Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V, User Manual

Page 1: ...on of GBT Trademarks Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Notice Please do not remove any labels on VGA card this may void the warranty of this VGA card Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this docum...

Page 2: ...on 8 3 1 Win XP Driver and Utilities Installation 8 3 1 1 Operating System Requirement 8 3 1 2 DirectX Installation 9 3 1 3 Driver Installation 10 3 1 4 Utilities on Driver CD 12 3 1 5 Taskbar Icon 14 3 1 6 Display Properties Pages 18 3 2 Win 2000 Driver Installation 28 3 3 BIOS Flaseh Utility 28 4 Troubleshooting Tips 29 5 Appendix 30 5 1 How to Reflash the BIOS 30 5 2 Resolutions and Color Depth...

Page 3: ...emory Supports DirectX 9 0 Features VIVO and D Sub connectors Supports DVI I connector 1 2 Minimum System Requirement IBM or 100 PC compatible with Pentium III 650MHz orAMDAthlon 650MHz class processor or higher One PCI Express x 16 slot Operating Systems Win 2000 Win XP 64MB system memory 50MB of available disk space for full installation CD ROM or DVD ROM drive ...

Page 4: ...or 15pin DVI I Connector 2 1 Board Layout VIVO VGA Monitor Connector 15pin NTSC PAL TV Projector Analog LCD Monitor Analog Monitor OR VGA Output AV Output S Video Output S Video Input AV Input Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI I to D Sub Connector Analog LCD Monitor VGA Output DVI I Connector ...

Page 5: ...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 static mat The operator should be wearing an anti static wristband grounded at the same point as the anti static mat Inspect the card carton f...

Page 6: ...lerator 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 see...

Page 7: ...ew to fasten the card in place and replace the computer cover 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 drivers Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructi...

Page 8: ...aphics card driver Please follow the subsection 3 1 3 Driver installation to install the driver for your graphics accelerator 3 1 Win XP Driver and Utilities Installation 3 1 1 Operating System Requirement When loading the graphics card drivers for the system please make sure your system has installed DirectX 9 or later version If you install the graphics card drivers for the motherboard which con...

Page 9: ...mence M Note For software MPEG support in Windows 2000 or Windows XP you must install DirectX first Step 2 Choose I accept the agreement and Click Next button Step 3 Click Next button Installing the components Step 4 Click Finish to restart computer Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed Step 1 When autorun window show up click Install DirectX 9 item Click Install DirectX 9 item ...

Page 10: ... step installation guide Step 1 Found new hardware wizard Video controller VGA Compatible Click Next button to install the driver There is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics accelerator please insert it now Or click the Cancel button to install the driver from AUTORUN window Step 2 Found new hardware wizard Searching and installing The wizard will search for the driver and install it au...

Page 11: ...ot show up please run D setup exe Click Install Display Driver item Step 1 When autorun window show up click Install Display Drivers Radeon X600 Series item Step 2 Click Next button Step 3 Click Yes button Setp 4 Click Express or Custom icon Step 5 Click Finish button to restart computer Then the driver installation is completed Windows installings the components ...

Page 12: ...nish button to restart computer Then the V Tuner2 installation is completed Step 2 Click Next button Click V Tuner2 item 3 1 4 Utilities on Driver CD Insert the driver CD disk into your CD ROM and then you can see theAUTORUN window If it does not show up please run D setup exe l Install V Tuner2 ...

Page 13: ...n Step 2 Click Next button Click Hydravision Install item Step 3 Click Yes button Step 4 Click Next button Step 6 Click Finish button to restart computer Then the Hydravision Install is completed Step 5 Click Next button Windows installings the components ...

Page 14: ...ed 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 accelerator latest drivers and other information Click VGA Information item in...

Page 15: ...equency of the graphic engine and video memory Core Clock and Memory Clock Enables auto adjustment of core memory clock settings set by user when running 3D applications Core speed adjustment Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status Core speed adjust Select choice of skin Opens Help page ...

Page 16: ...lerator 16 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 17: ...his software GV RX60P128D 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 theATI Icon Click on ...

Page 18: ...Settings Resolutions and Color depth for windows The Setting properties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings You can move the slider to the change resolution Click Advanced into details settings Display Model GV RX60X128V Matrix CRT TV Yes CRT DVI Yes DVI TV Yes DVI TV CRT Yes Click Advanced icon for adapter and setting You can click the item to change the color depth ...

Page 19: ...brightness and contrast of your display n All Colors checkbox adjust the RGB individually or ad just all three colors at the same time n Gamma Brightness Contrast adjust the color by mov ing the slider with your mouse to increase or decrease the color gamma brightness contrast of Direct 3D and OpenGL games played in fullscreen mode NOTE Game Gamma is NOT supported in Windows NT4 0 n Default resets...

Page 20: ...ey support n Show ATI icon on taskbar adds or removes the ATI icon from the taskbar n Disable quick resolution feature is accessible by left clicking the ATI icon in the taskbar n Reduce DVI frequency on high resolution displays Resolves display corruption or no im age at high resolutions for example 1280x1024 75Hz using a digital DVI display This set ting has no effect when using a DVI to VGA ada...

Page 21: ...llows you to adjust the brightness of the video image l Contrast allows you to adjust the contrast in the video image l 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 l Hue allows you to adjust the pureness or tint of the red green and blue components of the color l Gamma allows you to adjust th...

Page 22: ...6X Moving this slider to the right in creases sampling to provide the most realistic 3D image l 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 l Anisotropic Filtering slider By moving this slider to the r...

Page 23: ...e refresh rate of the monitor Selecting Always Off allows the application to run at its highest possible frame rate regardless of the monitor s refresh rate which is typically less than the frame rate at which the application will run n TRUFORM makes the curved surfaces of 3D objects look smoother and more lifelike n Compatibility Settings button This button allows you to access advanced settings ...

Page 24: ...rformance solution while still providing good visuals n SMOOTHVISION 2 1 l Anti Aliasing checkbox improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D images resulting in smoother more naturallooking objects Selecting Application Preference willresult inhigh quality images with negligible reduction in the application s performance l Anti Aliasing slider can be applied using different sample pat...

Page 25: ...th the higher frame rate Selecting Application Preference allows the application to decide whether or not it should display its frames at the refresh rate of the monitor Selecting Always Off allows the application to run at its highest possible frame rate regardless of the monitor s refresh rate which is typically less than the frame rate at which the application will run n TRUFORM makes the curve...

Page 26: ...phics accelerator when it stops responding to commands from the display driver Using VPU Recover the display driver will in most cases be able to reset the graphics accelerator without requiring a system restart VPU Recover Settings n Enable VPU Recover n Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission to ATI Technologies ...

Page 27: ...wever most TVs and VCRs have a Composite video input in which case you can use the supplied S Video to Composite video adapter 1 Turn off your computer 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 ...

Page 28: ... CD that shipped with your graphics card To install the graphics card driver for Win 2000 please insert the Installation CD Then the AUTORUN window will show up Click Install Display Driver item and follow the wizard to install the driver If Windows does not show the CD automatically please run following steps 1 Click the Start button on the control bar 2 Select Run 3 Type the following D SETUP ex...

Page 29: ...facturer NOTE Some manufacturers do not allow the built in graphics to be disabled or to become the secondary display n Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you installed the graphics driver n Restart your computer Press the F8 key on your keyboard after system starts up When the Windows Advanced Options Menu appears select Safe Mode and press Enter After ge...

Page 30: ...OS mode by choosing Restart in MS DOS mode in the Shut Down Windows dialog box This option is only available with Windows 98 98SE For Windows 2000 ME XP you need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS DOS mode 3 Change the command prompt to C 4 Begin to flash BIOS by typing atiflash p 0 filename ex r955128d f1 at the C prompt and press Enter atiflash is the name of the flash utility 5 Restar...

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