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Choose Large, Small, or Custom fonts from this drop down list box. (Custom Fonts will be available if you have rescaled the fonts using the Custom button.)


Lists the color palettes that your Matrox display adapter supports.


Click on this button to access advanced PowerDesk features: to set up custom hotkeys, to control driver performance, and to obtain technical information about your Matrox hardware and software.


Click on this button to access the font scaling dialog box. There, a drop-down list box allows you to select one of the pre-defined font scaling percentages, to enlarge or reduce the size of the current system font. As well, a ruler permits you to interactively choose a font scaling percentage (from 18% to 1,050% of the current font size), to enlarge or reduce the size of the current system font. Take care when scaling the system font at low resolutions (640 x 480, for example). If you make the font too large, you may not be able to access some dialog box buttons.


Deletes the custom display configuration that appears in the drop down list box.


This button, which appears only under special circumstances, accesses reserved, undocumented, advanced functions.


Creates or alters a custom display configuration in the drop down list box. Use the Save As, Delete, or Rename buttons (which change, depending on the context) to make changes to the list of display schemes.


This entry indicates the type of Matrox board presently in use.


This entry indicates the Matrox internal product name of the drawing engine chip on your Matrox board. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


This entry indicates the amount of display memory (RAM) installed on your Matrox board. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


This entry indicates the presence of any optional add-on modules. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


This indicates the memory map location of your Matrox board as assigned by your PCI system at start-up. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


This entry indicates the speed, in Mhz, of the RAMDAC (Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter) component on your Matrox board. The RAMDAC signals communicate directly with your monitor. The RAMDAC speed will limit the refresh rate you can obtain when selecting a monitor.This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


This is the unique serial number identifying your Matrox board.


This entry indicates the version number of the VGA BIOS on your Matrox board. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


This entry indicates the version of the MGA software driver that is currently in use. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


The VDD (Virtual Device Driver) version information entry identifies the specific version of the current low-level MGA system software being used by Windows 95. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


This entry indicates the version of the MGA PowerDesk utilities. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


The DirectDraw Driver version information entry identifies the specific version of the current low-level MGA DirectDraw system software being used by Microsoft DirectDraw (if installed). This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


The 3D acceleration feature is currently active!


This checkbox controls whether the MGA PowerDesk utilities will ask for confirmation when you change resolutions dynamically. If you don't confirm, your monitor will automatically return to the previous resolution. This checkbox is enabled by default. By clearing this checkbox, you instruct PowerDesk to skip the confirmation dialog box (and the fail-safe mechanism).


This list box contains custom display configurations. Use the Save As, Delete, or Rename buttons to add to or make changes to the list of display schemes. Each named display scheme is a custom display configuration which includes a specific Display area, Desktop area, Color Palette, and Font Size.


When this check box is enabled, hardware acceleration is used to cache some bitmapped objects in the video memory. If some bitmaps are not drawn properly within a particular application, de-select this checkbox.


When this check box is enabled, hardware acceleration is used for drawing bordered rectangle objects. If rectangles are not drawn properly within a particular application (likely a drawing or design package), de-select this check box.


When this check box is enabled, hardware acceleration is used for drawing complex polygon objects. If complex polygon objects are not drawn properly within a particular application (likely a drawing or design package), de-select this check box.


When this check box is enabled, hardware acceleration is used for drawing circles and ellipses. If circle and ellipses are not drawn properly within a particular application (likely a drawing or design package), de-select this check box.


When this check box is enabled, 3D hardware acceleration and double-buffering are enabled under the following modes:

2 MB on-board RAM:
    Standard Desktops:
         640 × 480,	16 bpp (High color)

4 MB on-board RAM:
    Standard Desktops:
         640 × 480,	16 bpp (High color)
         800 × 600,	16 bpp (High color)
         640 × 480,	32 bpp (True color)

    Horizontal and Vertical Desktops:
         1280 × 480,	16 bpp (High color)
         640 × 960,	16 bpp (High color)

8 MB on-board RAM (Matrox Millennium only):
    Standard Desktops:
         up to 1280 × 1024,	16 bpp (High color)
         up to 1024 × 768,	32 bpp (True color)

    Horizontal and Vertical Desktops:
         1280 × 480,	16 bpp (High color)
         640 × 960,	16 bpp (High color)
         1600 × 600,	16 bpp (High color)
         800 × 1200,	16 bpp (High color)
         1280 × 480,	32 bpp (True color)
         640 × 960,	32 bpp (True color)


This slider control sets the total viewable Desktop area, which can be larger than the actual on-screen Display. For example, you can set up a Windows 95 Desktop environment that occupies an area of up to 1600 x 1200 pixels, but view it with a Display area of 1024 x 768 pixels.  In this case, the Display is a "view" of only part of the total usable screen (Desktop) area. When you want to see a part of the screen that's hidden from view (but still active in the Desktop area), just touch one of the screen edges with the mouse cursor to pan there.


This field shows the dimension of the selected desktop in pixels.  This dimension is either controlled by the Desktop slider, or is a specific value based on the display size if Horizontal or Vertical Desktop is selected.


This slider control sets the resolution of your display. The available screen resolutions are displayed to the right of the slider control as you move it.


This field shows the dimension of the selected display in pixels.


PanLOCK enables or disables panning and scrolling, and is most useful when you are zoomed in, or when you have enabled a Desktop and you don't want to accidentally pan or scroll. You can toggle PanLOCK off and on by selecting a hot key here, and then using that hot key or by clicking on the PanLOCK button in the Desktop Navigator toolbar.


This centers your display area on the currently-active window. You must enable this feature by using the hot key you defined for this function, or use the button in the Desktop Navigator toolbar.

Suppose you have four applications open on your Desktop, and they're not all visible at once. When you want to center the display around one of them, switch to that application and use the CenterWINDOW hot key combination to move the visible area of your Desktop to the active application. The mouse pointer is positioned in the center of the window. This feature works when your display is zoomed in on another area or when you have enabled a virtual Desktop.


This feature offers hardware-accelerated panning and zooming. Press the user-definable hot key to toggle through the three zoom factors in a circular order ( x1, x2, x4, x1,...). The zoom is centered around the current mouse cursor position. (You can also zoom in by clicking on one of the zoom buttons in the Desktop Navigator toolbar.)

Note that the x4 zoom is unavailable at resolutions of 800 x 600 or lower. When you zoom into an image, other areas of the image are outside your viewing area. To see the hidden parts when you're at zoom factors greater than x1, move the mouse cursor to the edge of the screen and the screen will pan in that direction (if PanLOCK is set to OFF).


This Scale list allows you to select one of the pre-defined font scaling percentages, to enlarge or reduce the size of the current system font.


Click and drag on the ruler to interactively choose a font scaling percentage (from 18% to 1,050% of the current font size), to enlarge or reduce the size of the current system font. Take care when scaling the system font at low resolutions (640 x 480, for example). If you make the font too large, you may not be able to access some dialog box buttons. You can preview the new custom font size in this area.


When enabled, this switch allows the driver to bypass the Windows GDI (Graphics Device Interface) overhead for some frequently used graphics functions, resulting in better performance. If some text or patterns are not drawn correctly within a particular application, de-select this box.


These Desktop Mode buttons set the type of Desktop in use. From top to bottom, they are: No Virtual Desktop, Proportional Virtual Desktop, Horizontal Desktop and Vertical Desktop.


This is the vertical refresh rate your monitor is currently displaying.


When this checkbox is enabled, filtering methods are used to enhance the image quality when playing video files with scaling.


This slider control sets the level of quality used when playing video files with scaling. The lowest level uses simple pixel replication, giving optimal speed. The other levels use various filtering methods to enhance the image quality.


This slider control sets the level of quality used when playing video files with scaling. The lowest level uses simple pixel replication, giving optimal speed. The other levels use various filtering methods to enhance the image quality.


When this checkbox is enabled, the Mystique bus mastering capabilities are used to accelerate DirectDraw and Direct3D performance. Note that some older PCI systems may not be compatible with this feature, causing applications to malfunction.


This entry tells you what version of DirectX is being used. This information may be helpful should you ever require technical support.


3D acceleration is currently active when you see this rotating cube.


When enabled, the DirectDraw/Direct3D driver will give DirectInput higher priority for joystick reading. Select this check box only if you have an analog joystick and you are experiencing "jittering" problems (erratic display motion) with DirectX applications.

Leave this check box clear if you have a digital joystick. Performance is generally better when this check box is cleared.


When enabled, the DirectDraw/Direct3D driver will wait for the monitor's vertical blank before displaying a new frame image. Otherwise, the new frame will be displayed immediately.

Select this check box if you see "tearing" (fragmented animation) with your DirectXapplications. Performance is generally better when this check box is cleared.