3DLABS Oxygen 402 - Manual (Page 29)

Installation and User’s Guide
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Performance Tuning Performance Tuning
Although you can achieve industry-leading graphics performance
using the default settings of your software applications and Oxygen
card, you can enhance performance in particular areas through
selective allocation of hardware resources and customization of
application configuration files.
Hardware Resources Affecting Performance
The combination of your Oxygen 3D accelerator card and the
capabilities of the other components in your computer determine the
graphics performance of your computer.
Hardware Hardware
The speed and configuration of your computer affects the speed of the
graphics your Oxygen card displays. Optimal graphics performance is
achieved in a system with faster processors, multiple processors, faster
memory or larger amounts of memory.
Monitors Monitors
The refresh rate of your monitor is the speed with which it redraws
graphics on the screen. A monitor with a faster refresh rate appears to
flicker less when displaying graphics. Your Oxygen card supports
refresh rates from 60Hz to 100Hz.
Dynamic Pictures recommends using a monitor with a vertical refresh
rate of at least 75Hz for the best high-resolution graphics appearance.
Oxygen 102 delivers optimal performance at a resolution of 1024x768
in 16-bit color mode. With its 16MB or 32MB of memory, Oxygen 202
and Oxygen 402 respectively deliver optimized performance at a
resolution of 1280x1024. For additional information about display
resolution, please refer to the
Display Resolutions and Settings section
on page 37.