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- README.WIN MATROX GRAPHICS INC July 30, 1997
-
-
- Millennium/Millennium II/Mystique MGA Windows Drivers and PowerDesk
- Revision 1.42.028
-
- This file contains information on the following MGA Windows software:
-
- - Display Driver
- - DCI Driver
- - PowerDesk Software
- - Monitor Program
-
- This readme file is copied to your hard disk, in the \mga\cpanel directory.
-
- Installation:
- -------------
-
- The installation works from VGA Windows (first-time installation) or
- MGA Windows (upgrading from older version):
- - Run Windows.
- - Select "File", "Run", then type "A:SETUP".
- - Follow the instructions. For a first-time installation, the monitor program
- will be automatically invoked. Selecting a monitor is highly recommended.
- - For a first-time installation (from VGA), the program will reboot your
- system at the end, and you must then restart Windows manually.
- For an upgrade, the program will restart Windows automatically in the
- selected mode.
- - The installation creates a new Group called "MGA PowerDesk". Run
- the Control Panel help to see the additional features that are at your
- disposal. The monitor program is also available for further monitor tuning
- (advanced mode). The Quick Access panel is a handy replacement for many of
- the PowerDesk hotkeys.
-
- Modifications to the Windows .INI files:
- ----------------------------------------
-
- The MGA Windows Driver installation program makes some changes to
- various .INI files. The changes for the default installation (1024 X 768,
- 8-bit) are listed below:
-
- PROGMAN.INI
- ===========
- [Groups]
- Group1=C:\WINDOWS\MGA.GRP
-
- WIN.INI
- =======
- [windows]
- load=C:\MGA\CPANEL\MGACTRL.EXE
-
- [fonts]
- Small Fonts (8514/a res)=SMALLF.FON
- Symbol 8,10,12,14,18,24 (8514/a res)=SYMBOLF.FON
- MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (8514/a res)=SERIFF.FON
- Courier 10,12,15 (8514/a res)=COURF.FON
- MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (8514/a res)=SSERIFF.FON
-
- [Quick Access]
- ShowVertical=ON
-
- SYSTEM.INI
- ==========
- [boot]
- 386grabber=mgavga.3gr
- 286grabber=vgacolor.gr2
- display.drv=mgax64.drv
- oemfonts.fon=8514oem.fon
- fixedfon.fon=8514fix.fon
- fonts.fon=8514sys.fon
-
- [boot.description]
- displayinf=oemx64.inf
- display.drv=Matrox MGA PowerDesk 8-bit 256 colors
-
- [386Enh]
- display=vddx64.386
-
- [mga.drv]
- bpp=8
- dpi=120
- Use32Bpp=OFF
- Mode1Display=1024x768x8,1024x768,LARGE
- Mode1Key=
- Mode2Display=1024x768x8,1024x768,LARGE
- Mode2Key=
- Mode3Display=1024x768x8,1024x768,LARGE
- Mode3Key=
- Mode4Display=1024x768x8,1024x768,LARGE
- Mode4Key=
- ModeUsed=Mode1
- ActFeatures=
- UseKeys=
-
- DCI Driver:
- -----------
-
- The MGA DCI driver can be used to significantly accelerate the playback
- performance of AVI files.
-
- Take note of the following points when using Video for Windows:
-
- 1) The DCI driver will not be called unless updated codecs and Media Player
- are also installed. A Video for Windows 1.1D Run-time upgrade is available
- from Microsoft, but you can also get it from the Matrox BBS.
-
- 2) The DCI driver offers the best combination of smooth playback and color
- quality at 16 bpp. In true color modes:
- - 24 bpp does not support hardware acceleration for the video playback.
- - 32 bpp offers full DCI support, including hardware acceleration.
- You can select 32 bpp in the MGA Control Panel Avanced Setup dialog box.
-
- If you have 4Mb of memory, insure that the current resolution is less or equal
- to 1152 X 864, because 1280 X 1024 X 32 is not possible with 4Mb of memory.
-
- Known bugs, limitations and misc. notes:
- ----------------------------------------
-
- - MaxVIEW:
-
- Some applications cache the desktop resolution when they start and use
- those values to redraw their maximized windows. These applications will
- not behave correctly when you use the MaxVIEW feature: some will maximize
- to the desktop, others only partially (ex.:maximized to the desktop width,
- but limited to the display height).
-
- - Acceleration features:
-
- - Device Bimaps
-
- The MGA driver supports a Windows 3.1 and 3.11 feature that allows
- bitmaps to be stored in MGA memory instead of in system memory.
- Device bitmaps can increase the performance of the MGA driver if there is
- sufficient on-board memory available. However when this feature is
- activated, Windows is not 100% reliable and could cause some applications
- to crash. You can disable the Device Bitmaps feature in the MGA Control
- Panel Avanced Setup dialog box.
-
- The following applications are known to have this problem: QuarkXpress 3.3,
- Lotus 123 Guided Tour, DeltaGraph 2.0, FreeHand 3.1, LVI, IRMA for Windows
- and Microsoft Word 6.0 (when resizing and dragging images).
-
- - Rectangles
-
- The MGA driver supports a Windows 3.1 and 3.11 feature that allows
- rectangles to be drawn in one pass, rather than two passes. However
- when this feature is enabled, some applications may crash because all GDI
- resources are exausted. You can disable the Rectangles feature in the MGA
- Control Panel Avanced Setup dialog box.
-
- The following applications are known to have this problem: FoxPro 2.5 and
- Quattro Pro 5.0.
-
- - Polygons
-
- The MGA driver supports a Windows 3.1 and 3.11 feature that allows complex
- polygon objects to be drawn using hardware acceleration. However when
- this feature is enabled, some objects may not be drawn properly within
- some applications. You can disable the Polygons feature in the MGA
- Control Panel Avanced Setup dialog box.
-
- The following applications are known to have this problem: Approach 1.01 and
- Aldus Persuasion 2.1.
-
- - Dual-Screen users
-
- By default, if you have two MGA cards in your system, Windows will
- start on the one with the VGA enabled, or if neither has the VGA enabled,
- it will start on the first card encountered (the one mapped at the lowest
- address).
-
- To control which card will get the Windows desktop, add the MGASelect
- switch to the SYSTEM.INI file, section [MGA.DRV]. The syntax is the
- following:
-
- MGASelect= n , where n = 0 for the card with VGA enabled
- n = 1 for the first card without VGA
-
- - VESA modes:
-
- DOS applications that require a VESA mode are not supported in a DOS
- full-screen session when the Device Bitmaps acceleration feature is
- enabled. This is to prevent corruption of bitmaps stored in MGA on-board
- memory. You can disable the Device Bitmaps feature in the MGA Control
- Panel Avanced Setup dialog box.
-
- Your MGA Video BIOS supports DOS VESA SuperVGA applications and games in
- the following modes:
-
- Resolution Colors
-
- 640x400 256
- 640x480 256, 32K, 64K, 16.8M
- 800x600 16, 256, 32K, 64K, 16.8M
- 1024x768 256, 32K, 64K, 16.8M(*)
- 1280x1024 256, 32K(*), 64K(*), 16.8M(*)
-
- (*) requires 4Mb memory
-
-
-