Compaq 159715-002 Guide to Features&Upgrades Compaq Deskpro EN Series of P - Page 17

Graphics Capabilities, Customizing the Monitor Display, Using Windows 95

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Graphics Capabilities Your computer features an integrated ATI RAGE PRO TURBO AGP 2X Graphics controller shipped standard with 4 megabytes of SGRAM and is upgradable to 8 megabytes of SGRAM. This controller is a high-performance AGP graphics controller, offering 3D graphics support. The quality of the picture you see depends on the resolution capabilities of your monitor and the number of colors that the graphics controller can display. The graphics controller supports the following resolutions and number of colors: Resolution 1600 × 1200 1280 × 1024 1024 × 768 800 × 600 640 × 480 4-MB SGRAM 65,536 16.7 million 16.7 million 16.7 million 16.7 million 8-MB SGRAM 16.7 million 16.7 million 16.7 million 16.7 million 16.7 million Customizing the Monitor Display If you choose to customize your monitor display, you can manually select or change the monitor brand, model, refresh rates, color, resolution, and power management settings. Using Windows 95 1. Click Start, then click Settings. 2. Click Control Panel, then select the Display icon. 3. Click the Settings tab. 4. In the Desktop Area box, drag the Screen pointer to the desired resolution.  The two pointers in the Desktop Area box, Screen and Desktop, allow you to set virtual desktop modes. Screen changes the size of the actual monitor image, and Desktop changes the size of the Windows desktop. If you set the Desktop size larger than the Screen size, you can move the Screen to cover different portions of the Desktop by moving the mouse off the edge of the Screen, also known as panning. 1-8 The Computer at a Glance

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1-8
The Computer at a Glance
Graphics
Capabilities
Your computer features an integrated ATI RAGE PRO TURBO
AGP 2X Graphics controller shipped standard with 4 megabytes
of SGRAM and is upgradable to 8 megabytes of SGRAM.
This controller is a high-performance AGP graphics controller,
offering 3D graphics support. The quality of the picture you see
depends on the resolution capabilities of your monitor and the
number of colors that the graphics controller can display.
The graphics controller supports the following resolutions and
number of colors:
Resolution
4-MB SGRAM
8-MB SGRAM
1600 × 1200
65,536
16.7 million
1280 × 1024
16.7 million
16.7 million
1024 × 768
16.7 million
16.7 million
800 × 600
16.7 million
16.7 million
640 × 480
16.7 million
16.7 million
Customizing the
Monitor Display
If you choose to customize your monitor display, you can
manually select or change the monitor brand, model, refresh
rates, color, resolution, and power management settings.
Using Windows 95
1.
Click Start, then click Settings.
2.
Click Control Panel, then select the Display icon.
3.
Click the Settings tab.
4.
In the Desktop Area box, drag the Screen pointer to the
desired resolution.
The two pointers in the Desktop Area box, Screen and
Desktop, allow you to set virtual desktop modes. Screen
changes the size of the actual monitor image, and Desktop
changes the size of the Windows desktop. If you set the
Desktop size larger than the Screen size, you can move
the Screen to cover different portions of the Desktop by
moving the mouse off the edge of the Screen, also known
as panning.