User guide
38 Matrox G450 MMS – User Guide
Display information
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).
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 2000/XP or NT 4.0, see “Monitor setup”, page 9.
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 2000/XP or NT 4.0, see “Monitor setup”, page 9.
Your Matrox graphics card supports display resolutions up to 2048 × 1536 (traditional) and up to 1920 ×
1200 (widescreen).
At the highest display resolution (2048 × 1536), your Matrox graphics card supports a vertical refresh rate
of up to 85 Hz.
In multi-display mode, each monitor has its own monitor settings (refresh rates). Make sure correct
software monitor settings are selected for
each
monitor.
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). For
information on changing display settings, see “Display setup”, page 9.
Supported VESA modes
In the table below, VESA modes supported by your Matrox graphics card are indicated by a VESA mode
number. Many Super VGA DOS programs use VESA modes.
Display
resolution
16 colors 256 colors 32 K colors 64 K colors 16 M colors
640 × 400 — 100 — — —
640 × 480 (VGA) 101 110 111 112
800 × 600 102 103 113 114 115
1024 × 768 — 105 116 117 118
1280 × 1024 — 107 119 11A 11B