3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm Graphics Accelerator User's Guide
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Contents .................................................................................................................................. iii
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 5
Welcome to 3Dlabs! .................................................................................................................................. 5
System Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 5
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Preparing for Installation............................................................................................................................ 6
Before you begin your installation ...........................................................................................................................6
Installing your Wildcat Realizm Graphics Accelerator Card...................................................................... 6
Connecting Power to the Graphics Card................................................................................................... 8
Connecting power to the Wildcat Realizm 800........................................................................................................8
Connecting power to the Wildcat Realizm 200 or 100 ............................................................................................9
If you are upgrading the graphics card in your system..........................................................................................10
Connecting the Display .........................................................................................................................................11
Connecting a DVI monitor .....................................................................................................................................12
Connecting a VGA monitor ...................................................................................................................................12
Attaching a Stereo Device....................................................................................................................... 13
Installing the Driver Software .................................................................................................................. 14
Ready your computer............................................................................................................................................14
Removing an existing driver under Windows 2000 ...............................................................................................14
Removing an existing driver under Windows XP ..................................................................................................14
Installing the Wildcat Realizm driver .....................................................................................................................15
Verify the Default Video Display Driver ................................................................................................... 15
Verifying under Windows 2000 .............................................................................................................................15
Verifying under Windows XP.................................................................................................................................16
Verify the System Startup Version .......................................................................................................... 16
Verifying under Windows 2000 .............................................................................................................................16
Verifying under Windows XP.................................................................................................................................16
Registering Your 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card.............................................................................. 16
Software Configuration ......................................................................................................... 17
The 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card Driver........................................................................................ 17
The Task Bar-based Configuration Manager .......................................................................................... 17
The Display Control Panel....................................................................................................................... 17
In the Display Properties window: .........................................................................................................................18
Configuring OpenGL Options .................................................................................................................. 19
Full-scene Antialiasing ..........................................................................................................................................19
Anisotropic Filtering ..............................................................................................................................................20
Buffer Swap Mode ................................................................................................................................................20
