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Matrox G450

Graphics Card

installation guide

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Page 1: ...hp Matrox G450 Graphics Card installation guide www hp com go pcaccessories cover_us fm Page 1 Thursday October 12 2000 9 25 AM ...

Page 2: ... or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Hewlett Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by Hewlett Packard This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or trans...

Page 3: ...HP Matrox G450 Installation Guide CD ROM Software Installation Guide HP Matrox G450 g450 us fm Page 1 Wednesday October 11 2000 10 41 AM ...

Page 4: ...ard It includes information on how to install and configure the driver software HP Matrox G450 Features 16 MB of Synchronous Graphics RAM SGRAM memory allowing high precision and high performance graphics acceleration Support for 16 10 wide format monitors Dual screen support 2D graphics performance and dual monitor support in a single AGP slot g450 us fm Page 2 Wednesday October 11 2000 10 41 AM ...

Page 5: ...tached to the chassis Handle the board by its backplate and top edge Do not touch the edge connector Supported Platforms To find out which computers support your HP Matrox G450 Graphics Card go to the following HP Web site www hp com go pcaccessories Supported Operating Systems Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 NOTE This manual documents the procedure to upgrade an existing AGP gra...

Page 6: ...ng Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 If you do not have any specific driver software installed for example you are using the standard VGA driver you can proceed to Installing your HP Matrox G450 Graphics Card on page 5 To remove an existing video driver 1 In Windows click on Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click on Add Remove Programs 3 Click on the Install Uninstall tab W...

Page 7: ...mmunications network then remove the cover 2 Disconnect the monitor cable from the old graphics card 3 Depending on the computer model you may need to remove either the screws or the retaining bracket which secures the graphic card in place 4 Slide the card out of the slot 5 Slide your new HP Matrox G450 Graphics Card into the slot and press firmly 6 Secure the card to the chassis by either replac...

Page 8: ...tor to the video connector on the card 9 Reconnect the power cables and any telecommunication cables 10 Restart your comptuer NOTE Before you restart your computer ensure your monitors are switched on Otherwise the software may not be able to properly detect the monitors g450 us fm Page 6 Wednesday October 11 2000 10 41 AM ...

Page 9: ... Intel SIMD driver available on the software CD ROM Ensure that the Plug and Play Operating System setting of the BIOS is disabled before installation Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 users 1 Start the computer 2 Insert the software CD ROM disk in your drive 3 Double click on the setup exe file on the software CD ROM Depending on your operating system this file can be found in HP ...

Page 10: ...n your CD ROM If you want to check or modify your configuration settings you need to Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows 2000 users 1 Click on Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click on Display 3 Click on the Settings tab 4 Click on Advanced and Adapter Windows NT4 0 users 1 Click on Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click on Matrox Display Settings 3 Click on the Matrox Display Properties t...

Page 11: ...at the graphics card is correctly installed Solution Explanation Check that your monitor supports the graphics card resolution and refresh rate If the monitor does not support the selected resolution boot in Safe mode Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 or VGA mode Windows NT 4 0 This problem may occur if you have just changed your monitor The graphics card driver may be corrupted or not properly i...

Page 12: ...cations Some 3D applications obtain higher performance when using lower screen resolution settings Using lower screen resolutions can leave more video memory free for 3D acceleration features such as texture mapping and z buffering Check HP Support Services refer to page 12 for an updated driver version for your application HP frequently updates the graphic drivers to incorporate feature and perfo...

Page 13: ...rspectively correct Bilinear Trilinear filtering Perspectively correct per pixel MIP mapping Single pass dual bilinear MIP mapped textures Volumetric rendering up to 8 way filtering Flat and Gouraud shading Source Destination Alpha blending for transparency High quality anti aliasing Fog and depth cueing Overlay and stencil buffers 32 bit Z buffering GID clipping VCQ bump mapping Texture mapping R...

Page 14: ...lowing pages on HP s Web site Resolution true colour Refresh Rates Primary Monitor Secondary Monitor 640 x 480 200 Hz 200 Hz 800 x 600 200 Hz 200 Hz 1024 x 768 160 Hz 160 Hz 1152 x 864 140 Hz 150 Hz 1280 x 1024 120 Hz 120 Hz 1600 x 1200 100 Hz 85 Hz 1800 x 1440 85 Hz 1920 x 1440 85 Hz 2048 x 1536 85 Hz For HP Kayak PC www hp com go kayaksupport For HP Vectra PCs www hp com go vectrasupport For HP ...

Page 15: ...ted peripheral devices and HP shielded cables such as those you receive with your system Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Hewlett Packard could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice for Canada This Class B digital apparatus with the Canadian ICES 003 Regulations Cet appareil numérique est conforme à la norme NMB 003 du Canada Hardware Warranty This HP accessor...

Page 16: ...edia within a reasonable amount of time Customer s alternate remedy shall be a refund of the purchase price upon return of the product and destruction of all other nonremovable media copies of the software product Notice of Warranty Claims Customer must notify HP in writing of any warranty claim not later than thirty 30 days after the expiration of the warranty period The above warranty shall not ...

Page 17: ...ftware is copyrighted and protected under the copyright laws Customer acknowledges and agrees that the software may have been developed by a third party software supplier named in the copyright notices included with the software who shall be authorized to hold the Customer responsible for any copyright infringement or violation of this Agreement TRANSFER OF RIGHTS IN SOFTWARE Customer may transfer...

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