Installation guide

Matrox Graphics Card – Installation Guide 13
Software overview
MGA PowerDesk for WindowsNT4.0 includes
 Fast display driver with:
Multi-display support to use up to 4 monitors at a time (one monitor for each Matrox card
– of the same type – in your computer)
Accelerated DirectDraw and OpenGL support for direct access to Matrox hardware.
Plug-and-Play (DDC-2b) monitor support.

Settings
property sheet to change your display settings. This sheet provides access to MGA
PowerDesk features such as:
Desktop mode buttons to set up a proportional, horizontal or vertical virtual desktop.
Display schemes to easily switch to a pre-defined display setting.

Monitor
property sheet to inform the MGA display driver of your monitor’s capabilities.

Information
property sheet to display hardware and software version numbers and capabilities.

Performance
property sheet to configure advanced driver performance settings.

PowerDesk
property sheet with settings for:
PixelTOUCH to zoom in and pan on your view area.
CenterWINDOW to center opened windows in your view area.
MaxVIEW to maximize windows in your view area instead of your desktop.
CenterPOPUP to have new windows pop up in the center of your current view area.

MGA Desktop Navigator
(DeskNav) program to quickly change the view area of your desktop
and give you quick access to the PixelTOUCH zoom and CenterWINDOW features. Access
DeskNav through the
Start
menu 
Programs
folder 
MGA NT PowerDesk
folder.

MGA QuickDesk
program to quickly switch between your saved display schemes, open the
MGA
Display Properties
dialog box or launch
MGA Desktop Navigator
. This program appears as a
monitor icon on the WindowsNT taskbar.