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- PDREADME.TXT MATROX GRAPHICS INC. 2001.04.02
-
- Matrox PowerDesk for Windows 95/98/Me
- Revision 6.51.012
-
-
- Contents
- ========
-
- - Description of this release
- - Installation
- - New features
- - 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.
-
-
- New features
- ============
-
- This software includes new features, especially for Matrox
- hardware with DualHead support. These include:
-
- - The use of different DualHead features (Multi-Display, DVDMax,
- Zoom, and Clone) *without* restarting Windows
-
- - Easier-to-use interface for DualHead controls
-
- - Controls for dividing graphics resources (memory and bandwidth)
- between your main and secondary displays
-
- - More features accessible through user-defined hot keys
- (keyboard shortcuts)
-
-
- 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
- (or 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- installed, even for programs originally made for DirectX 1.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 (Direct3D/OpenGL) 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.
-
- - 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:
-
- - If you have a newer Matrox product or your Matrox software
- was provided by the manufacturer of your computer, full
- OpenGL support may be disabled with your Matrox display
- driver. For a Matrox display driver with full OpenGL support
- enabled, see the Matrox Web site (www.matrox.com/mga). (If
- your Matrox product was provided by the manufacturer of your
- computer, check the Web site of that manufacturer for a
- display driver. A display driver provided by the manufacturer
- of your computer is more likely to be tested with your
- computer model.)
-
- - 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 later) of 3D
- Studio MAX.
-
- - DualHead DVDMax with a TV
-
- While viewing video with a TV using the "DualHead DVDMax"
- feature, you may notice occasionnal jerky video playback (dropped
- frames) after playing a video for a few minutes. If you view
- video playback with your computer monitor, this problem shouldn't
- occur.
-