Registration and upgrades
PowerStrip 3 is discontinued, but the final release
remains available to those interested by simply downloading and installing the shareware
version above, along with a product key that removes all trial restrictions.
Technical support
Answers to frequently asked questions and general technical support
can be found in the forums here.
PowerStrip
provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support
to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to AMD Radeon graphics. It is
the only program of its type to support multiple graphics
cards from multiple chipset vendors, simultaneously, under every
Windows operating system from Windows 95 to the x64-bit edition of Windows 7. A simple menu
that pops up from the system tray provides access to some 500
controls over your display hardware, including sophisticated color
correction tools, period level adjustments over screen geometry,
and driver independent clock controls. A powerful application
profiler can detect when programs are launched and respond by
activating specific display settings, gamma adjustments, performance
switches and even clock speeds - returning everything to normal
when the program closes. In-game gamma hotkeys let you light up
the darkest hallways during game play, and hardware control over
refresh rates - with floating point precision - ensure you're
never stuck at just 60Hz no matter what OS you're using. A quick
setup wizard gets you up and running with minimal fuss, extensive
context-sensitive help is available for all controls, and live
updates are supported to ensure you're always running the latest
release. Finally, an assortment of system and productivity tools
- among them, extensive diagnostics, PCIe and AGP device configuration, EDID decoding,
desktop icon management, a system idle thread, Windows resource
monitoring, an anti-burn-in orbiting option, physical memory optimization, an on-screen display,
and the most advanced monitor support in the industry - round
out the compact 1MB package.
Legacy
support
PowerStrip 3 was intended for use with display cards manufactured up to 2008, but to protect your investment in even older hardware a wide
range of otherwise orphaned display adapters are supported,
including those based on chips from 3dfx, Number Nine,
Cirrus Logic, Rendition, S3, and Tseng Labs. However,
a handful of chips supported by older versions of PowerStrip
were regrettably dropped from Version 3. If needed,
PowerStrip 2.78 continues to be available to registered users here.