I have the following configuration:
- G450 DH 16 MB SDRAM LE
- Windows 2000 SP2
- Direct X 8.0
- Matrox driver 5.52.010
- Abit KT7A-RAID bios 3R
- Athlon Thunderbird 1400 MHz
- 256 MB
Question 1:
Primary display is 19", supports 1600x1200 at 85Hz, secondary display is 15", supports 1152x864 at 75Hz.
W2k does not accept a configuration according to the above resolutions. Now I am using 1280x1024 and 1024x768, which works OK. If I set 1600x1200 on my primary display, w2k complains that the display driver is not compatible with w2k, and blacks the secondary display.
If I try 1360x1088/1400x1120/1480x1110 the resolution on my secondary display is automatically downgraded to 800x600 at 60Hz.
Under Win 98 SE everything works fine using 1600x1200 and 1152x864.
I have tried removing and reinstalling the display drivers, but no help. Any ideas?
Question 2:
The performance running Colin McRae 2 is poor (only game I've tested so far), so I decided to test the 3D performance using 3DMark 2001.
Starting 3DMark the program gives the following message:
'3DMark 2001 : The 3D accelerator you selected does not support the display settings combination you had chosen. The settings have been downgraded.
The default settings for 3DMark2001 are 1024x768 resolution, 32 bit colors, 24/32 bit Z-buffer, compressed textures using DXTC formats 1 and 3'
Running the tests with lower resolutions gives a 3DMark of 427! For this system and a G400 a typical 3DMark should be at least 2000. What could be the problem?
- G450 DH 16 MB SDRAM LE
- Windows 2000 SP2
- Direct X 8.0
- Matrox driver 5.52.010
- Abit KT7A-RAID bios 3R
- Athlon Thunderbird 1400 MHz
- 256 MB
Question 1:
Primary display is 19", supports 1600x1200 at 85Hz, secondary display is 15", supports 1152x864 at 75Hz.
W2k does not accept a configuration according to the above resolutions. Now I am using 1280x1024 and 1024x768, which works OK. If I set 1600x1200 on my primary display, w2k complains that the display driver is not compatible with w2k, and blacks the secondary display.
If I try 1360x1088/1400x1120/1480x1110 the resolution on my secondary display is automatically downgraded to 800x600 at 60Hz.
Under Win 98 SE everything works fine using 1600x1200 and 1152x864.
I have tried removing and reinstalling the display drivers, but no help. Any ideas?
Question 2:
The performance running Colin McRae 2 is poor (only game I've tested so far), so I decided to test the 3D performance using 3DMark 2001.
Starting 3DMark the program gives the following message:
'3DMark 2001 : The 3D accelerator you selected does not support the display settings combination you had chosen. The settings have been downgraded.
The default settings for 3DMark2001 are 1024x768 resolution, 32 bit colors, 24/32 bit Z-buffer, compressed textures using DXTC formats 1 and 3'
Running the tests with lower resolutions gives a 3DMark of 427! For this system and a G400 a typical 3DMark should be at least 2000. What could be the problem?
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