Very simple question

[Jean-François Leroux]

Hi,
Sorry for this dumb question : I want to buy a 19" monitor, and I have an "old" (3 years) Matrxo Mystique, with 4 mb. Will it be enough to drive a 19"" and which resoltions can I have with that ?
Thanks for your help.

[Thundrchez]

That depends on which ramdac that you have in it.

I've got an ol' Matrox Mystique 220 4MB card, where the 220 represented that the ramdac was at 220MHz. I could run it at 1600x1200x16@75Hz, which ought to be plenty for a 19" monitor.

I forget what other ramdac speeds the original Mystiques came in, but I think that 220 was the tops.

OK Mystique users, what other speeds did it come in, and what were their max resolutions and refresh rates?

[Mark F]

Didn't have one but it was 170MHz. I know that doesn't help with the real question of resolution and refreash rate. But I'm sure someone will answer.

Mark F.

------------------
OH NO, my retractable cup holder swallowed a DVD...
and burped out a movie

[traverso]

bonjour jean françois

mon ancienne mystique II a un ramdac à 220.
il me semble qu'il y a 2 types de cartes mystique : la I et la II ???.
résolution honnête a 1600x1200x16@75Hz sur un 19' avec la II.

[Maggi]

You'd need 8MB gfx RAM to get a resolution of 1600x1200x32bpp ...

Maybe high color will go up to that res, but I'm not too sure.

[Jean-François Leroux]

Hi everybody,
Thanks for your prompt answers.
Tjis is an old Mystique 170 but, anyway, I didn't mean to use more than 1280 x 1024 x 24 bits, so that okay for me.
See you folks.
Regards
Jean-François