Montreal, Canada, July 31, 2001—Matrox Graphics Inc. is pleased to announce the inclusion of their Matrox Millennium G450 and Matrox G200 Quad MMS graphics cards in Compaq Computer Corporation’s (NYSE: CPQ) new Evo Workstation W6000 and Evo Workstation W8000.

The Compaq Evo Workstation W6000 and W8000 are designed specifically for technical and compute intensive application requirements. Both workstations use the latest Intel® Xeon™ processor with speeds of up to 1.7 GHz, a bus speed of 400 MHz and an Intel 860 chipset with AGP 4X capability. Ideal for financial trading applications, video editing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) markets and mainstream CAD and CAE applications, the Evo Workstation W6000 and W8000 offer the Millennium G450 DualHead® and the Matrox G200 Quad MMS as graphics card options.