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Cyrix Corp, MediaGX, Copyright 1996-1998.
Version history of Windows 9x display drivers for MediaGX
GX95.DRV is the display driver for both Windows 95 and 98.
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12/20/96 v4.03.1109
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GXDRAW.DLL 764 Fixed UpdateFlipStatus bug for TDDRAW.
GX95.DRV 765 Cursor exclusion added to SrcDevice on S-S BLTs to fix cursor
droppings.
650 Removed 320x200x8 and 320x240x8 accelerated DDraw modes
to support The HIVE.
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1/28/97 v4.03.1110
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GXDRAW.DLL 824 Faster transparent BLT code added.
833 Fixed Flip32 bug for The Neverhood.
GXMINI.VXD 815 Windows won't load when set to 16bpp after changing memory
setting in CMOS to low.
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2/20/97 v4.03.1111
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GX95.DRV NEW TV control initialization code added.
GX95TV.DRV NEW 576x400 mode only driver created.
GXTV.DLL NEW TV control property sheet added.
GXMINI.VXD NEW Changed GetChipID to always return 1.4 for all revisions of GX. Will
return 3.0 for all revisions of GXi.
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3/17/97 v4.03.1112
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GX95TV.DRV NEW Single driver support for the 576x400 desktop resolution.
GXMINI.VXD 935 Fixed bug when switching between a full screen DOS box in
Kanji text mode and English text mode.
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4/01/97 v4.03.1113 New INF's require system BIOS ROM 75 or above
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*.INF NEW Changed PNP BIOS node to CRX0001
GX95TV.DRV 964 Fixed bug when switching Fox and Bear from 320x200x8 to
320x240x8.
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4/17/97 v4.03.1114
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GX95.DRV 1054 Fixed bug in the vector clipping code (extra pixels were
produced outside of the clip region).
NEW Added code to initialize the high byte of the palette
for video chroma key support.
GX95TV.DRV NEW Modified driver to only use the 576x400 resolution for the
"NTSC - 576x400" option. The PAL format always uses 640x480.
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6/12/97 v4.03.1116 Requires system BIOS ROM A9 or above
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GX95.DRV NEW Added direct palette access code and Cx5520 core logic support.
NEW Modified cursor panning code to improve general performance.
NEW Single driver now supports all platforms.
GX95.INF NEW Single INF now supports all platforms.
GXMINI.VXD NEW Added support to query the CPU speed, CPU ID and core logic ID.
GXDRAW.DLL NEW Added support for Cx5520 core logic, including video overlay.
GXGAMMA.DLL NEW Gamma/brightness/contrast control video overlay property sheet added.
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7/10/97 v4.03.1117 Requires system BIOS ROM A9 or above
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GX95.DRV NEW Added support for the Chrontel 7001.
1320 Fixed bug with mouse tracking 640x480 when screen is 800x600.
1321 Fixed GPF bug with Hangual Windows 95 (OSR2) with PPP
dial-up terminal window.
GXTVPOS.DLL NEW TV position control property sheet added.
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9/8/97 v4.10.01.1200 DirectX 5.0 support added
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GX95.DRV NEW Added support for GXm.
GXMINI.VXD NEW Added support for GXm.
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9/29/97 v4.10.01.1201
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GXMINI.VXD 1451 Fixed VDD bank setting bug in Microsoft DCT DISPTEST with
mode 0x0D and GXi or GXm.
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9/30/97 v4.10.01.1202
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GX95.INF Minor INF change.
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11/3/97 v4.10.01.1203
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GX95.DRV 1651 Fixed 16 byte alignment problem with GXm solid fills.
GXDRAW.DLL 1651
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11/7/97 v4.10.01.1204
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GX95.DRV 1671 Removed DSTBLT colorkey capability bits.
GXDRAW.DLL 1671
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11/11/97 v4.10.01.1205
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GX95.DRV NEW 320x200x8 and 320x240x8 DirectDraw modes are now accelerated
and do not use ModeX.
NEW Masked off top 10 bit of cursor base address.
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11/25/97 v4.10.01.1206
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GXDRAW.DLL NEW Added special setup code for video overlay enable to support
GXm in 6X clock mode.
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12/3/97 v4.10.01.1207
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GXDRAW.DLL 1712 Fixed bug with 1.5M frame buffers and 800x600x16 resolution
with the Xing 3.12 MPEG player.
1723 Fixed bug with GXm and video playback which causes the video
display to turn into garbage and lock the system.
1724 Fixed problem when switching from full screen DOS to windows
while video playback occuring.
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1/20/98 v4.10.01.1208
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GXDRAW.DLL NEW Added support for the Cx5530 core logic chip.
NEW Added DDVERSIONINFO escape.
NEW Improved AVI playback for widths greater than 384 pixels.
GX95.DRV NEW Added support for the Cx5530 core logic chip.
NEW Added support for TV encoder capabilities bits.
NEW Improved display control register locking.
GXGAMMA.DLL NEW Added support for the Cx5530 core logic chip.
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2/9/98 v4.10.01.1209
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GXDRAW.DLL NEW Added support for GXm 4.3 early ready video bits.
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3/9/98 v4.10.01.1300
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GXMINI.VXD NEW Added multi-monitor support for Win98, requires
GXDRAW.DLL Cx5530 core logic and system BIOS 39 or above.
GX95.DRV
GX95.INF
GXDRAW.DLL 1854 Changed page flipping to return status instead of waiting
for flipped.
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3/24/98 v4.10.01.1301
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GX95.DRV 1869 Fixed palette corruption when returning from a monitor
shut-down state via the mouse with a Microsoft Plus!
(high color) desktop theme.
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4/02/98 v4.10.01.1302
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GXDRAW.DLL NEW Added code to handle > 266MHz CPU's and video overlay.
GXMINI.VXD NEW Added support for odd clocked CPU's and video overlay.
GX95.DRV
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4/20/98 v4.10.01.1303
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GXMINI.VXD NEW Added CPU speed detection code for GXm.
1925 Fixed DispTest displays garbage during mode 0xD.
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5/1/98 v4.10.01.1304
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GX95.DRV 1854 Mouse becomes jerky during map mode of Deer Hunter.
1940 Video remains enabled on Windows shutdown.
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5/18/98 v4.10.01.1305
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GXDRAW.DLL 1979 Video playback is red when 8bpp and IE 4.0 is installed.
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6/29/98 v4.10.01.1306
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GXMINI.VXD NEW Added interrupt protection around all PCI config cycles and
CPU register accesses.
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8/5/98 v4.10.01.1307
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GXDRAW.DLL 2048 Fixed DCT Overfly test in 8bpp mode if same as primary
is selected.
GX95.DRV 2083 Allow 1024x768x16 modes on notebooks.
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