Display Information; Supported Vesa Modes - Matrox G450 MMS User Manual

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,
! 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,
! 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,

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
16 colors
resolution
640 × 400
640 × 480
800 × 600
1024 × 768
1280 × 1024
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see "Monitor setup", page
see "Monitor setup", page
see "Display setup", page
256 colors
— 100
(VGA) 101
102 103
— 105
— 107
9.
9.
9.
32 K colors 64 K colors
— —
110 111
113 114
116 117
119 11A
16 M colors
—
112
115
118
11B