Matrox Electronic Systems Matrox RT.X2 - Manual (Page 177)

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Using X.info to display RT.X2 information
Monitoring your RT.X2 card’s operating
temperatures
As shown in the X.info Hardware section, the RT.X2 Card page displays the
current and maximum operating temperatures for your Matrox RT.X2 card. To
avoid damage to your Matrox RT.X2 system, make sure that you don’t operate
your RT.X2 card at or near the maximum temperature for a prolonged period of
time. You should target your RT.X2 card to operate at least 10°C below the
maximum operating temperature.
You should monitor the temperature of your RT.X2 card periodically and take
measures as needed to lower the room temperature and/or improve the ventilation
in your Matrox RT.X2 system. For details on how to ensure your system is
properly ventilated, see your Matrox RT.X2 Installation Manual.
Enabling and disabling the Matrox hardware-
accelerated effects in Adobe Premiere Pro
The X.info program provides a page to display hardware information about your
display card. On this page, you can also choose to enable or disable the Matrox
hardware-accelerated effects in Adobe Premiere Pro. If your display card
supports the Matrox hardware-accelerated effects,
Enable Matrox hardware-
accelerated effects in Adobe Premiere Pro will be selected by default. If
you’re having problems with these effects, however, you may want to clear this
option to disable the effects.
To enable the Matrox hardware-accelerated effects in Adobe Premiere Pro you
must be using Matrox RT.X2 with a display card that has at least 256 MB of
onboard memory and supports Microsoft DirectX 9. You can’t enable the
Matrox-hardware accelerated effects if Matrox has tested your display card and
determined that it doesn’t support these effects. You can check the Matrox Video
Support site for up-to-date information about the display cards tested by Matrox
at
www.matrox.com/video/support .
Error notification
X.info provides temperature warnings and warnings for other possible RT.X 2
hardware problems. Once X.info has detected a hardware problem, the
Matrox
X.info Notification dialog box will be displayed to give you details of the
problem and further instructions. You will not be able to close this dialog box
until the problem has been resolved.