MGA Millennium
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High-performance professional
graphics accelerator


• 64-bit PCI graphics board
• Powerful dual-ported WRAM memory
• Blazing fast Windows acceleration
• Ultra-high resolution and color displays
• Smooth video playback
• Professional 3D rendering
• 2 or 4 MB base board, upgradeable to 4 or 8 MB
• Upgradeable with full range of video add-ons





MVP awards


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Advanced Graphics Technology

With over 20 years of technical excellence behind Matrox, the Millennium delivers unprecedented levels of performance to your desktop PC. Whether you're a corporate power user looking to accelerate your business applications and corporate training videos, or a 2D/3D designer looking for high resolution true color support, Matrox Millennium offers the most powerful solution for all your professional needs.

Software bundleFeaturing Matrox's award-winning MGA 64-bit graphics processor, superior dual-ported Window RAM memory, and a powerful 220 MHz RAMDAC, Matrox Millennium maintains high system performance as you increase to maximum resolutions, color depths and refresh rates. Matrox Millennium is upgradable to 8 MB of Window RAM, enabling you to work in true 24-bit color at 1600 x 1200 resolution. And with the Media Series of video upgrades, you'll gain high quality, professional desktop video enhancements.

And now Matrox raises the performance bar once again by further optimizing its feature rich drivers for Windows 95 and Windows NT. You'll now get over 40 Million Winmarks of raw graphics speed and increased productivity with Matrox's new Desk Navigator. This powerful "bird's eye view" lets you scroll around a virtual desktop of 2048 x 1536. Also included is a professional color calibration utility from Sonnetech and over 20 enhancements for your Windows 95 and Windows NT desktop.

Superior Performance

Award winning MGA-2064W 64-bit graphics chip
Powerful dual-ported Window RAM memory
Blazing fast Windows acceleration
Optimized drivers for Windows NT, Win 95 and Win 3.11
Over 20 productivity features
2 or 4 MB base board, upgradeable to 4 or 8 MB


Winbench 24-bit
Winbench 96 at 1024 x 768 @ 24-bit

Matrox Millennium's superior technology was designed to accelerate graphically demanding applications under Windows and DOS. Its MGA-2064W graphics processor integrates acceleration for true color, digital video, and 2D/3D rendering into a single chip design. And now, with newly optimized Windows drivers, Matrox Millennium is faster than ever.

Unlike many graphics accelerators which use less performant memory types such as DRAM, Matrox Millennium uses faster, dual-ported Window RAM memory. This new memory type processes information to the graphics chip and screen simultaneously thus reducing the time needed to redraw the screen.

By combining these powerful features under one chip and board level technology, you'll get all the speed you need and more for your high resolution documents, corporate training videos, desktop publishing, and CAD designs.


Ultra-High Resolutions & Colors

High resolution, True Color

Resolutions up to 1600x1200 in 256, 65K and 16.7 million colors
Virtual desktop sizes of up to 2048 x 1536
220 MHz DAC for resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 at 85Hz
Multiple monitor support under Windows NT
New color calibration utility from Sonnetech with Kodak's Precision Color Management System
New support and optimization for over 175 monitors

Matrox Millennium enhances the readability and image quality of your documents. By supporting resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 non-interlaced, you'll get added screen real estate for displaying multiple applications at once on your screen. This means you'll no longer have to tediously scroll through your desktop to view your documents.

To eliminate headaches and eyestrain, Matrox Millennium uses a 220 MHz RAMDAC for reducing the annoying flicker commonly found with most monitors. Also available is the special PowerDoc Edition which comes with a powerful 250 MHz RAMDAC for 1800 x 1440 resolutions support at 70 Hz flicker-free refresh and 1600 x 1200 at 88 Hz.

For improved image quality of color documents, Matrox Millennium accelerates 256, 65K and 16.7M color at resolutions up to 1600 x 1200. Matrox Millennium's superior image load speed ensures high system performance in all color depths and resolutions making it the ideal graphics accelerator for desktop publishing, photo retouching, and illustration packages.


Smooth Video Playback

Smooth video playback

Plays back MPEG and AVI video clips in full screen, full motion
Hardware accelerated color space conversion and video upscaling
Full support for Microsoft's DCI, Direct Draw and Direct Video
Bundled with Compcore's Softpeg MPEG player for Windows
Frame capture, hardware MPEG and T.V. tuner upgrades available

Matrox Millennium provides full screen, full motion video playback capabilities with exceptional image quality. Through Microsoft's DCI or Direct Draw drivers, Matrox Millennium accelerates color space conversion and video upscaling directly in hardware, so you'll be able to run full-screen video clips at up to 30 frames per second without dropping frames. Ideal for computer based training applications, video over the network, education software, video kiosks and multimedia titles. It also comes with Compcore's software MPEG player that enables you to decode MPEG titles under Windows.

By combining Matrox Millennium with the Matrox Media series of video upgrades (sold separately), you'll also be able to decode MPEG titles in hardware for superior image quality and system performance with the Media XL MPEG module. Watch T.V. right on your PC with the Media TV module! (Note: Media XL MPEG cannot be used in combination with the memory upgrades.)



Professional 3D rendering

Professional 3D rendering Hardware accelerated 3D Gouraud shading, double buffering and Z-buffering
Supports real-time Gouraud shading at up to 1280 x 1024 in 16-bit color
Full-featured display drivers for AutoCAD™, Microstation™ 5.0 for DOS
Support for standard 3D APIs including OpnGL®, Microsoft® Direct3D and Criterion® RenderWareTM
Bundled 3D F/X from Asymetrix for adding 3Deffects to business presentations
Includes Netscape Navigator 2.0 with 3D Web browser plug in

Matrox Millennium' s powerful 3D rendering provides a high performance solution for accelerating 2D and 3D CAD applications for your desktop PC. You can instantaneously render 3D wireframe objects to Gouraud shading and then rotate them in real-time. And with 8 MB of Window RAM memory, you can work in 3D resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 in 8-bit color, or 1280 x 1024 in 16-bit double buffered modes.

Matrox Millennium also comes with DynaView 2D/3D . This powerful display list driver for AutoCad under Windows and DOS, and dual-display driver for Microstation comes with an entire host of features which will make your CAD desktop more dynamic. Features include real-time Spy Glass and Bird's Eye Views, dynamic Scroll and Zoom Bars, resizeable and positional Main Windows, and programmable, pop-up Iconic Menus and Toolbars.


Rock Solid Driver Support

Matrox's industry renowned MGA drivers have been expertly engineered for Microsoft Windows™ 95, Windows™ 3.11, Windows™ NT and OS/2™ Warp. Each MGA driver has gone through extensive testing in Matrox's internal quality assurance facilities and is the reason why it has been adopted by leading computer manufacturers as Compaq, Digital, Gateway 2000, IBM, Hewlett Packard, and NEC. MGA drivers offer reliable performance and problem-free support.

Over 150 awards

MGA Software Drivers
• Windows™ 3.1
• Windows™ 3.11
• Windows™ '95
• Windows NT™ 3.5, 4.0
• OS/2™ 2.1; Warp™ 3.0
• AutoCAD™ release 12, 13 for DOS and Windows
• Microstation™ 5.0
• VESA 2.0 (Up to 1280 x 1024 resolution)

Warranty and Technical Support
• 3 year warranty
• Technical Support Line, FTP and WWW sites, CompuServe, 24-hr BBS, DDC-2B Compliant


Productivity Features

Virtual Desktop New Virtual Desktop - sizes from 640 x 480 to 2048 x 1536 (Win 95 )
New Desk Navigator utility for bird's eye view (Win 95)
New Monitor Selection - support and optimization for over 175 monitors (Win 95 & NT)
Instant ModeSWITCH™ - for on-the-fly resolution and color depth switching (Win 3.11)
PixelTouch™ - hardware accelerated pan and zoom (Win 95, NT & 3.11)
QCDP - true color simulation in 8 and 16 - bit modes (Win 3.11)
PanLock - locks virtual desktop working area in place (Win 95 & 3.11)
Windows installation - easy installation (Win 95 & 3.11)
Enhanced plug and play capabilities
Center Pop-Up and Center Window automatic centering of pop-up menus and windows (Win 95, NT & 3.11)
MaxVIEW - maximizes the window within the boundaries of the visible desktop area
Quick Access - repositionable iconic menu for instant access of MGA's hot-key features, (Win NT & 3.11)
And more!

New software bundle

Netscape Netscape Navigator 2.0 new
Includes Netscape Navigator 2.0, a major new release of the world's most popular Internet client, bringing World Wide Web exploration, email, newsgroups, chat, and FTP capabilities together in a seamlessly integrated package. Its Live 3D plug-in, a VRML viewer, lets you experience a rich new world of 3D spaces and interact with text, images, animation, sound, music, and even video.
Colorific Colorific Color Matching new
Colorific gives computer users better on-screen color and 'no-surprises' display-to-printer WYSIWYG color matching. Professionals and home users working with photos, charts, or presentations are able to reproduce these images accurately in print.
CompCore CompCore SoftPEG™
This state-of-the art software MPEG player takes full advantage of Matrox Millennium's digital video acceleration. You'll be able to play back full-screen MPEG clips under Windows at up to 30 frames per second from either CD or hard drive.
3DFX Asymetrix 3D F/X
Asymetrix 3D F/X allows you to add dazzling 3D effects and sophisticated animation to any multimedia application, presentation or document.
Nascar NASCAR racing
This version of Papyrus' NASCAR racing game has been optimized to run at high resolution and color depth using Matrox Millennium's real-time 3D capabilities.

Specifications Summary and Ordering Information



Maximum 2D Color Depths Maximum 3D Color Depths
Resolutions 2 MB 4 MB 8 MB Resolutions 2 MB 4 MB 8 MB
1600 x 1200 256 65K 16.7M 1600 x 1200 - - 256
1280 x 1024 256 16.7M 16.7M 1280 x 1024 - 256 65K
1152 x 882 65K 16.7M 16.7M 1152 x 882 - 256 65K
1024 x 768 65K 16.7M 16.7M 1024 x 768 - 256 16.7M
800 x 600 16.7M 16.7M 16.7M 800 x 600 256 65K 16.7M
640 x 480 16.7M 16.7M 16.7M 640 x 480 65K 16.7M 16.7M


Maximum Refresh Rate
Resolutions 220 MHz DAC
1600 x 1200 85 Hz
1280 x 1024 110 Hz
1152 x 882 120 Hz
1024 x 768 120 Hz
800 x 600 200 Hz
640 x 480 200 Hz


Part Numbers (for North American customers)
Base version 2MB MGA-MIL/2N
Base version 4MB MGA-MIL/4N
2 MB upgrade (for 2MB version) MGA-MIL/MOD2
4 MB upgrade (for 4MB version) MGA-MIL/MOD4
6 MB upgrade (for 2MB version) MGA-MIL/MOD6
Media XL MPEG MGA-MIL/MODMC
Media TV MGA-MIL/TVTNTSC (N. America only)
Multimedia SuperPack available in MGA Millennium retail packaging only.


Matrox reserves the right to change product specifications without notice.All performance tests conducted by Matrox Graphics Inc. on a Gateway P5-166Mhz system with 16MB of EDO RAM and 256K cache. The Matrox Millennium, Number Nine Imagine Series 2 and Diamond Stealth 64 3240XL were configured with 4MB of memory using driver releases 3.14, 2.09 and 4.02.325 respectively. The STB Lightspeed 128 was configured with 2.25 MB of memory using driver release 1.22i, and could not be expanded to support 1024 x 768 @24-bit. All WinBench 96 1.0 tests were done using large fonts and configured for 75Hz refresh. $GE-4615-D-Rev 1

Front cover image courtesy of NOAO.® OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. ©1994 Asymetrix Corporation. All rights reserved. Asymetrix is a registered trademark and Asymetrix 3D F/X is a trademark of Asymetrix Corporation Portions © 1993-1994 Criterion Software Limited. All rights reserved. Soft-Art Dictionary, Soft Art Dictionary Program, and Spelling Verification/Correction Program. Copyright © 1984 - 1992 Soft-Art, Inc. All rights reserved. © 1989 - 1994 Whitted Whitton, Inc. and Numerical Design, Ltd. © 1994 Papyrus Design Group. All rights reserved. Papyrus and Papyrus NASCAR Racing is a trademark of Papyrus Design Group. NASCAR Racing is officially licensed by NASCAR ®.Colorific® software © 1993-96 SONNETECH LTD,San Francisco and ©1992-96 HGC Associates and their licensors. All rights Reserved. Color Management Software © 1993-94 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY. All rights reserved. $GE-4464-B Rev 4


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Memory Upgrades

Games supporting Millennium's hardware acceleration for 3D


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