Multiple Problems with G400 Max

[NSW]

Hi,

I am a new user of Matrox product. Having read about rave reviews of the G400 Max, I finally bought one and had some problems. I
came to know about you because of MGATweak -- cool programme.

I hope you could give me some inputs regarding the following problems
since you are the Matrox expert :-

(1) When I was using the older version of driver that came with the G400
Max card (v5.1), I noticed that the picture display is very dark when
viewing VCD using window media player. This darkness is not
changed despite adjusting the gamma properties of the display card. I
had to set my monitor to full brightness and contrast before the picture
quality is same as that provided by my old card (Real Magic
Netstream 1 mpeg card). Is there a way of adjusting brightness in Window
Media Player ?

(2) When I installed the latest Powerdesk v5.41, the VCD picture quality
in Window Media Player deteriorated DRASTICALLY --- THERE IS NOW VERY
OBVIOUS PIXELATION !!!! I had to switch back
to version 5.2 to get descent picture quality. Please advise ....... I
am sure there must be some way to have good VCD mpeg quality playback
using Window Media Player using the v5.41 driver, BUT HOW ? --- IS THERE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE v5.41 PowerDesk version ... If so how to deactivate it ?

(3) There is an extremely slow response when I played Rogue Spear at
1600x1200 resolution. There must be something wrong with the TurboGL
driver installation.

(4) I finally could start Quake 3 using the latest v5.41 driver, but the
TurboGL driver was SOOOO SLOWWW... it was SLOWER THAN my old computer
system (Pentium 233MMX, using 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI 16 mb). I had even
to run it at a lower resolution at 1280x1024 in-order to get some decent
speed.


My system configuration is as follows :-
PIII 667 BE (coppermine)
SD133 128 mb Mitsubishi ram on board
Microstar BX-Master motherboard
Sony 19' GDM F400 monitor - running at 1600x1200, 32 bit colour, 85Hz
refresh rate
Window Media Player v6.4
DirectX 7.0a
G400 Max driver ranging from 5.1 to 5.41


Please help.......

Thank you very much.

Ng.

[Kenlon]

*collapses in incredulous laughter*
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

> (3) There is an extremely slow response
> when I played Rogue Spear at
> 1600x1200 resolution. There must be
> something wrong with the TurboGL driver
> installation.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Oi!


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Kenlon
"I am. All else is negotiable."

[CMB]

seriously though, i think thats to b eexpected..
more importantly... i watched my vid cd of scrooged the other day, it always gets pulled out this time of year!

anyhow your right it is VERY pixelly. and you say the 5.2 series of drivers fix this?
hmmmm
the other way to get round it, is to untick dvdmax and select clone, then play back the avi and make it full screen that looks a lot better, but still not as good as a non pixelly vid cd if you know what i mean :O)

MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL