Matrox Mystique G200
The Mystique G200 used Matrox' brand new chipset in 1998, surpassing all the original Millennium 1164 and 2164 chips with a full suite of hardware 3D acceleration features.
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Released | 1998 |
| Bus | AGP 1x v1.0 (3.3V only) | |
| Chipset | MGA-G200 (G200A D2) | |
| Standards | Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Memory | 8 MB SDRAM (upgradable to 16 MB) | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (video out) 26-pin VGA Feature connector RCA TV-out SODIMM memory expansion slot |
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| RAMDAC | 230 MHz | |
| Part # | - | |
| FCC ID | - | |
| Price | - | |
| See Also | Millennium G200, Mystique, Mystique 220 |
The G200 from Matrox (found in both the G200 Mystique and G200 Millennium) was developed as a pretty fast 3D chip that offered very good 3D image quality. It came with an excellent 2D core, something that Matrox were famous for. The 3D core was not as fast as Voodoo2, but in most cases it offered a significantly better image quality. 32-bit color rendering and a 32 bit Z-buffer are the ones responsible for that besides a lot of other nice features.
Whilst the Millennium G200 was the higher-end version equipped with 8 MB SGRAM, the Mystique G200 used slower SDRAM but added a TV out port. Sadly the G200s were released just shortly before a new generation of cards were launched by ATI and nVidia, which both completely outperformed the G200 range.
The G200's potential was severely hurt by Matrox's inability to release a high performing OpenGL driver upon the launch of the chip - something that nVidia already had with their TNT card. This shortcoming was eliminated when they brought out the G400 in 1999.
Key Features:
- MGA-G200 128-bit DualBus graphics chip
- Most powerful all-around video card with full AGP 2X support featuring Symmetrical Rendering Architecture
- Advanced 2D, 3D and software DVD video acceleration (Software DVD player not included)
- Vibrant Color Quality 3D rendering engine for stunning image quality
- High speed 250 MHz RAMDAC for fast refresh rates
- Support for high resolutions and colors
- Games to TV output at 1024 x 768 resolution blows the competition away
- 8 MB of SDRAM memory upgradeable to 16 MB
- Most comprehensive family of multimedia upgrades
- Includes three free software titles: Motorhead, Incoming, and Tonic Trouble ...plus 3D game demos
The Mystique G200 had a number of optional upgrades, including:
- 8 MB SDRAM memory module for a total of 16 MB of memory
- Rainbow Runner G-Series, the award-winning product featuring video editing, TV on the PC, PC-VCR and more
- Hardware DVD module for the highest quality MPEG-2 video playback
Board Revisions
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Setting it Up
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Downloads
User Manual Original Matrox user manual. |
Original Utility Disk Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
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