<s>
The	O
Mystique	O
and	O
Mystique	O
220	O
were	O
2D	O
,	O
3D	O
,	O
and	O
video	O
accelerator	O
cards	O
for	O
personal	O
computers	O
designed	O
by	O
Matrox	B-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
VGA	B-Protocol
connector	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
had	O
been	O
known	O
for	O
years	O
as	O
a	O
significant	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
high-end	O
2D	O
graphics	O
accelerator	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cards	O
they	O
produced	O
were	O
Windows	B-Application
accelerators	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Millennium	O
card	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
supported	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
regard	O
to	O
3D	O
acceleration	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
stepped	O
forward	O
in	O
1994	O
with	O
their	O
Impression	O
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
that	O
card	O
only	O
could	O
accelerate	O
a	O
very	O
limited	O
feature	O
set	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
primarily	O
targeted	O
at	O
CAD	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Impression	O
could	O
not	O
perform	O
hardware	O
texture	O
mapping	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
requiring	O
Gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
or	O
lower-quality	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
accelerated	O
by	O
the	O
Millennium	O
was	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
of	O
NASCAR	B-Application
Racing	I-Application
,	O
which	O
received	O
a	O
considerable	O
increase	O
in	O
speed	O
over	O
software	O
rendering	O
but	O
no	O
difference	O
in	O
image	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
answer	O
to	O
these	O
limitations	O
,	O
and	O
Matrox	B-Application
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
at	O
targeting	O
the	O
consumer	O
gaming	O
PC	O
market	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Device
Mystique	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mystique	O
was	O
a	O
64-bit	B-Device
2D	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
video	O
accelerator	O
(	O
MGA1064SG	O
)	O
with	O
3D	O
acceleration	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mystique	O
has	O
"	O
Matrox	B-Device
Simple	I-Device
Interface	I-Device
"	O
(	O
MSI	O
)	O
rendering	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
board	O
used	O
a	O
64-bit	B-Device
SGRAM	O
memory	O
interface	O
(	O
Synchronous	O
Graphics	O
RAM	O
)	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
expensive	O
WRAM	O
(	O
Window	O
RAM	O
)	O
aboard	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Application
Millennium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add-on	O
cards	O
from	O
Matrox	B-Application
included	O
the	O
Rainbow	O
Runner	O
Video	O
,	O
a	O
board	O
offering	O
MPEG-1	B-Algorithm
and	O
AVI	O
video	O
playback	O
with	O
video	O
inputs	O
and	O
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
add-on	O
was	O
called	O
Rainbow	O
Runner	O
TV	O
,	O
an	O
ISA-based	O
TV	B-Device
tuner	I-Device
card	I-Device
for	O
watching	O
TV	O
on	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mystique	O
's	O
2D	O
performance	O
was	O
very	O
close	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
much	O
more	O
expensive	O
Millennium	O
card	O
,	O
especially	O
at	O
XGA	B-Device
1024x768	O
resolution	O
and	O
lower	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
SGRAM	O
bandwidth	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
performance	O
hindrance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mystique	O
used	O
an	O
internal	O
170	O
MHz	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
,	O
reduced	O
from	O
the	O
external	O
220	O
MHz	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
onboard	O
Millennium	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
Matrox	B-Application
video	O
processor	O
using	O
an	O
internal	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mystique	O
was	O
Matrox	B-Application
's	O
most	O
feature-rich	B-Architecture
3D	O
accelerator	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
lacked	O
key	O
features	O
including	O
bilinear	O
filtering	O
,	O
fogging	O
,	O
and	O
anti-aliasing	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
mipmapping	O
support	O
,	O
textures	O
in	O
the	O
distance	O
appear	O
to	O
"	O
swim	O
"	O
,	O
waving	O
around	O
and	O
appearing	O
"	O
noisy	O
"	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
texture	O
detail	O
was	O
n't	O
being	O
properly	O
managed	O
and	O
this	O
caused	O
texture	O
aliasing	B-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
semiconductor	B-Architecture
fabrication	I-Architecture
processes	O
and	O
3D	O
hardware	O
architecture	O
design	O
expertise	O
was	O
limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
's	O
words	O
were	O
not	O
without	O
weight	O
because	O
the	O
Mystique	O
did	O
handily	O
outperform	O
the	O
other	O
2D/3D	O
boards	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
S3	B-Device
ViRGE	I-Device
and	O
early	O
ATI	B-Device
Rage	I-Device
products	O
,	O
although	O
its	O
visual	O
quality	O
was	O
lower	O
than	O
those	O
accelerators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
peers	O
,	O
the	O
Matrox	B-Device
Mystique	I-Device
was	O
a	O
competent	O
board	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
set	O
of	O
advantages	O
and	O
disadvantages	O
as	O
was	O
typical	O
in	O
this	O
era	O
of	O
early	O
3D	O
accelerators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
not	O
uncommon	O
to	O
pair	O
up	O
the	O
Mystique	O
or	O
another	O
Matrox	B-Application
card	O
with	O
a	O
3Dfx	O
Voodoo	O
Graphics	O
3D-only	O
board	O
because	O
the	O
Voodoo	O
cards	O
were	O
the	O
fastest	O
and	O
most	O
well-supported	O
3D	O
accelerators	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Detractors	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
card	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Matrox	B-Application
Mystake	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
card	O
directly	O
supported	O
all	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1x	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mystique	O
also	O
supported	O
IBM	O
's	O
OS/2	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
retail	O
version	O
of	O
Mystique	O
included	O
3	O
3D	O
game	O
titles	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
2	I-Application
Mystique	O
edition	O
,	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Scorched	B-Application
Planet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrox	B-Application
released	O
a	O
newer	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Mystique	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
gives	O
the	O
only	O
significant	O
change	O
,	O
that	O
being	O
the	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
running	O
at	O
220	O
MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
memory	O
and	O
internal	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
programming	O
interface	O
lived	O
on	O
in	O
MGA-G100	O
and	O
later	O
processors	O
,	O
until	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Matrox	B-Device
Parhelia	I-Device
.	O
</s>
