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46 Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide
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Your Matrox graphics card is 100% VGA compatible and supports all VESA standards:
VBE 2.0 (Super VGA modes), DPMS (energy saving), and DDC-2B (Plug-and-Play
monitor).
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Matrox graphics cards that can support a secondary display have the Matrox
DualHead
feature.
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The secondary display of your graphics card only supports a 16- or 32-bit color palette.
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3D acceleration is only available with a 16- or 32-bit color palette.
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The display resolutions available depend on your Matrox graphics card, display driver
and software monitor settings. Different software monitor settings have different
resolutions available to them. With your software monitor settings, some of the
resolutions listed in this section may not be available,
or
resolutions not listed in this
section may be available. For more information on software monitor settings with
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP or NT 4.0, see “Monitor setup”, page 9.
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Many Plug-and-Play monitors don’t automatically report if they’re capable of 1152 ×
864, or 1600 × 1200 and higher display resolutions. To use these resolutions, or higher
refresh rates than those reported by the monitor, you can use the Matrox monitor
selection method. To use Matrox monitor settings with Windows 98/Me/2000/XP or NT
4.0, see “Monitor setup”, page 9.
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The maximum refresh rates listed in this section have been rounded and are based on a
monitor with a maximum horizontal refresh rate of 130 kHz. Depending on your
monitor, refresh rate capabilities may vary. For information on the capabilities of your
monitor, see your monitor documentation.
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If you’re using BNC connectors with a Plug-and-Play monitor, the Plug-and-Play feature
of your monitor can’t be used. To use the Plug-and-Play feature of your monitor, instead
of the BNC connectors, use the 15-pin connector at the back of your monitor.
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In multi-display mode (see “DualHead Multi-Display setup”, page 10), each monitor has
its own monitor settings (refresh rates).
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You may experience problems viewing certain types of video (for example, DVD video).
If you experience this problem, try lowering your display settings (resolution, color
palette, and/or refresh rate). If you’re having problems viewing video with your
secondary display, try using your main display instead. For information on changing
display settings, see “Display setup”, page 9.