It didnt work under MS-DOS. Although, it could... it had it's own engine, maybe some games worked, because some of the 3dfx Glide worked. But it was very rare to use 3d cards under DOS. Almost non-existing. It was used under Windows 95. It arrived in late 1996, so everyone was using Windows 95 already. But nice try for a joke. It required DirectX for Direct3d application and for that, you need Windows 95/98 But... as it had own Matrox 3d engine, it could (not sure) work under DOS, because 3dfx and Glide worked in some very rare expections under DOS. But it's only my speculation, I dont have it confired, maybe it didnt work under DOS in any case. Not sure about ATI CIF.
"Can your PC do this? Yeah, neither can ours, so it's best that you just go ahead and buy that 3dfx Voodoo Graphics thing." xD Also, that segment at the beginning showing games, judging by the texture filtering being present I'd say that's definitely NOT running on the Mystique. :)
I dug up my old Mystique CD out of the closet and thought about posting the ENG.mpg video that Matrox included on the CD...and then found someone beat me to it! 😂
Io l ho cercato per ricordarmelo...ricordo lo vidi a una fiera e l acquistaibsolo per il video...e stasera l ho trovato ..ero ragazzo quante cose con quel PC!!
I had all the Matrox cards and Rainbow Runners from the late '90s/early 2000s. The original Rainbow Runner was terrible -- PC-VCR Remote couldn't capture MJPEG video without dropping frames and skipping all over the place. Thankfully Matrox included that MediaStudio software as well and that worked much better. I remember the later Rainbow Runner G-Series (which was a separate PCI card, not a daughter card) also was much more stable.
I like the poster of that clown holding the video card that they had hanging in various stores to advertise their video card. I've been trying to find where I could get it.
I contacted Matrox directly and asked some years ago. The lady told me they actually got many such requests for the clown poster. But they didn't have any left. What is it about the image of that creepy clown on the box of the video card that makes it so interesting to me. I'm not sure. But it sure is eye catching.
It was in the 1988 computer animation compilation _State of the Art of Computer Animation_ by _Pacific Arts_ . The compilation divorces the credits and shoves them all at the end of the compilation, so I don't know the specific animation's title or creators. It can be found here : ruclips.net/video/MWu0vc280WY/видео.html
Do you still have the original mpeg video from the driver disc perhaps? If so, could you upload it or even the entire driver disc someplace? All archived copies of Matrox's cards that I could find online don't contain this video :(.
ISO of the Driver Disc drive.google.com/open?id=1N27dkKN4mtE-Am_sn-Q3GbKb6YLgqgd5 Installed Demo with video included (INT_ENG.MPG) drive.google.com/open?id=1rQ3CsaghprMupWRFeayCLQ9d357Du3Qb
Matrox trolled us with that trash pseudo 3d accelerator ... no filtering etc ... games looked like trash. It was more of the perfect 2D GPU... I bought a Voodoo 1 half a year later... it was like another galaxy of gaming with 3dfx :D
no, it WAS 3d accelerator. main purpouse of 3d accelerator was to accelerate 3d scene, so it can run faster, and thus, higher resolutions and hi-color mode (16-bit color mode aka 65k colors) remains playable. It was also designed to unload CPU, and take part of calculations on itself. So frames can be rendered faster. Matrox fullfilled all of this. It was actually fastest 3d accelerator, until 3dfx voodoo appeared. It completly wrecked S3 Virge and Ati Rage, in 3d computing power.
Gotta get me some of that BLAZING DOS ACTION.
Or Windows 3.1, yeah! XD
It didnt work under MS-DOS.
Although, it could... it had it's own engine, maybe some games worked, because some of the 3dfx Glide worked. But it was very rare to use 3d cards under DOS. Almost non-existing.
It was used under Windows 95.
It arrived in late 1996, so everyone was using Windows 95 already.
But nice try for a joke.
It required DirectX for Direct3d application and for that, you need Windows 95/98
But... as it had own Matrox 3d engine, it could (not sure) work under DOS, because 3dfx and Glide worked in some very rare expections under DOS. But it's only my speculation, I dont have it confired, maybe it didnt work under DOS in any case.
Not sure about ATI CIF.
can anything ever be more 1997 than this
Only Men in Black.
It cannot.
"Can your PC do this?"
Yes... yes it can.
About a 1000x faster too2
@@mikearmstrongjr1515 Chip Crysis: ... * cough cough . "for how long? "
DON'T LIE PEASANT; YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A PC WHEN THE MYSTIQUE WAS OUT, LOL.
bro... advertisement is outdated. You don't need to react for it, like it's actual.
I've still got a Mystique with the rainbow runner on it. Probably still works, but disks are long gone.
0:30 We see what sort of "In your face video" they had in mind.
BLAZING FAST cinematic 10-20 FPS!
Still better than youtube with Adblock.
Didnt know they had 1080p webcams in those days.
And the necessary bandwith to do a live video call at that resolution. lol
"Can your PC do this? Yeah, neither can ours, so it's best that you just go ahead and buy that 3dfx Voodoo Graphics thing." xD
Also, that segment at the beginning showing games, judging by the texture filtering being present I'd say that's definitely NOT running on the Mystique. :)
I dug up my old Mystique CD out of the closet and thought about posting the ENG.mpg video that Matrox included on the CD...and then found someone beat me to it! 😂
hi, where do you get the drivers for Windows98?
Io l ho cercato per ricordarmelo...ricordo lo vidi a una fiera e l acquistaibsolo per il video...e stasera l ho trovato ..ero ragazzo quante cose con quel PC!!
It's amazing just how 90s the 90s were.
:^]
Damn, wish more commercials were like this. Now I actually wanna buy this card, even though I don't really need it.
Damn that video conference call quality meets todays standards..
Meemmmorieeeees.... Still have my Mystique and Rainbow runner daughter card in an old dusty box somewhere.... Good for its day.....
I'm still saving up for one. Been a while.
Once i got Matrox Mystique 4GB and i love it!
The matrox Mystique was my first vidéo card with a Pentium III , 512mb of RAM : My PC work very well , I have this PC today in my garage
Woah whooping 512 megs of ram
@@LlLnig 512MB was actually lot for Pentium III. It's maximum, windows 98 can handle (without modifications)
@@warrax111 I know I was being sarcastic
I had all the Matrox cards and Rainbow Runners from the late '90s/early 2000s. The original Rainbow Runner was terrible -- PC-VCR Remote couldn't capture MJPEG video without dropping frames and skipping all over the place. Thankfully Matrox included that MediaStudio software as well and that worked much better. I remember the later Rainbow Runner G-Series (which was a separate PCI card, not a daughter card) also was much more stable.
I like the poster of that clown holding the video card that they had hanging in various stores to advertise their video card.
I've been trying to find where I could get it.
I'm not sure either. I'd love to have one too, though.
I contacted Matrox directly and asked some years ago.
The lady told me they actually got many such requests for the clown poster. But they didn't have any left.
What is it about the image of that creepy clown on the box of the video card that makes it so interesting to me. I'm not sure. But it sure is eye catching.
I'm interested too.
If who ever got any information where to get it, please share it.
I was obsessed with Matrox when I was a teenager and even drew a sketch of the Mystique clown in a notebook I still have somewhere.
Matrox Mystique... the clown is you! 😂
clowned... when you find out after expensive purchase, it don't support OpenGL and bilinear filtering while Virge did. So no more good bye for pixels.
Matrox Mistake
Damn.... wow. Wild stuff but I enjoyed it
MUTHAFUCKIN SOLD!
My first video adapter in my first PC in 1997...
have to be cool to not have bilinear filtering while buying 3d accelerator.
I’m feeling old right now
but clown didn't age.
Ngl that song is a banger
Wooooooooow it blast me away 24 years ago 👴🏻
0:02 - Your reflection in mirror after you've found out, what have you actually bought.
Does anyone know the caracter and where is it from,the spinning thing holding the umbrellas at 0:22 ,0:23
It was in the 1988 computer animation compilation _State of the Art of Computer Animation_ by _Pacific Arts_ . The compilation divorces the credits and shoves them all at the end of the compilation, so I don't know the specific animation's title or creators.
It can be found here : ruclips.net/video/MWu0vc280WY/видео.html
@@AlcomIsst ty dude!
Why can't computers be like this anymore?
They can. You need a computer from 1997.
Do you still have the original mpeg video from the driver disc perhaps? If so, could you upload it or even the entire driver disc someplace? All archived copies of Matrox's cards that I could find online don't contain this video :(.
ISO of the Driver Disc drive.google.com/open?id=1N27dkKN4mtE-Am_sn-Q3GbKb6YLgqgd5
Installed Demo with video included (INT_ENG.MPG) drive.google.com/open?id=1rQ3CsaghprMupWRFeayCLQ9d357Du3Qb
I used to drool over that graphic card. Oh man 🙄
You can still drool over it. It's okay.
they really wanted people to buy this didn't they
Everything of this card was nice except for the 3D gaming stuff. And you needed a rainbow runner for most of the video stuff.
Looks like ad from alternate 80s
Hey Nice video :D Do you mind if I download it and use it in a video of a retro computer?
Go for it, my dude!
@@AlcomIsst Great thanks 😁
crank up that 4D3D3D3
🤣
Si podía mover Tomb Raider II, el mejor juego en 3D de la época por encima de por Mario 64.
My watch can do all that
Matrox trolled us with that trash pseudo 3d accelerator ... no filtering etc ... games looked like trash. It was more of the perfect 2D GPU... I bought a Voodoo 1 half a year later... it was like another galaxy of gaming with 3dfx :D
Yes, but thank to missing bilinear filtering, it was actually fastest. :D Just pixels remained like in software mode.
no, it WAS 3d accelerator.
main purpouse of 3d accelerator was to accelerate 3d scene, so it can run faster, and thus, higher resolutions and hi-color mode (16-bit color mode aka 65k colors) remains playable.
It was also designed to unload CPU, and take part of calculations on itself. So frames can be rendered faster.
Matrox fullfilled all of this. It was actually fastest 3d accelerator, until 3dfx voodoo appeared.
It completly wrecked S3 Virge and Ati Rage, in 3d computing power.
Vasco
Omg this is obnoxious
Totally.
"Can your PC do this?"
I do not have a PC and my crappy mid range phone can do even faster. :)