Matrox TV OUT Question

[Invincible]

What is the proper way of setting things up for gaming using TV OUT?

I have a G400 Max, and the only way I can figure it is to Clone the desktop onto the TV.

With my other cards, you can disable the monitor and just use the TV. I haven't found this feature yet. Cloning seems to cost a little performance as well. Can you operate TV only?

Thnx in advance.

[dZeus]

why TV-Only?

you could just switch off the monitor when playing

the performance impact is caused by the need to copy the framebuffer of the primary output to the secondary output. I'm not sure how the memory-allocation bar in Win98 PD tab can influence the performance in games, since it's not available (yet?) in win2k (which I'm only using). Maybe someone else can jump in on this?

[Invincible]

found it, (agp memory allocation bar) tried it, worx!
thnx.
and yes I do just turn the monitor off, just I wanted to know how to get that little performance that is lost, back, and now I know!

[Maggi]

afaik Matrox cards are the only ones that are able to keep your monitor running at its own frequency and still feeding your TV with PAL or NTSC, hence I'd rather call it a feature that your VGA does not get blanked when you enable your TV out ...

[northdan]

Invincible could you tell were is the "agp memory allocation bar" and how did you manage to get it to work

Thank you