Gigabyte GV-N520D3-1GI, User Manual

Page 1: ...warranty of this card Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this this manual The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or om...

Page 2: ...VGA Card GV N520OC 1GI Apr 15 2011 Apr 15 2011 VGA Card GV N520OC 1GI...

Page 3: ...VGA Card GV N520TC 1GI Apr 15 2011 Apr 15 2011 VGA Card GV N520TC 1GI...

Page 4: ...VGA Card GV N520D3 1GI Jul 15 2011 Jul 15 2011 VGA Card GV N520D3 1GI...

Page 5: ...VGA Card GV N520SL 1GI Sep 09 2011 Sep 09 2011 VGA Card GV N520SL 1GI...

Page 6: ...Software Installation 14 3 1 Driver and Utility Installation 14 3 1 1 Driver Installation 14 3 1 2 GIGABYTE Easy Boost on Driver Disk 16 3 2 Display Properties Pages 19 3 3 Accessing NVIDIA Control Pa...

Page 7: ...effective VGA memory differs depending on system memory Supports DirectX 11 Supports 1 HDMI connector Supports 1 D Sub connector Supports 1 DVI I connectors Supports HDCP High Bandwidth Digital Conten...

Page 8: ...e Installation 2 1 Board Layout DVI I Connector DVI I Connector D Sub monitor Connector 15 pin D Sub monitor Connector 15 pin 1 GV N520OC 1GI HDMI Connector HDMI Connector Digital LCD Monitor DVI Outp...

Page 9: ...tion DVI I Connector DVI I Connector D Sub monitor Connector 15 pin D Sub monitor Connector 15 pin 2 GV N520TC 1GI HDMI Connector HDMI Connector Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output HDMI TV Analog LCD Monit...

Page 10: ...Accelerator DVI I Connector DVI I Connector D Sub monitor Connector 15 pin D Sub monitor Connector 15 pin 3 GV N520D3 1GI HDMI Connector HDMI Connector Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output HDMI TV Analog LC...

Page 11: ...tion DVI I Connector DVI I Connector D Sub monitor Connector 15 pin D Sub monitor Connector 15 pin 4 GV N520SL 1GI HDMI Connector HDMI Connector Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output HDMI TV Analog LCD Monit...

Page 12: ...parated from the system The card contains sensitive electric components which can be easily damaged by static electricity so the card should be left in its original packing until it is installed Unpac...

Page 13: ...o connect an HDMI monitor to your graphics card use the HDMI connector Connect a D Sub monitor Connect an HDMI monitor To Flat Panel Display To D Sub Monitor To HDMI Monitor Step 1 Locate the PCI Expr...

Page 14: ...er Installation After installing the operating system insert the driver disk into your optical drive The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot...

Page 15: ...15 Software Installation The system is installing the components Step 4 Click the Finish button to restart the computer Then the driver installation is completed Step 3 Click the Yes button...

Page 16: ...ick the GIGABYTE Easy Boost item Step 2 Choose the language for the installation and click the OK button Step 3 Choose the Typical and click the Next button Step 4 Click the Finish button Then the ins...

Page 17: ...g BIOS Setting Technical Support Live Update Over Clock Adjust GPU clock Memory clock Shader clock and Fan speed And monitor graphics card current value OSD Turning OSD Set hotkey of OSD function and...

Page 18: ...he system components BIOS Setting Back up current BIOS flash BIOS from selected BIOS file and auto flash BIOS from server Technical Support Show information of VGA CPU motherboard system memory and mo...

Page 19: ...e Advanced button for advanced settings 3 2 Display Properties Pages Display Settings Resolutions and Color Quality for Windows To access Display Settings page right click on desktop and select Person...

Page 20: ...play Settings you ll see the Generic PnP Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 Properties dialog box Click the GeForce GT 520 tab to access the NVIDIA Control Panel 3 3 Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel Afte...

Page 21: ...dvanced Settings The following pages provide details on configuring advanced settings In the NVIDIA Control Panel select a category to alter specific NVIDIA display settings The categories are 3D Sett...

Page 22: ...or all your Direct3D or OpenGL applications and to estab lish a unique set of 3D settings for a particular game or application Note 1 This item is present only in Advanced view mode 3D Settings Tasks...

Page 23: ...te Set up multiple displays Note This item is present only in Advanced view mode Move CRT Screen Position You can use your mouse by clicking on the ar row keys on this page or the arrow keys on your k...

Page 24: ...d the refresh rate etc The Advanced Timing page enables you to adjust timings for your graphics card in order to support a variety of different display timings for ultimate flexibility for analog CRT...

Page 25: ...sonelargehorizontaldesktop Horizontalspan Note As one large vertical desktop Vertical span Note 1 The same on both display Clone Clone mode indicates that both displays in the display pair show images...

Page 26: ...orizontal Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one wide virtual desktop The width of each display is half the width of the total virtual desktop width Horizontal Span...

Page 27: ...ideo content on your display Select one of the test images to monitor your changes For best results play a video while you make adjustment to view the changes as they happen Adjust Video Image Setting...

Page 28: ...or to become the secondary display Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you install the graphics driver Restart your computer Press F8 on your keyboard after sy...

Page 29: ...You may need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS DOS mode 3 Change the command prompt to A 4 To back up the current BIOS at the A prompt type BIOS flash utility name s BIOS file name example...

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Page 31: ...16 7M Resolution Hz Standard mode High mode True mode 1600 x 1200 60 100 120 X 1920 x 1080 16 9 60 85 100 X 1920 x 1200 16 10 60 85 100 X 1920 x 1440 60 85 2048 x 1536 60 85 2560 x 1600 60 Dual Link T...

Page 32: ...ntinuing our efforts to develop products that do not use internationally banned toxic chemicals Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Statement GIGABYTE will fulfill the national laws a...

Page 33: ...s properly With your help we can reduce the amount of natural resources needed to produce electrical and electronic equipment minimize the use of landfills for the disposal of end of life products and...

Page 34: ...34 GV N520 Series Graphics Accelerator...