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- PDREADME.TXT MATROX GRAPHICS INC. 2002.05.21
-
- Matrox PowerDesk for Windows 2000/XP
- Revision 5.84.023
-
-
- Contents
- ========
-
- - Description of this release
- - Installation
- - [English...]New features[...English]
- - 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
- ================================
-
- - 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 (3D) support
-
- 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.)
-
- - Video playback with DualHead modes
-
- If you have a DualHead supporting graphics card and you're
- using DualHead Multi-Display, Clone, or Zoom mode, digital video
- may appear as a solid color on your secondary display. This can
- happen if video is played using the hardware-overlay feature of
- your Matrox graphics card. Video played using the overlay
- feature is generally of higher quality but it can be viewed only
- on your main display.
-
- Because only one program at a time can use the overlay feature,
- any other program started while the overlay feature is used
- won't be able to use the feature. The overlay feature will be
- available to the first program to start after the program
- currently using the overlay is closed.
-
- For video that normally uses the hardware-overlay feature, you
- may be able to view the digital video on your secondary display
- by running another instance of the video player or by using a
- video player that dynamically supports both hardware-overlay and
- non hardware-overlay video playback (such as Microsoft Media
- Player 7).
-
- - 15-bit color palette support for Windows 2000/XP
-
- For advanced users: By default, the 15-bit color palette is
- unavailable for Windows 2000/XP. If you need to use this color
- palette, you can make it available by adding the
- "User.Enable15Bpp" value to your Windows registry and then
- setting this value to "1". If you're adding this value, add it
- under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" > "SYSTEM" > "CurrentControlSet" >
- "Services" > "mgau" or "g200" or "g400" > "Device0". The value
- type is "REG_DWORD".
-
- - MPEG video playback and bus mastering
-
- Mystique, Millennium II, Productiva G100, and G100 MMS -- While
- playing MPEG video files with the bus mastering feature enabled,
- your computer may stop responding. To disable bus mastering,
- right-click your Windows desktop background, select "Properties"
- > "Settings" > "Advanced" > "Options", disable "Use bus
- mastering", then click "OK" > "OK" > "OK" to restart your
- computer and for the changes to take effect.
-