsoft Windows NT 4.0," says Dan Wood, Senior Product Manager at Matrox Graphics. "These users expect highly optimized performance for their graphically intensive operations, as well as stable, industry approved drivers and upgadability to avoid obsolescence. With its optimized feature set, extensive driver support, high speed RAMDAC and powerful dual ported memory, the Matrox Millennium is positioned to meet and even surpass these expectations."

The Matrox Millennium offers the best level of performance for all demanding applications as well as a variety of productivity-enhancing features and ultra-high resolutions for professional users. It also provides support for multiple monitors, letting users spread their desktop across four monitors to display multiple applications on a single desktop of up to 3200 x 2400 resolution. The Millennium is fully expandable to 8 MB of dual-ported Window RAM allowing users to achieve maximal display quality. In addition, the Matrox Millennium PowerDoc Edition, specifically designed for Document Imaging users, currently supports resolutions up to 1800 x 1440 @ 70Hz refresh. The 4MB Matrox Millennium is available at an estimated street price of $269.

The Matrox Mystique is a high-performance 64-bit graphics accelerator using powerful single-ported SGRAM memory and Matrox's MGA-1064SG processor with integrated 2D, video and 3D texture mapping acceleration. Offering resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 @ 85Hz refresh, the Mystique is available in 2MB and 4MB configurations starting at an estimated street price of $179.

Business productivity features - Matrox is the first graphics vendor to offer a range of advanced productivity features under Windows NT 4.0 via the MGA PowerDesk display control panel. These features include a hardware zoom, customized display settings and configuration, hotkeys and more. A new version of the drivers (rev. 3.0), to be released in December 1996, will offer a broad range of new features, including virtual desktop settings of up to 2048 x 1536, letting the user display multiple pages or applications on the desktop. The Desktop Navigator is designed to provide easy access to frequently used functions, including Zoom, PanLock and CenterWindow. The DeskNav also includes a desktop preview window which allows the user, when using a virtual desktop, to locate elements of the desktop which might be located outside of the viewing area, and to reposition them dynamically. Finally, the MGA Monitor Property Sheet includes an easy interface to select the appropriate monitor by manufacturer and model. This graphical interface offers a selection of over 250 monitors with timings set to the manufacturers' specifications rather than simply by frequency. An Advanced setting also enables the user to manually customize the maximum horizontal and vertical scan rates for further display optimization.

3D Design, with OpenGL / HEIDI, and AutoCAD support - The Matrox Millennium's powerful 3D rendering engine offers a variety of 3D functions such as Gouraud-shading, z-buffering and double-buffering for OpenGL users, delivering new levels of 3D performance through Microsoft's "mini-client driver" (mcd) interface under Windows NT 4.0. In addition, as of December 1996, Matrox will provide support for the HEIDI applications programmers' interface (API), which will let 3D Studio MAX designers access the Millennium's 3D hardware acceleration for the first time, allowing them to manipulate solid 3D objects at least twice as fast as than with software rendering.

Matrox also continues to provide a superior solution for CAD users with the Matrox Millennium by releasing a set of powerful Display-List Drivers for AutoCAD release 13 under Windows NT 4.0 for accelerated redraw and regens, delivering superior performance for CAD users. These specialized drivers, scheduled for release in December, also offer a set of productivity features including Bird's Eye and Spy Glass views as well as hardware pan and zoom. Matrox is also dedicated to providing support for Direct3D under Windows NT 4.0 with Millennium and Mystique when the API is released in Q1 '97, delivering powerful game and mainstream 3D performance.

Video acceleration with Microsoft's Direct Draw and Active Movie - Matrox's support of Active Movie through the Direct Draw interface under Windows NT 4.0 allows Millennium and Mystique users to access the cards' hardware digital video capability. This will provide smooth playback of MPEG clips at high resolutions by taking advantage of the boards' color-space conversion and scaling capabilities. Future support in March 1997 of the Matrox Rainbow Runner multimedia add-ons under Windows NT 4.0 will allow Mystique users to perform live video capture, hardware MPEG decoding and video out to television at an exceptional price / performance.

Matrox Graphics Inc. - A tradition of excellence - A Montreal-based graphics chip designer and board manufacturer, Matrox Graphics Inc. is a leader in the graphics industry. In 1993, Matrox introduced the MGA Series, the first 64-bit graphics engine in the PC market. Matrox has since been internationally recognized for the MGA Series' high performance and advanced productivity features with over 130 awards. With two decades of expertise, Matrox continues to stay ahead of its competitors by providing leading edge solutions at the best price/performance.

Matrox's Windows NT markets and product offerings
Application area Requirements Board type
Windows NT 4.0 Power User No compromise performance at high resolutions, refresh rates and color depths Millennium 4MB or 8MB
Desk Top Publishing · 1280 x 1024 or 1600 x 1200 in true color
· High refresh rates
· Productivity features
Millennium 4MB or 8MB
AutoCAD · 1280 x 1024 or 1600 x 1200 resolutions
· Specialized Display-List drivers
Millennium 4MB or 8MB
3D Design / Engineering · 3D rendering in high resolutions
· Open GL and HEIDI support
Millennium 4MB or 8MB
DIP · 1600 x 1200 @ 85Hz or
· 1800 x 1440 @ 76Hz· Multiple-screen support
Millennium or PowerDoc 2MB or 4MB
Mainstream business · 1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024 in 8- or 16-bit
· Productivity features
Mystique 2MB
Multimedia / Games · Direct X support
· Hardware accelerated video and 3D
· Multimedia add-ons with Active Movie support
Mystique 2MB
Low Resolution AutoCAD / Consumer CAD · Resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in 8 or 16-bit
· Display List drivers for AutoCAD
Mystique 4MB

November 14, 1996

Matrox takes majority of market share in high end PC manufacturers with new Window RAM graphics sub-system

Montreal, Canada -- The Matrox Millennium multimedia accelerator is the graphics board of choice by computer manufacturers in the high end PC market. In fact, Compaq, IBM, HP, NEC, Intergraph, AST, Digital, Dell, Motorola and Gateway 2000 have all announced they integrate the Matrox Millennium as the graphics solution in their high end systems.
"Matrox has revolutionized the high end industry with its decision to design the Millennium around dual ported Window RAM memory," says Lorne Trottier, President of Matrox Graphics Inc. "Three years ago Matrox entered the industry with the first 64-bit graphics accelerator chip technology and now with our new WRAM graphics solution, we have won over 75% of the OEM design-ins in the high-end "VRAM" market."

The Matrox Millennium's superior performance is based on new chip and memory technology. Matrox's new MGA-2064W processor, with integrated graphics, video and 3D acceleration, coupled with new, fast Window RAM (WRAM), makes the Millennium the top performer in all application areas under Windows and DOS. With 2MB of WRAM upgradeable to 8MB, the Millennium provides resolutions as high as 1600 x 1200 in 24-bit at ultra high 80Hz refresh rates. It also offers a wide variety of advanced productivity features for Windows and CAD.

The DeskproXL 6150 desktop business systems from Compaq, which come standard with the Matrox Millennium, combines a fast Pentium Pro processor with the MGA Millennium's advanced 64-bit design to deliver the fastest graphics performance in the industry. The flagship Compaq DeskproXL 6150 systems, Compaq's most powerful desktop ever, are designed for engineers, designers and financial analysts using 32-bit operating systems who require the fastest and most reliable products to run their most powerful software applications.

Hewlett Packard's VectraXU 6/150C Pentium Pro system also comes standard with the Millennium. Equipped with the latest and highest performance technology, the VectraXU's 150MHz processor together with the Millennium's superior 64-bit PCI architecture, delivers superior performance in 32-bit environments. By combining its multiprocessing power and innovative EDO memory architecture with the Millennium's advanced graphics technology, the VectraXU makes an ideal solution for high-end, data-intensive applications.

IBM PC's PC 300 Pentium Pro system, built with the 4MB version of the Matrox Millennium, takes advantage of Intel's 150MHz Pentium Pro processor for optimal performance for 32-bit applications through the Dynamic Execution process. Together with the Millennium, IBM's PC 300 delivers superb performance for graphics intensive applications such as CAD/CAM, complex scientific measurement and visualization for professional Windows NT and OS/2 users.

NEC Technologies PowerMate Pro 150, together with the state-of-the art graphics and multimedia technology of the Millennium, offers a complete solution for today's most demanding business and scientific applications. Perfect for CAD, financial modeling or enterprise software development, the PowerMate Pro 150 offers high-end 32-bit processing under Windows NT for scientific and business applications.

Intergraph Computer Systems (ICS) integrates the Millennium in their new TD series of entry-level workstations. Together with Millennium, the new TD line of Windows NT workstations incorporates various capabilities and high processing power to offer high levels of performance for CAD, DTP and Document Management users. These Pentium-based systems provide an ideal solution for professional users of graphically-intensive applications in the Windows environment, at an affordable price.

AST's new Premmia GX P5/100 and Premmia GX P5/133 systems combine the powerful acceleration of Matrox Millennium and the fast processing power of these new workstation class AST systems to offer an ideal high-end graphics solution for Windows, DOS, video and 3D applications. The AST Premmia GX is the flagship of AST's desktop product line, combining the latest Pentium technology with dual processor capability and the Millennium's extremely fast graphics engine to deliver superior performance for the high-end, professional user.

Gateway 2000's new P5-133XL multimedia systems also integrate the Millennium. By combining the advanced technology of the Matrox Millennium with the powerful features of the 133MHz systems, Matrox and Gateway deliver superior performance in all application areas to offer the ultimate multimedia solution in the industry. Based on the Intel's Triton chipset with 133MHz Pentium processor, EDO memory and pipeline burst cache, the P5-133XL is the latest addition to Gateway's line of multimedia systems. The Millennium is also offered as a $150 upgrade in Gateway's P5-120 Best Buy systems.

. The Matrox Millennium, now standard in Digital Equipment Corporation's (Digital) new CelebrisGL desktop systems, offers an excellent design for intensive applications such as desktop publishing, graphic design and CAD, imaging, animation and software development. It combines the high processor performance, upgradeable to dual-processor Pentium, or a 233MHz Alpha processor and some advanced features and technology with the Millennium's superior graphics engine to provide an ideal workstation-level desktop system.

Matrox's award-winning Matrox Millennium is now also integrated in Motorola Computer Group's PowerStack® II multimedia systems. By combining the advanced graphics, video and 3D technology of the Matrox Millennium with the powerful and unique processing features of the PowerStack® II's Pro 4000 workstations and Pro 6000 systems, Matrox and Motorola offer a powerful multimedia solution for high-performance users.

The Matrox Millennium is now offered as an option in Dell Computer Corporation's Dimension XPS product line. Combining the award winning technology and speed of the Matrox Millennium with reliable, high-performance systems from Dell provides exceptional value for small and medium-sized businesses, corporations, governments and educational institutions.

November 14, 1996

Matrox offers promotional in-store video and educational interactive demo for retailers

Matrox is the first graphics board vendor to offer a promotional video and educational interactive demo for retailers. This up-beat multimedia production serves as an effective tool to inform the channel and customers about the Matrox Mystique family of multimedia products. Over 55 retailers including Elek-Tek, NCA, RCS, Datavision, J&R, Crazy Irving and Compusmart have already adopted this new demo to effectively promote the Matrox Mystique accelerators in their stores and educate customers about the features and capabilities of a graphics accelerator.

"Matrox is dedicated to providing retailers and dealers with effective tools to promote and understand the merits of our products," says John London, N.A. Distribution Sales and Channel Marketing Director at Matrox Graphics Inc. "This entertaining video and interactive educational demo provides retailers with an attention-getting point-of-purchase display, as well as an effective training tool for their staff."

The demo and video will also be included on CD-ROM inside all Matrox Mystique retail boxes as of December 1996, providing end-users with information on upgrade options and application areas for the Matrox Mystique.

Matrox Mystique provides the ideal all-in-one solution for mainstream business, home office, PC games, entertainment and multimedia users with a fast 3D texture mapping engine, the fastest 64-bit Windows, high-performance video, and no-compromise DOS. Matrox Mystique also provides stable and ergonomic drivers, and the most versatile video upgrade path for hardware MPEG, live video capture, video out to television, TV-tuning and more.

A Montreal-based graphics chip designer and board manufacturer, Matrox Graphics Inc. is a leader in the graphics industry. Matrox was the first to introduce a 64-bit graphics engine for the PC market with its MGA Series, which has received over 130 international awards since 1993. With 20 years of experience, Matrox continues to offer leading edge solutions at the best price/performance.
November 14, 1996

Gateway first of several OEM design wins to be announced for Matrox Mystique®

Montreal, Canada – Matrox is proud to announce that an OEM version of the Matrox Mystique is now offered in several Gateway mainstream desktops. This is the first of five OEM design wins to be announced by Matrox for the new Matrox Mystique mainstream graphics accelerator. The Matrox Mystique's powerful design provides superior performance in Windows, 3D, video playback and DOS acceleration to offer a complete solution for mainstream business, entertainment, multimedia and home users.

"Matrox offers a powerful, no-compromise solution for OEM customers," says Ed Dwyer, Executive Vice President of Matrox Graphics Inc. "In order for a graphics board to add value to system manufacturers, the graphics subsystem must deliver solid performance in all application areas — and that's where Mystique is second to none."

Based on the new MGA-1064SG processor, the Matrox Mystique accelerates 3D games, with true hardware perspective-correct texture mapping in 640x480@16-bit, to deliver ultra-high frame rates for an exceptional level of 3D game play and real-time 3D Web browsing. The Mystique's award-winning MGA Series 64-bit graphics technology provides top acceleration under Windows® 95, with full DirectX support. Matrox Mystique also delivers superior video playback at 30fps in resolutions up to 1024 x 768, while maintaining a high level of image quality. In addition to superior performance levels in all new areas of graphics for the mainstream user, the Matrox Mystique also accelerates legacy DOS games by integrating one of the fastest VGA engines in the industry, with full VESA 2.0 support.

A Montreal-based graphics chip designer and board manufacturer, Matrox Graphics Inc is a leader in the graphics industry. In 1993, Matrox introduced the MGA Series, the first 64-bit graphics engine in the PC market. Since then, Matrox has been internationally recognized for the MGA Series' high performance and advanced productivity features with over 130 awards. With two decades of expertise, Matrox has become the leader in the development and manufacturing of graphics and video technology and continues to stay ahead of its competitors by providing leading edge solutions at the best price/performance.
November 13, 1996

Matrox and Dell sign OEM agreement

Matrox today announced the world's fastest graphics accelerator, the Matrox Millennium, is now offered in Dell Computer Corporation's Dimension XPS product line. Combining the award winning technology and speed of the Matrox Millennium with reliable, high-performance systems from Dell provides exceptional value for small and medium-sized businesses, corporations, governments and educational institutions.
October 25, 1996

Matrox Millennium® now integrated in new Motorola PowerStack™ II systems for the Enterprise Market

Matrox is pleased to announce its award-winning Matrox Millennium 64-bit graphics accelerator is now integrated in Motorola Computer Group's (MCG) PowerStack II multimedia systems. By combining the advanced graphics, video and 3D technology of the Matrox Millennium with the powerful and unique processing features of the PowerStack II's Pro 4000 and Pro 6000 systems, Matrox and Motorola Computer Group offer a powerful multimedia solution for high-performance users in the enterprise marketplace.
October 21, 1996

Matrox Mystique® endorsed by major game developers

The new Matrox Mystique is gaining recognition as the best all in one solution for the consumer market. Major software developers, including Microsoft and OT Sports, chose the Matrox Mystique for its great 2D and 3D game performance to demonstrate their new titles in key market venues.
Microsoft chose the Matrox Mystique to demonstrate its software at two game and entertainment shows in the United Kingdom. In the United States, OT Sports has selected the Matrox Mystique as the best accelerator to demonstrate the Monday Night Football game during its 15,000 mile, cross country "Rowdy Friends Bus Tour."
October 21, 1996

Matrox offers its first dealer demo kit through Ingram Micro in the US and Merisel in Canada

Matrox is pleased to announce its first dealer demo kit will be available for dealers as of mid-October through Ingram Micro in the US and Merisel in Canada as a separate stock keeping unit (SKU). Matrox has created this kit as a training and marketing tool for dealers. Each kit includes a demonstration unit of Millennium® and Mystique®, a Millennium/Mystique monitor wrap around sign and poster, two Matrox corporate T-shirts, twenty-five datasheets of each product and one dealer information laminated datasheet.
October 21, 1996

Matrox shows new Matrox Mystique® at Comdex Hispano America

Matrox is proud to show for the first time at Comdex/Hispano América '96 the new Matrox Mystique, delivering the complete solution for mainstream business, 3D games, home productivity, edutainment and multimedia users. The Matrox Mystique's new advanced technology delivers the fastest performance in all application areas. Starting at $199*, Mystique offers the best multimedia solution, complete with exciting 3D games and a comprehensive set of video add-ons.
*SRP - US dollars
October 21, 1996

Matrox Graphics Accelerators - Millennium® & Mystique® nominated for PC Computing's 1996 MVP awards

Matrox Millennium is a finalist in the High Performance Graphics Accelerators category, up against Imagine 128 Series 2 and Imagine 128 Series 2e. This is the second year in a row Matrox Millennium has been a MVP Finalist - last year Matrox Millennium won. Matrox Mystique is nominated in the 3D Windows Accelerators category, up against ATI 3D Xpression & Diamond Stealth 3D 2000. The MVP products will be covered in the January issue of PC Computing.




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