Windows 64-bit Drivers work with various graphics solutions.

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Designed for PCI, AGP, and PCI Express graphics products such as Parhelia(TM), Millennium P-Series, QID, and Millennium G-Series, 64-bit SE display drivers for MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support both AMD64 processors and 64-bit Intel® Xeon(TM) processors. Architecture supports 64-bit applications as well as most existing 32-bit applications.



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Matrox Graphics Releases Windows 64-bit Display Drivers for Select AGP, PCI, and PCI Express Bus Graphics Solutions



Montreal, Canada, April 25, 2005 - Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of graphics solutions for professionals, today announced the release of its new 64-bit SE drivers for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, for the Matrox Parhelia(TM), Millennium P-Series, QID and Millennium G-Series product families. The Matrox 64-bit SE drivers support both AMD64 processors and 64-bit Intel® Xeon(TM) processors. With this release, Matrox continues its distinguished tradition of delivering high-quality, reliable, and future-proof graphics solutions to professional markets, with real-world benefits such as increased productivity and efficiency.

"By making 64-bit drivers simultaneously available for our PCI, AGP and PCI Express graphics products, Matrox is providing a broad set of graphics solutions to our professional users." says Dan Wood, vice-president technical marketing, Matrox Graphics Inc.

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to provide faster performance with increased reliability and flexibility for today's most demanding users, enabling them to run memory and calculation-intensive applications and processes more efficiently. This new processor architecture can also run new 64-bit applications as well as most existing 32-bit applications for maximum flexibility on a single PC. This allows customers to make the gradual shift to 64-bit computing at their own pace while preserving current investments in 32-bit applications.

From advanced computer-aided design (CAD), to digital content creation, to high-end visualization and analysis, today's professional users are dealing with more complex problems and rapidly growing data sets that can benefit from the features of 64-bit computing. Availability of 64-bit architecture will expand the computing experience for many professional users.

"Microsoft is pleased to be working with Matrox to deliver the 64-bit computing experience to the industry," said Brian Marr, senior product manager of Windows at Microsoft Corp. "Our strategic relationship with Matrox helps facilitate the availability of 64-bit computing to our business customers."

"Having graphics providers, such as Matrox, offer products compatible with 64-bit Intel Xeon processors allows us to offer our customers maximum flexibility for optimizing capacity, performance and business value across a full range of professional technical computing environments." says Jim Pappas, director of initiative marketing in Intel Corporation's Digital Enterprise Group.

Matrox's renowned hardware and driver stability, long product life cycles and market-leading multi-monitor technologies help professional users better-manage their work and realize productivity gains. To download and obtain complete details for the Matrox Graphics 64-bit SE drivers, please visit: http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/latest/home.cfm

About Matrox Graphics Inc.

Matrox Graphics Inc. is the leading manufacturer of graphics solutions for professionals and has been delivering high-quality, innovative 2D/3D, and video graphics accelerators for more than a quarter century. Creator of the multi-display phenomenon, Matrox combines its proven graphics chip designs, reliable software development, and dependable card manufacturing expertise to produce products that are reputed worldwide for their superior image quality, practical ingenuity, and unwavering stability. Matrox Graphics designs and supports graphics solutions optimized for utility, empowering professionals to see more and do more. A privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Matrox has international offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, and Hong Kong. For more information, visit http://www.matrox.com/graphics.

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