Part 1: Installation Guide
About this book
This supplement provides the following information:
Description of the product
Preparing for installation and taking antistatic precautions
Installing an AGP/PCI Digital TFT 2D/3D P&D A/D G200
Graphics Accelerator Adapter
Installing the software
Software setup and adjustment for Windows 95/98
Software setup and adjustment for Windows NT 4.0
Product description
The graphic accelerator adapters use a Matrox graphics engine to help
your monitor provide superior performance with Windows, digital
video and 3D graphics. To further accelerate 3D programs, your
graphic accelerator adapters use bus mastering and have
hardware-accelerated features, including texture mapping, Gouraud
shading and Z-buffering. The graphic accelerator adapters also
support more advanced 3D features such as alpha-blending,
anti-aliasing, and MIP-mapping. Depending on the model of your
graphic accelerator adapter, it supports resolutions up to 1800 x 1440
and 1920 x 1200. Your graphic accelerator adapters are VGA
compatible and support all VESA standards: VBE 2.0 (Super VGA
modes), DPMS (energy saving), and DDC-2B (Plug-and-Play
monitors). Also, depending on the model of your graphic accelerator
adapter, you can upgrade it with more graphics memory or multimedia
hardware add-ons. For more information on available upgrades, see
the Matrox Web site (www.matrox.com/mga).
Preparing for installation
Before you install a graphic accelerator adapter, you must take the
following precautions in order to prevent static electricity from
damaging electronic parts.
Before touching any electronic parts, drain the static electricity
from your body. You can do this by touching the metal frame of
your computer.
Do not remove a card from the antistatic shipping container until
you are ready to install it. When you remove a card from your
computer, place it back in its container.
When handling a card, hold it by its edges, and avoid touching its
circuitry.
Copyright IBM Corp. 1999
1-1
