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Re: MATROX MILLENNIUM or MYSTIQUE? HELP!!

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From: Jonathan Cullinane
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:00
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Previously, <32DB8E...@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in>, "M. B. Gajria"
<mst...@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in> mentioned:
>Brent Mason wrote:
>> 
>> José Antonio Galán Otamendi wrote:
>> >
>> >         Hi all... I want to know your opinion from two cutting-edge video 
>boards.
>> > 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 dollars
>> > 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 option? 
>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:
>> > gal...@redestb.es
>> > Thanks to all :-)
>> >
>> >         J. A. Galán from Spain, Europe
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >      Everyone's got to have the sickness...
>> >      'cause everyone seems to need the cure
>> >      Metallica 1996
>> >      http://www.metclub.com
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> Hey,  if you find out, tell me too, Im looking for the same answers.
>> 
>> Brent Mason
>> Dampier Western Australia.
>
>Hi guys,
>
>About display cards I am user of many of them. I would have my say that
>Matrox Mellinium Rules. Its the best video card I have come across. A
>slight difference is that I have Matrox Mellinium with 4mb WRAM. I love
>it. Where have you seen the benchmarks? The benchmarks by PC-Magzine
>were with beta drivers of Matrox Mellinium. Now the final driver is
>here. So thats really fast. And latest bios (2.30) update can be
>downloaded from Maxrox site. This makes card neatly 1.5 to 2 times
>faster in most of the operations.
>
>Regards,
>Mansih Gajria.

I dunno much about it, Ive got the Matrox Mystique, I think its supposed
to be the successor to the millenium, would you say thats true?
As for whether its good, my last PC was a 486sx, so everything looks
just that little bit faster to me :)

-- 
     So thats where the time goes, can't say I blame it..

             ..Jonathan 'Inertia' Cullinane..
             [Ine...@ZoneWorlds.Demon.Co.UK]
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From: Jonathan Cullinane <Ine...@ZoneWorlds.Demon.Co.UK>
Subject: Re: MATROX MILLENNIUM or MYSTIQUE? HELP!!
Date: 1997/01/17
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