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- PDREADME.TXT MATROX GRAPHICS INC. 2000.02.21
-
- Matrox PowerDesk for Windows 95/98
- Revision 5.52.015
-
-
- Contents
- ========
-
- - Description of this release
- - Installation
- - More information
- - Notes, problems, and limitations
-
-
- Description of this release
- ===========================
-
- Matrox PowerDesk software includes a display driver and display utilities.
- With this software, you can take full advantage of your Matrox graphics
- hardware and you can access additional Matrox display-related features.
-
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- To install Matrox PowerDesk, start the "setup" program included with it,
- then follow the on-screen instructions.
-
- The setup program will only install software if a Matrox graphics card model
- supported by the setup program is installed in your computer.
-
-
- More information
- ================
-
- For more information on Matrox PowerDesk, see the help file included with it.
- For information specific to your Matrox graphics card, see your Matrox or
- system manual.
-
-
- Notes, problems, and limitations
- ================================
-
- - DirectDraw, Direct3D and DirectVideo support
-
- The DirectDraw driver we provide is compatible with DirectX 2 (and
- later) and includes Direct3D support. For our DirectDraw/Direct3D
- driver to be called, and benefit from hardware acceleration,
- Microsoft DirectX 2 (or later) MUST be installed, even for programs
- originally made for DirectX 1.
-
- Also, if a recent version of DirectX isn't installed, some Matrox
- PowerDesk features may not be available.
-
- We provide DirectX on the Matrox CD-ROM. The latest DirectX is
- available from the Microsoft Web site, and is included with many
- DirectX programs.
-
- IMPORTANT: If the DirectX setup program prompts you to replace the
- existing display drivers, click "No". Otherwise, the setup program
- installs display drivers which are not as optimized as the Matrox
- drivers and which do not support PowerDesk software.
-
- Note that depending on the origin of your Microsoft DirectX software,
- it may not include DirectVideo support. For faster playback of Indeo
- and Cinepak AVI files, you should install Microsoft DirectVideo
- support.
-
- - Matrox bus mastering
-
- This driver supports bus mastering. Bus mastering is a feature that
- allows expansion cards to perform tasks at the same time as your
- computer's CPU. If you have a fast Pentium computer (faster than
- 166 MHz), the display performance of most programs is improved when
- bus mastering is used.
-
- To use bus mastering with 3D (DirectX) programs, your graphics card
- needs an interrupt request (IRQ). Most computers automatically assign
- an IRQ to graphics cards, but some do not. If your graphics card hasn't
- been assigned an IRQ, programs that use Matrox bus mastering may not
- work properly. For more information, see your Matrox or system manual.
-
- - Monitors in interlaced mode
-
- Some older monitors such as the NEC 3D and many "Super VGA" monitors
- do not support non-interlaced mode in all resolutions. The Matrox display
- driver does not properly handle interlaced mode with the Windows
- monitor selection method. If you have one of these monitors, please
- use the Matrox Monitor selection method.
-
- - DirectDraw and Automatic Power Management
-
- As stated in "Microsoft DirectX Release Notes", September 30, 1995, a
- DirectDraw game may be unable to restore properly if it is suspended
- by Automatic Power Management utilities.
-
- - Installation in different language versions of Windows
-
- If you install software in a language different from the language of
- your operating system (for example, English software on a Japanese
- system), you may have problems with text and dialog box controls being
- cut off. This is because of differences in system fonts.
-
- - OpenGL support
-
- Note the following limitations related to the OpenGL driver included with
- Matrox PowerDesk:
-
- - OpenGL support may not be included in some versions of Matrox PowerDesk.
- For a version of Matrox PowerDesk with OpenGL support enabled, see
- the Matrox Web site (www.matrox.com/mga).
-
- - Regardless of your graphics card or display driver, Windows 98 only
- supports OpenGL acceleration with the primary display of your computer.
- (The "primary display" is the one that first displays information when
- you restart your computer.)
-
- - With the "Tribes" game, you may notice some minor display artifacts and
- the opening video introduction may not display properly.
-
- - Using 3D Studio Max 2.0, you may experience problems with the viewports
- being improperly redrawn. If this happens, simply click in a viewport
- to properly update their display. (This problem isn't present with
- version 2.5 or 3.0 of 3D Studio Max.)
-