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Article #76105Re: MATROX MILLENNIUM or MYSTIQUE? HELP!!
From: T. Nguyen
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00
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On 14 Jan 1997, Jos=E9 Antonio Gal=E1n Otamendi wrote: > =09Hi all... I want to know your opinion from two cutting-edge video boa= rds. > Maybe you can tell me something that here in Spain we don't know. I have = the > ATI 3D Xpression+ card w/ 2 MB of SDRAM, that works quite fast, but now I= have > the possibility of change it for a Matrox Mystique w/ 2 MB of SGRAM or a = Matrox > Millennium card w/ 2 MB of WRAM (for this one I have to pay about 50 doll= ars > more)... now my question is: if I will use the graphic card for 3D games > (Quake, Duke3D, Monster Truck Madness...) flight simulator soft and for > Windows95 applications like Adobe Photoshop 4.0, which is the better opti= on? I > heard that the Mystique card is fastest in 3D graphics and reports better > benchs over DOS tests... is it true? I know that the Millennium is really= fast, > but is it SO fast? If you can help me, please send me an e-mail to:=20 >=20 > =09J. A. Gal=E1n from Spain, Europe >=20 >=20 The Mystique is nowhere near the top in fast 3D acceleration. Look at the Intergraph Reactor, and some of the Diamond cards. (I think it was the Stealth 3D?) > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Everyone's got to have the sickness... > 'cause everyone seems to need the cure > Metallica 1996 > http://www.metclub.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 >=20
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From: "T. Nguyen" <nguy...@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: MATROX MILLENNIUM or MYSTIQUE? HELP!! Date: 1997/01/15 Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.95.970115214842.80511C-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu> X-Deja-AN: 210548403 references: <01bc01b8$270ffa20$716ab3c2@~load.redestb.es> organization: University of Washington mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.3d,alt.3d.misc,alt.binaries.games.quake,alt.games.duke3d,alt.games.quake,alt.games.upcoming-3d,alt.graphics,alt.windows95,comp.graphics.apps.photoshop,comp.graphics.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.video,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.simulatio nntp-posting-user: nguyen41 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit