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Last update: 2000-09-08

Info -- Help -- InDepth -- Utilities

News - up-to-date news on site content and tech topics.

My Matrox story - an essay on my adventures with Matrox.

Info- General information on Matrox cards and the associated technology.

Boards

New Millennium G450 (not quite finished)
Millennium G400 DualHead review.
Introduction to G400 technology
Matrox MGA boards table (identification and parameters)
Mystique G200 review

Technology guides

PCI & AGP interface characteristics
Display parameters – refresh rate, VSYNC, HSYNC etc.
Memory technology for beginners - what is SDRAM, SGRAM, RDRAM...
RAMDAC - what it is, speed, do I need 250 MHz?...

Help - Description of typical user actions and problems with Matrox MGA boards.

FAQ - read this before you e-mail me.
Installation

hardware
software (incl. MVP3 motherboards)
dual monitor Windows 9x
Using non-VGA monitors
Driver installation problems.

Dead BIOS recovery.

InDepth - Information and articles for advanced users, programmers and hackers.

Powerdesk registry settings
MGA (over)clocking - NEW!!!
The BIOS

BIOS – functions and data structures
BIOS programming - PROGBIOS.EXE, caveats.
Programming failures and how to avoid them.
Dead BIOS recovery.

MXINFO - Card/BIOS info utility - detects basic problems with PINS, shows RAMDAC info
MXK6OPT v0.5 - K6-2 XT / K6-3 optimizer for VGA cards
BIOSPROG - a PROGBIOS alternative
MXCKINFO - shows current clock settings (Win32 console app)
MXCK - as above, but in small dialog box
MXSET - MGA control & overclocking utility
NEW!!! - G4SET - G400 control & overclocking utility
(not mine) - freeware VESA/VBE 2.0 TSR for G200 with support for low res modes !!!