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"Windows almost always detects Matrox cards as Oak Technology Super VGA. You need to change the drivers first to the plain vanilla VGA or plain Vanilla Super VGA drivers included with windows reboot and install the Matrox drivers."

First you need to check and see if OAK has any new drivers for that card. The next thing is to determine how much memory the card has. Less memory means lower color display. While OAK cards will work, they are generally considered very low-end videocards. If you look around, you should be able to find an ATI or some other name brand card for well under $50, giving you a much better display. try to find a card with no less than 8mb of memory, with 16mb being much better.

Start by installing / updating the AGP mini port driver for the motherboard. Even if the card is a PCI card, the mini-port driver will improve performance.

If the card is an AGP card, or built in AGP graphics, enter BIOS setup, and make sure that the AGP aperature is set between 32MB and 64MB.

If the graphics is built into the motherboard, I recommend that you purchase a seperate PCI graphics card. This will greatly improve system performance.

Either way, install the latest driver for the graphics system.
If a plug in card, get the driver files from the card or graphics processor mfg web site.
If built-in, you may need to use the drivers from the motherboard / system mfg.

There are tools to help you identify the drivers youneed, and links to mfg web sites at www.driverguide.com

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