Matrox Productiva G100 Multi-Monitor Series – User Guide
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Overview
Thank you for purchasing a Productiva G100 MMS (Multi-Monitor Series) graphics card. Your
Matrox MMS card is a high-performance graphics card that plugs into an expansion slot inside
your personal computer. This card lets you use 2 or 4 monitors at a time with Windows 98, NT 4.0
or NT 3.51.
The Matrox graphics engine gives you superior performance with Windows, digital video and 3D
graphics. To accelerate 3D programs, your Matrox card uses bus mastering and has hardware-
accelerated features, including texture mapping, Gouraud shading and Z-buffering.
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).
Also, you can upgrade your Matrox card with hardware add-ons. For a list of available upgrades,
see “Hardware information”, page 44
. For more information on available upgrades, see the Matrox
Web site (
www.matrox.com/mga
).
Hardware supplied
Productiva G100 MMS card
*
* Pictured is a G100-Quad card with a TV tuner.
Dual-monitor adapter
†
† Two dual-monitor adapters are included with Matrox MMS-Quad products. An adapter with a composite video (RCA)
connector is included only with Matrox MMS products that include a TV tuner.
Internal audio cable
‡
‡ Matrox TV tuner required. Only certain Matrox MMS products include a TV tuner.
