Drivers for Matrox graphics cards
December 1999
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Powerdesk V. 5.41.008 Release Notes for Win9x
--------------------------------------------------------------- Supported Products ----------------------------- Matrox G200 Multi-Monitor Matrox G400 AGP Matrox MGA-G100 AGP Matrox MGA-G200 AGP Matrox Millennium G100 AGP Matrox Millennium G200 AGP Matrox Millennium G200 LE AGP Matrox Millennium G200 SD AGP Matrox Millennium G200 SD PCI Matrox Millennium G250 AGP Matrox Millennium G250 LE AGP Matrox Millennium G400 Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead Max Matrox Mystique G200 AGP Matrox Mystique G200 Video AGP Matrox Productiva G100 AGP Matrox Productiva G100 Multi-Monitor New Features ------------------ - Two G200 boards now support DirectX acceleration Description of release ----------------------------- Supports Win9x only. Main Fixes --------------- - General enhancements and bug fixes. Main known issues ---------------------------- - Tiger Woods - If game resolution is increased Image exceeds the screen size. - AGP Aperture size must be set to 256 MB for optimal TurboGL performance and operation. - Foresaken - Power ups leaving pixels trail and flashes. - Blank screen in Q2 when playing in 1600x1200. - Having another 3D accelerator in the same system with the Turbo ICD is not supported. Ex: G400 + Voodoo I or Voodoo II. - Zoran DVD Module is not supported.* *Zoran DVD module users can use the 4.33m driver. | ||
February 2000
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Powerdesk V. 5.52.015 Release Notes for Win9x
--------------------------------------------------------------- Supported Products ----------------------------- All G100 cards with the exception of our MMS products. All G200 cards with the exception of the Marvel and MMS products. All G400 cards with the exception of our Marvel products. New Features ------------------ - DX7 optimizations. - Zoran DVD module support is included (with the next set of VT). ***For G200 cards only*** ***You must install your previous display drivers and uninstall the zoran software. Then install the new display drivers and then install the zoran software.*** Description of release ----------------------------- Supports Win9x only. ICD included Main Fixes --------------- - Black screen when changing resolutions in Unreal and UT. - Flickering lines in the "Sensor Manager" screen in Homeworld. - Green tint around explosions in Q3. - Invalid Page fault when quiting HL. - Black screen when running Descent 3 in OGL mode. - Fixed problem in 3DS Max where the image in top left viewport was not being refreshed properly when moving the window. - Fixed corruption when previewing 3D Pipes Screensaver. - Fixed various problems with Star Office 5.1. - Fixed various OGL problems with GP Legends. - Fixed various bugs with dark engine games. Main known issues ---------------------------- - Tiger Woods - If game resolution is increased Image exceeds the screen size. - Forsaken - Power ups leaving pixels trail and flashes (G100 and G200 only). - Fogging issues in X-plane 461 | ||
January 2001
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[English]
PDREADME.TXT MATROX GRAPHICS INC. 2001.01.09 Matrox PowerDesk for Windows 95/98/Me Revision 6.23.005 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 (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. | ||
February 2002
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Version 6.82.016
Millennium G550, Millennium G450, Marvel G450 eTV, Millennium G400, Matrox G200 MMS, Millennium G200, Mystique G200 and MGA G200. Powerdesk V. 6.82.016 for Win98 and WinME ----------------------------------------- Supported Products ------------------ G200 G400 G450 G550 Description of release ---------------------- Supports Win98 and WinME only. ICD included. TurboGL not supported. Main Fixes ---------- - Screen corruptions in sound forge - Texture problems in Flight Sim 2002 - C++ runtime error in pdesk when switching languages - resolutions are cut off when using 2 dfp's. - Medal of Honor Allied Assault performance Main known issues ----------------- - EMBM is disabled with digital flat panels.(G550 only) - smearing of web pages - Using the G450 pci card on a system with onboard sound, audio will be degraded during dvd playback if you disable the onboard sound and install any pci sound card. - If you have selected 4 different desktop resolutions where all resolutions are in 32bpp and one of the resolutions is above 1280x1024, your system may reboot when opening our PC-VCR. We recommend that you put one of your desktop resolutions to 16bpp or lower one of your desktop resolutions to below 1280x1024. (G200MMS with TV Tuner only). - "Smearing texts" defects exhibited when scrolling with Wheel-mouse. - Texture flashes in Serious Sam the 2nd Encounter. | ||
May 2002
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This is a full driver release which supports Millennium G400, Millennium G450 and Millennium G550.
[English] PDREADME.TXT MATROX GRAPHICS INC. 2002.05.28 Matrox PowerDesk for Windows 98/Me Revision 6.83.017 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 ================================ - 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.) | ||
Matrox Technical Support Tweak Utility
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Matrox Technical Support Tweak Utility
Revision 5.02.04 ---------------- Supported OS ------------ Windows 98 Windows ME Windows NT4 Windows 2000 Windows XP (Home) Windows XP (Pro) Supported Cards --------------- G200 AGP and PCI Series G400 AGP Series G450 AGP series G550 AGP series Parhelia 128 AGP 4x Series Supported Drivers ----------------- Windows98/ME - 6.xx NT4 - 4.xx Windows2000 - 5.8x, 1.02.xxx New Features ------------------ Overclocking tab. ***Please see the help section*** Main Fixes --------------- N/A Main known issues ---------------------------- N/A ***No technical support is provided with this utility*** ***Using the over clocker feature may result in damaging our graphics card. The user must take the necessary steps to provide ample cooling to the graphics card.*** ***This will be the last release of our tweak utility*** | ||
