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Looking for blazing fast graphics for your PC? Matrox Mystique's plug and play design offers the most complete graphics solution with acceleration for 3D texture mapped games, Windows, digital video playback, and DOS games. Its state-of-the-art technology combines new MGA 64-bit graphics chip technology and powerful SGRAM memory to enhance the performance of your PC. Your 3D texture mapped games and video clips will run at the highest frame rates and resolutions possible. And your general Windows applications will actually keep up with you. What's more, Matrox Mystique can be upgraded with the Matrox Rainbow Runner series of video products (Q1 '97) for a full range of video enhancements. Features include hardware MPEG decoding, displaying PC games and presentations on your TV, grabbing frames from external video sources, and watching TV right on your PC! |
State-of-the-Art Technology |
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Over 20 years of experience in research and development has gone into creating Matrox Mystique and Matrox Rainbow Runner so you can be assured you're getting today's most advanced technology. At the core of Matrox Mystique is the revolutionary MGA-1064SG, 64-bit graphics chip. This fifth generation MGA chip technology integrates acceleration for 3D texture mapping, 2D Windows, digital video and DOS directly into its hardware design to provide one complete graphics solution. Products based on the MGA 64-bit graphics chip technology have won over 100 international awards of distinction and have been integrated into high performance systems from Compaq, Digital, Gateway 2000, Hewlett Packard, IBM, NEC, and more. |
Arcade Quality 3D Games | ||
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Lightning fast 3D texture mapping engine | |
| 25 million texels/second fill rate | |
| True perspective correct texture mapping | |
| Hardware accelerated Gouraud shading, texture transparency, double buffering and Z-buffering | |
| Support for industry standard 3D APIs | |
| Ultra fast 32-bit VGA core for high DOS game performance |
Enjoy the latest in 3D game technology at full 30 frames per second. |
Transform your PC into an arcade powerhouse. Matrox high speed 3D texture mapping engine brings real-time game play to your PC. Enjoy the latest 3D texture mapped games at up to 30+ frames per second at higher resolutions. And because Matrox Mystique accelerates Direct 3D, you'll be ready for the avalanche of 3D game titles that are coming to the market. Also great for accelerated 3D Web browsing! |
Blazing Fast Windows | ||
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Optimized drivers for Windows® 95 and Windows® 3.11 | |
| Expertly engineered drivers for stable and reliable performance | |
| Resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 in 256 and 65K colors | |
| 170 MHz RAMDAC for flicker-free displays | |
| 2 or 4 MB PCI base board | |
| 2 MB board upgradeable to 4 MB |
Delivers the fastest redraw speeds for all Windows applications. |
Boost the performance of your Windows® 95 and Windows® 3.11 applications. Matrox Mystique accelerates Windows graphics functions in hardware to give you over 40 million Winmarks of raw graphics power. With the fastest screen redraws, you'll never have to wait for your Windows applications to catch up with you again. And with Matrox Mystique's rock-solid drivers, you'll get over 44 additional tools to make your Windows interface more friendly to use. |
High Quality Video Playback | ||
| Full screen, full motion MPEG and AVI video playback | |
| Hardware color space conversion and video upscaling with full x and y interpolation for fast frame rates and better image quality | |
| Bundled with a software MPEG player under Windows |
Enjoy high quality, full motion MPEG and AVI video playback at full screen. |
Tired of postage size video clips? Matrox Mystique accelerates video in hardware through Direct Draw for high quality MPEG-1 and AVI video playback. Scale video clips up to full screen while maintaining smooth motion and exceptional picture quality. Ideal for watching movies, educational software, interactive CDs, and Web video right on your home PC. |
MGA Power Desk Utilities for Windows | ||
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Easy plug and play installation | |
| Support and optimization for over 175 monitors | |
| Quick access menus to hot key functions | |
| Pixel Touch hardware pan and zoom | |
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Automatic centuring of pop-up menus, and more! |
Easy-to-use utilities make your Windows programs friendlier to use. |
Matrox Mystique's plug and play design comes with over 10 tools guaranteed to make your Windows 95 and Windows 3.11 interface easier to use. MGA Power Desk's intuitive control panels include Virtual Desktop sizes up to 2048 x 1536 for added screen displays, Desk Navigator which provides a bird's eye view for easy roaming of virtual desktop sizes, on-the-fly resolution switching, and much more! |
Maximum 2D Resolutions and Colors |
Maximum Refresh Rates and Resolutions | |||||
2 MB | 4 MB | Vertical | Horizontal | |||
1600 x 1200 | 256 | 65K | 1600 x 1200 | 60-65 Hz | 74-82 KHz | |
1280 x 1024 | 256 | 16.7M | 1280 x 1024 | 60-90 Hz | 63-96 KHz | |
1152 x 864 | 65K | 16.7M | 1152 x 864 | 60-115 Hz | 54-105 KHz | |
1024 x 768 | 65K | 16.7M | 1024 x 768 | 60-130 Hz | 48-105 KHz | |
800 x 600 | 16.7M | 16.7M | 800 x 600 | 60-160 Hz | 37-105 KHz | |
640 x 480 | 16.7M | 16.7M | 640 x 480 | 60-200 Hz | 32-105 KHz |
Multimedia Upgrades for Matrox Mystique |
Matrox Mystique can be upgraded with the Matrox Rainbow Runner series of snap-on daughter cards for a full range of high quality multimedia features. |
Rainbow Runner Video (Q1 '97) | |
Hardware MPEG and AVI decoder (snap-on module) | |
Video out for displaying PC games and presentations on your T.V. | |
Video input for capturing still frames from external video sources such as a camcorder, VCR or laserdisk | |
Accelerated Direct Draw video | |
Rainbow Runner TV (Q1 '97) | |
ISA TV tuner board for viewing high quality TV on the PC | |
Support for up to 125 cable channels | |
Support for Close Captioning and Teletext | |
Easy programming of TV channels | |
Can only be used in conjunction with Rainbow Runner Video | |
Matrox Memory Upgrade | |
2 MB of fast single ported SGRAM memory for use with 2 MB base board | |
System Requirements | |
Pentium PC or compatible computer | |
8 MB of system memory or more | |
Open PCI bus slot | |
CD-ROM drive for games and video |
Warranty and Technical Support | |
3 years parts | |
Technical support line, CompuServe, 24-hr BBS, Fax Back fax line, Internet access for information and driver updates |
© 1996 All rights reserved. Matrox
Mystique is a registered trademark of Matrox Graphics Inc. Matrox reserves the
right to change product specifications without notice. Rainbow Runner TV can
only be used in conjuction with Rainbow Runner Video. The Rainbow Runner
Series cannot be used in conjuction with the memory upgrades. All
performance tests conducted by Matrox Graphics Inc. on a Gateway P5 166
configured with Intel P5 166Mhz, 16MB of EDO RAM with 256K cache. Matrox
Mystique, Diamond Stealth 3D 2000XL and ATI 3D XPRESSION were configured
with 2 MB of memory for the PCI bus using driver releases 3.16,
4.03.00.2101 and 3.0 respectively for Windows 95. STB Lightspeed 128 was
comfigured with 2.25 MB using driver release 1.22M. Winbench 96 1.0 tests
conducted at 1024 x 768 resolution with 8-bit color at 75Hz refresh using
large fonts under Windows 95. ©1996 Criterion Software Ltd. Scorched Planet
is a trademark of Criterion Software. Criterion Studios and Criterion
Software are trademarks of Canon Inc. MechWarrior. Mech and BattleTech are
registered trademarks of FASA CORPORATION. Activision is a registered
trademark of Activision, Inc.© 1995 Activision, Inc. All rights
reserved. Destruction Derby 2, Psygnosis and the Psygnosis logo are
trademarks of Psygnosis Limited. ©Psygnosis Limited 1996. All rights
reserved. VRML world created with Caligari Pioneer by Arie Sztajnworc, Leo
Libiran and I Wei Huang. Direct 3D tests conducted on Sept. 6, 1996 by Matrox Graphics Inc. on a Gateway P5-166 configured with Intel P5-166Mhz, 16MB of EDO RAM with 256K cache. ATI has not released Direct 3D drivers for the 3D Xpression therefore drivers provided on the Microsoft DirectX 2.0 SDK were used. © Monster Truck Madness Microsoft Corp. Monster Truck Madness was tested in first person view, with dashboard off, map off, sky texture on, horizon on, smoke effects on, image quality high, texture normal,scenery complex, shadow normal, smoothing on, tire: tracks and particles. Test conducted at full screen 640 x 480 @ 16 bit. Direct 3D tests done using Tunnel from the DirectX 2.0 SDK. Diamond Stealth 3D 2000XL and ATI 3D Xpression tests were conducted at 512 x 384 @ 16 bit while Matrox Mystique tests were conducted at 640 x 400 @ 16 bit based on Gouraud shaded, perspective correct textured, point sampled, 16-bit per pixel color, dithered rendered polygons. (1) Game failed when executed on ATI 3D Xpression |
Matrox Mystique Price List | |
Expand your multimedia world with Matrox Rainbow Runner | |
The following software titles will support Mystique's hardware acceleration for 3D |
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