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Re: MATROX MILLENNIUM or MYSTIQUE? HELP!!

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From: T. Nguyen
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
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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?)


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>      Everyone's got to have the sickness...
>      'cause everyone seems to need the cure
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From: "T. Nguyen" <nguy...@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: MATROX MILLENNIUM or MYSTIQUE? HELP!!
Date: 1997/01/15
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