Matrox Mystique 220
The Mystique 220 was a mild refresh of 1996's Mystique card with the only difference being the faster internal RAMDAC, now at 220 MHz over the original's 170 MHz.
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Released | 1997 |
| Bus | PCI | |
| Chipset | MGA-1164SG (Cyclone) | |
| Standards | Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Memory | 2 MB or 4 MB SGRAM | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (video out) 26-pin VGA Feature connector Memory expansion headers |
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| RAMDAC | 220 MHz | |
| Part # | MY220P/4N, MY220P/4G/20 | |
| FCC ID | - | |
| Price | - | |
| See Also | Mystique, Millennium |
From a 2D perspective this put the Mystique 220 on par at XGA (1024 x 768) and higher resolutions with the original more expensive Millennium.
It is easy to spot a 220 over the original, with the main chip now coded "MGA-1164SG-A" instead of a 1064.
This card has good DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 98 support, though doesn't directly support OpenGL. It supports the following VGA and up graphics modes:
| Resolution | Max. Refresh Rate (Hz) | Max. Colour Depth |
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| 1600 x 1200 | 75* | 8-bit |
| 1280 x 1024 | 85 | 8-bit |
| 1152 x 864 | 75 | 16-bit |
| 1024 x 768 | 85 | 16-bit |
| 800 x 600 | 85 | 32-bit |
| 640 x 480 | 85 | 32-bit |
*Original Mystique is only able to display 1600 x 1200 at 60 Hz refresh rate.
A Mystique 220 Business version was also released, though this only differed in what bundled software you got.
Tip: If you get frequent lock-ups or freezes disable the "Use Bus Mastering" feature under the device driver Settings tab. This Bus Mastering is present on all Mystique models and will increase your frame rates but unfortunately increases instability
Tip: There have been reports of issues running 3D with motherboards that use the Intel i815 and 440BX chipsets.
Summing Up: Not a great deal of difference from the earlier Mystique, just slightly faster so it's the same message here - great 2D quality and performance for a 1997 card. For 3D gaming, performance still just fractionally beat the latest S3 ViRGE/DX card [also from 1997] with 4 MB on both and ATI Mach 64 cards though 3D image quality was poorer due to its limited 3D feature set. If you have a 3dfx Voodoo 1 card, use that in conjunction with this for better 3D performance.
Board Revisions
I have no board revision information for the Mystique 220.
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Setting it Up
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