Question about Mystique/Millenium

[PengDoRi]

Hi, guys...

I am about to purchase a bit old Matrox card. What I see are Millenium II and Mystique 220, and the price difference is minimal.
Please, someone help to reach right decision.

#1. Which one is faster in what applications?
(Mystique, Mystique220, Millenium, Millenium II PCI, Millenium II AGP)

I was searching all over the net, and found one that says Mystique is faster than Millenium. Is that true? I remember asking same question at Comdex Chicago 5(?) years ago. The Matrox representative couldn't give me straight answer.

#2. Are there any differences in Rainbow Runnder Studio(original) for Mystique and Millenium?

Thank you very much.

[TdB]

TdB

the mystique is really slow in 1024*768*32 @ 120hz in 2d.
it was so slow, I actually had to wonder about framerates in explorer
and dragging a window was a pain.

[Technoid]

Re: TdB

Originally posted by TDB
the mystique is really slow in 1024*768*32 @ 120hz in 2d.
it was so slow, I actually had to wonder about framerates in explorer
and dragging a window was a pain.

huh,

[TdB]

TdB

it is indeed, my dad was using it in his p3 866mhz with a sony g200 monitor he had to switch to 16 bit.
however it is ok in 85 hz.
I was surprised too.

i think it was being pushed to its very limits at 1024*768*32@ 120hz
it couldn´t even do better than 60 hz in 1600*1200
even though it had the 2mb memory upgrade: 4mb total

that resolution in those hz was out of this world when the mystique was new, its very old renember.

[TdB]

TdB

Mystique in 3dgames:

i have tried the following games with the mystique:

jedi knight:
playable in 512*384*16 and below, looked like software-rendering, because it can´t filter the textures.

rollcage:
the game runs, but too slow.

darkstone:
game runs, but too slow, and the "fog of war" isn´t rendered correctly.

conclusion:
some direct3d games will work, but it won´t be pretty and it won´t be fast.
opengl doesn´t work

for 2d: it will do the job, if you don´t asks too much of it, beats onboard-video.

afaik the mystique is a stripped down version of the millenium, when it comes to 2d, but a bit faster in 3d, (it was a gamers card).


I don´t know rainbow runner, or the millenium cards, but afaik the millenium2 agp is the best of those you mentioned.

[guillenv]

I have used a millenium2 8MB with a RRS since '97.
It was a fast card back then and still fells faster than most onboard video options you get today.

if you plan on doing video editing i would recommend using the mystique instead.
because it supports more capture modes.
i mean different resolutions x bits depth.



otherwise go for the Mill2 AGP

[Alec]

Why don´t you go for a G200 instead? It must be really cheap too...