Gigabyte GV-R9500, User Manual

Page 1: ...ual commercial and light industry o EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environment o EN 55081 2 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environment o EN 55082 2 7 7 7 7 7 EN 55022 Limits and...

Page 2: ...s This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful and 2 this device must accept any inference received including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name Signature Eric Lu Supplementary Information Model Number 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 G B T INC U S A 818 854 93...

Page 3: ...GV R9500 Series Radeon 9500 Graphics Accelerator Rev 103 12MD R9500 103 USER S MANUAL Upgrade your Life ...

Page 4: ... appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein Please do not remove any labels on VGA card this may void the warranty of this VGA card Dec 20 2002 Taipei Taiwan Chapter 1 User s Manual This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by ...

Page 5: ...INDOWS ME WINDOWS XP DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION 10 3 1 1 Operating system requirement 10 3 1 2 DirectX Installation 11 3 1 3 Driver Installation 13 3 1 4 Utilities on driver CD 16 3 1 5 Taskbar Icon 19 3 1 6 Display Properties pages 23 3 2 WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION 32 3 3 BIOS FLASH UTILITY 32 4 Troubleshooting Tips 33 5 Appendix 34 5 1 How to reflash the BIOS 34 5 2 Resolutions and ...

Page 6: ...ated and realistic visual effects than ever before GV R9500 Series supports the new AGP 8X standard which allows large volumes of texture and vertex data to be transferred faster from system memory to the chip 1 2 KEY FEATURES n Powered by RADEON 9500 Visual Processing Unit VPU n Fully support DirectX 9 0 n Supports the new AGP 8X standard n 4 pixel pipeline architecture n All new 128 bit memory i...

Page 7: ...he power supply case 3 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated 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 Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti s...

Page 8: ...GV R9500 Series Graphics Accelerator 6 English 2 2 BOARD LAYOUT 1 GV R9500 64MB DDR TV Out VGA Monitor Connector 15pin DVI Connector TV Out VGA Monitor Connector 15pin DVI Connector Type A Type B ...

Page 9: ...DVI Connector AV Output NTSC PAL TV Projector S VideoOutput DVI Output Digital LCD Monitor DVI I to D sub Connector VGA Output Analog LCD Monitor OR Analog LCD Monitor Analog Monitor OR VGA Output 2 GV R9500 C3 128MB DDR TV Out VGA Monitor Connector 15pin DVI Connector ...

Page 10: ...celerator card 1 Power off the computer and monitor then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer 2 Remove the computer cover If necessary consult your computer s manual for help in removing the cover 3 Remove any existing graphics card from your computer Or if your computer has any on board graphics capability you may need to disable it on the motherboard For more information s...

Page 11: ...r 6 Plug the display cable into your card then turn on the computer and monitor If your Graphics card came with a DVI connector you can connect a flat panel display to the appropriate connector as shown below You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the Graphics card driver For detailed instructions select your operating system from the list below After installation please connect the...

Page 12: ...des to setup your GV R9500 Series driver Please follow the subsection 3 1 3 Step By Step Installation to install the driver for your GV R9500 Series graphics accelerator 3 1 1 Operating system requirement z If your OS is Microsoft Windows when loading the GV R9500 Series drivers for the system please make sure your system Windows 98 98SE Windows2000 or Windows ME has installed DirectX8 1 or later ...

Page 13: ...dows 2000 or Windows ME to achieve better 3D performence 0 Note For software MPEG support in Windows 98 98SE Windows 2000 or Windows ME you must install DirectX8 1 or later version first If your OS is Windows XP please skip this section Here we use DirectX 8 1 as installation example 3 Click Yes icon 2 Click Yes icon 1 Install DirectX Driver Click Install DirectX 8 1 Item ...

Page 14: ...GV R9500 Series Graphics Accelerator 12 English Then the DirectX 8 1 installation is completed 4 Click OK item ...

Page 15: ...New Hardware Found message Please select Do not install a driver and press OK Step 2 Update Device Driver Wizard Standard PCI Graphics Adapter VGA Step 3 Update Device Driver Wizard Finish At this time system will ask for your Windows CD in order to complete the VGA driver installation If you don t have the CD you can press C Windows System directory Step 4 System Setting Change 2 Click Finish ico...

Page 16: ...insert the GV R9500 Series driver CD disk into your CD ROM and then you can see the AUTORUN window If it does not show up please run D setup exe 3 Click No icon Step 5 Driver Setup Pictures below are shown in Windows XP 2 Click Next 1 Click Install Display Drivers Radeon 9500 Series item ...

Page 17: ...Software Installation 15 English 3 Click Yes 4 Click Express or Custom icon 5 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 18: ...16 English z Install V Tuner 3 1 4 Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V Tuner utilities Please follow the steps 1 Click V Tuner item 2 Click Next 3 Enter your name and company 4 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 19: ...Software Installation 17 English z Install Hydravision 2 Click Next 3 Click Yes 4 Click Next 1 Click Hydravision Install item ...

Page 20: ...GV R9500 Series Graphics Accelerator 18 English 5 Click Next 6 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 21: ...rol panel showing a menu composed of shortcute of the graphics card s enhanced and other functions You may click the Display Properties item and then click Settings Click Advanced after clickng Settings Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings Right click the icon You can link to GBT website for updated information about the graphics card latest drivers and other information ...

Page 22: ...ner Display Core Clock Display Adjust Core Clock Link to the Websit of Gigabyte Help Description Close V Tuner To system Tray Display Adjust Memory Clock V Tuner Overclock Utility V Tuner lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory Core Clock and Memory Clock ...

Page 23: ...n 21 English VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments such as brightness contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors ...

Page 24: ...s software A RADEON 9500 with only one display output can still take advantage of the many features of HYDRAVISION HYDRAVISION installation enables the Desktop Manager and creates a Windows program group for HYDRAVISION display management software HYDRAVISION HYDRAVISION and the Desktop Manager are activated whenever Windows starts Installing HYDRAVISION adds menu options to the ATI Icon Click on ...

Page 25: ...ges allows you to reactivate any disabled graphics warning messages Enable ATI taskbar icon application enables or disables the ATI taskbar icon However this feature must be enabled for ATI hotkey support Click Advanced into details settings Show ATI icon on taskbar adds or removes the ATI icon from the taskbar Disable quick resolution feature is accessible by left clicking the ATI icon in the tas...

Page 26: ...provide the most realistic 3D image z Anisotropic Filtering checkbox uses a texture filtering technique that blends multiple texture samples together Selecting Application Preference will result in high quality textures with a negligible reduction in the application s performance z Anisotropic Filtering slider By moving this slider to the right as the number of samples taken increases the quality ...

Page 27: ...gardless of the monitor s refresh rate which is typically less than the frame rate at which the application will run TRUFORM makes the curved surfaces of 3D objects look smoother and more lifelike Compatibility Settings button This button allows you to access advanced settings that can solve compatibility issues for a few specific OpenGL applications z Force Z buffer depth allows you to explicitly...

Page 28: ...4X or 6X Moving this slider to the right increases sampling to provide the most realistic 3D image z Anisotropic Filtering checkbox uses a texture filtering technique that blends multiple tex ture samples together Selecting Application Preference will result in high quality textures with a negligible reduction in the application s performance z Anisotropic Filtering slider By moving this slider to...

Page 29: ...he curved surfaces of 3D objects look smoother and more lifelike Compatibility Settings button This button allows you to access advanced settings that can solve compatibility issues for a few specific Direct 3D applications z Support DTX texture formats allows applications to use this kind of texture format There are a few applications that can only support a limited number of texture formats By s...

Page 30: ...The higher the gamma value the higher the brightness and contrast of your display Color Curve adjusts the selected color red green or blue by moving the color curve with your mouse Game Gamma button accesses Game Gamma properties Default resets the desktop brightness and color settings to the default values Red Green Blue sliders These controls allow you to increase or decrease the color bright ne...

Page 31: ...er and your television or VCR 2 Ensure your graphics card was installed correctly For information about placing the card in your computer and installing the enhanced graphics driver see the user s manual 3 Determine if your television or VCR has an S Video or Composite video connection 4 Looking at the back of your computer locate your S Video Out Using an S Video cable or the supplied adapter cab...

Page 32: ...ny video file type that supports overlay adjustments Overlay Adjustments z Brightness allows you to adjust the brightness of the video image z Contrast allows you to adjust the contrast in the video image z Saturation allows you to adjust the vividness of the color Sliding it all the way to the left removes all color and produces a black and white picture z Hue allows you to adjust the pureness or...

Page 33: ...Right allows you to rotate the screen clockwise 90 z Rotate 180 allows you to rotate the screen 180 z Rotate 90 Left allows you to rotate the screen coun terclockwise 90 Configure Hotkeys allows you to set the screen rota tion by Hotkeys Defaults button allows you to reset the hotkey SMARTGART Properties The SMARTGART Properties ensures system stability by automatically performing a variety of bus...

Page 34: ... install the GV R9500 Series driver for Windows 2000 1 Insert the INSTALLATION CD into your CD ROM drive If Windows runs the CD automatically 2 Click Start 3 Select Run 4 Type the following D SETUP If D is not your CD ROM drive substitute D with the correct drive letter 5 Click OK 6 Click on Install Display Drivers Radeon 9000 Series to begin the Installation Wizard 7 Click Next 8 Click Yes to the...

Page 35: ...condary display Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you installed the graphics driver If you have problems during bootup start your computer in Safe Mode In Win dows 98 SE and Windows Me press and hold the CTRL key until the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu appears on the screen Then select the number for Safe Mode and press Enter You can also use F8 to bring...

Page 36: ...GA card and Atiflash BIOS flash utility as example How to reflash the BIOS for your graphics card 1 Extract the Zip file to the drive C or A 2 Restart your PC in MS DOS mode This function only for Windows 95 or Windows 98 AIf your OS is Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP Aplease use the bootable disk to MS DOS mode ...

Page 37: ...Appendix 35 English 3 Change the command path to the file location C or A 4 Reflash BIOS command as below C atiflash p 0 filename 5 Reboot your PC when it s done ...

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Page 40: ... mode High mode True mode 1792 x 1344 60 3 3 3 75 3 3 3 85 3 3 3 1800 x 1440 60 3 3 3 70 3 3 3 1856 x 1392 60 3 3 3 72 3 3 3 75 3 3 3 1920 x 1080 60 3 3 3 75 3 3 3 1920 x 1200 60 3 3 3 75 3 3 3 85 3 3 3 1920 x 1440 60 3 3 3 75 3 3 3 2048 x 1536 60 3 3 3 66 3 3 3 Lower maximum refresh rates at some resolutions when using lower bandwidth memory configuration ...