Matrox
Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd is a Canadian company based in Dorval, Quebec, which produces video card components and equipment for personal computers. It was founded by Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić. The "ma" from Matić and "tro" from Trottier, combined with an "x" for excellence, forms the Matrox name.
Matrox specializes in professional multi-display graphics cards that enable more than one monitor to be driven by a single card. The targeted user-base for Matrox graphics cards largely consists of 2D, 3D, video, scientific, medical, military and financial workstation users.
During the 1990s, Matrox's Millennium line of video cards were noted for their exceptional 2D speed and visual quality. The company has struggled to retain its position in the industry, with successive cards gradually falling behind others in terms of 3D performance and marketshare. As a result, Matrox has shifted the focus of its card designs towards specialized, niche markets, moving away from the 3D gaming market. In recent years they have held no more than a 3-5% share of the total video card market.
Matrox graphic cards models:
(Inconcise list)
- Matrox Ultima
- Matrox Impression
- Matrox Mystique
- Matrox Millennium
- Matrox Mystique 220
- Matrox Mystique 220 Business
- Matrox Millennium II
- Matrox m3D
- Matrox Productiva G100
- Matrox Productiva G100 MMS
- Matrox Mystique G200
- Matrox Millennium G200
- Matrox Millennium G200 LE
- Matrox Millennium G200 DVI
- Matrox Millennium G200 MMS
- Matrox Marvel G200
- Matrox Millennium G250
- Matrox Millennium G250 LE
- Matrox Millennium G400
- Matrox Millennium G400 MAX
- Matrox Marvel G400
- Matrox Millennium G450
- Matrox Millennium G450 DVI
- Matrox Millennium G450 MMS
- Digital First Millennium G450
- Matrox Marvel G450 eTV
- Matrox Millennium G550
- Digital First Millennium G550
- Matrox Millennium G550 DVI
- Matrox Millennium G550 Dual-DVI
- Matrox G550 PCIe X1
- Matrox Parhelia (2002)
- Matrox Millennium P650
- Matrox Millennium P750
- Matrox Parhelia-512 (2003)
- Matrox Parhelia PCI
- Matrox Parhelia HR256
- Matrox Parhelia Precision SGT
- Matrox Parhelia QID/QID PRO
- Matrox APVe X16
- Matrox QID PCIe X16
- Matrox P650 PCIe X16
Matrox medical imaging cards models:
(Inconcise list)
- MED Series:
- MED2mp
- MED3mp
- MED5mp
- RAD Series:
- RAD2mp
- RAD3mp
- RAD9mp
- RADQ2mp
- TheatreVUE Series:
- TheatreVUE T20
- TheatreVUE T30
Matrox also manufacture a range of real-time video editing cards like the RT.X100.
List of games bundled with Matrox video cards
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See also
- Computer graphics
- Graphics chip
- Graphics processing unit
- Matrox RT.X100
- ATI Technologies, the other Canadian video graphics card company