User guide

40 Matrox M-Series – User Guide
Notes
 Your Matrox graphics card is 100% VGA compatible and supports all VESA standards:
VBE 3.0 (Super VGA modes), DPMS (energy saving), and DDC-2B (Plug-and-Play
monitor), and DDC-CI.
 To get the most of your Matrox product, we recommend using the highest color palette
setting (a 32-bit color palette) for all your displays.
 The display resolutions and refresh rates available depend on your Matrox graphics card,
display driver, software monitor settings, and monitor. For information on the
capabilities of your monitor, see your monitor documentation.
 M9120, M9120 Plus LP, and M9125 – The maximum supported display resolution is
1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz (with reduced blanking) for digital (DVI) monitors and 2048 ×
1536 at 85 Hz for analog monitors.
Matrox M9138 LP PCIe Matrox M9148 LP PCIe
Operating Systems
supported
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP,
and Windows Vista
Digital monitor
support
DVI and DisplayPort DVI and DisplayPort
Memory 1 GB 1 GB
Card type PCIe ×16 PCIe ×16
Form factor Low-profile Low-profile
# of displays
supported
34
# of Mini DisplayPort
to DisplayPort
adapters
34
# of DisplayPort to
DVI-D adapters
—
*
4
Connectors 3× Mini DisplayPort 4× Mini DisplayPort
Maximum card
dimensions
6.6" (L) × 0.75" (W) × 2.712" (H) /
16.8 cm (L)
× 1.91 cm (W) × 6.9 cm (H)
6.6" (L)
× 0.75" (W) × 2.712" (H) /
16.8 cm (L)
× 1.91 cm (W) × 6.9 cm (H)
* DVI support available with DisplayPort to DVI adapter (sold separately).
Note: For the latest display driver and user guide for your product, check the Matrox
Technical Support Web site (www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers
). A more
recent display driver may support more features and may offer increased capabilities (such
as higher display resolutions).