Orchid Righteous 3D II, User Manual

Page 1: ...Righteous 3D II User s Manual ...

Page 2: ... reduced or translated by any means either mechanical or electronic without prior consent in writing from Orchid Technology Righteous 3D II is a registered trademark of Orchid Technology All other products mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective manufac turers Orchid Technology 45365 Northport Loop West Fremont CA 94538 6417 P N 06 00334 02 ...

Page 3: ...tion Configuration 11 Software Installation Overview 11 Windows 95 11 Driver Installation 11 Software Installation 12 Windows 95 14 Configuring Your Righteous 3D II 14 Section 3 Technical Information 19 Technical Information Overview 19 Troubleshooting Righteous 3D II 19 Support and Information Services 22 Technical Support 22 Appendix A Technical Specifications 25 Technical Specifications 25 Conn...

Page 4: ...Righteous 3D II User s Manual 2 Appendix B Direct3D 29 Direct3D Overview 29 3D Graphics Glossary 31 Software Licensing Agreement 33 FCC Notice 35 Index 36 ...

Page 5: ...tallation Screen 12 Figure 2 2 Software Configuration Screen 14 Figure 2 3 Hardware Configuration Screen 16 Figure 2 4 Advanced Configuration Screen 16 Table 3 1 Operation Troubleshooting 20 Table 3 2 Display Troubleshooting 21 Figure 3 1 Support and Information Services 23 Figure A 1 Connector Pin Outs 26 Figure A 2 34 pin Flat Ribbon Cable 27 Figure A 3 SLI Connector Pin Outs 27 ...

Page 6: ... available in configurations of 8MB or 12MB of EDO DRAM memory Based on 3Dfx Interactive Voodoo2 Graphics Righ teous 3D II s triple 64 bit memory architecture provides direct access to the frame buffer and texture memory Thisadvanceddesignusesdualtexture processingunits each of which can apply texture to an object in a single pass In addition two Righteous 3D II s of the same memory configuration ...

Page 7: ...iliar to you Section 1 Hardware Installation How to properly install the Righteous 3D II Section 2 Software Installation How to install the Righteous 3D II drivers and software Section 3 Technical Information Help to ensure that Righteous 3D II is operating prop erly Appendix A Technical Specifications Righteous 3D II s technical specifications Appendix B Direct3D Information on the Direct3D featu...

Page 8: ...nformation When you see the Magnifying Glass it refers to something you should take a closer look at before proceeding further When you see the Exclamation Mark it gives important information on avoiding damage Common Names 2D Two Dimensional 3D Three Dimensional DDC Display Data Channel DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory EDO Extended Data Out FBI Frame Buffer Interface PCI Peripheral Component Int...

Page 9: ...ne Interleave feature Installing Righteous 3D II 1 Turn off the power to your computer and remove the computer cover 2 Select a PCI slot next to your VGA graphics accelerator Most computers accommodate both PCI and ISA slots ThePCIslotsareusu ally the smaller slots see the example Please refer to your computer s reference manual for more in formation 3 Remove the rear slot cover bracket if it is p...

Page 10: ...A pass through cable to the bottom 15 pin connector on the Righteous 3D II 9 Connecttheother end of the VGA p a s s t h r o u g h cabletothe15 pin connectoronyour VGA graphics accelerator 10 Replace the cover of the computer You are now ready to install the Righteous 3D II software drivers Refer to Section 2 Software Installa tion Figure 1 2 Righteous 3D II Cable Connections ...

Page 11: ... connector see Appendix A Works with your existing graphics card including your system board and AGP based card Memory 8MB EDO DRAM Righteous 3D II is also available with 12MB of EDO DRAM The additional memory is added to the back of the card 8 MB 4MB for FBI 2 by 2 TMUs 12MB 4MB for FBI 4 by 2 TMUs J1 SLI Configuration Connector see Appendix A The SLI configuration cable is included Figure 1 3 Ri...

Page 12: ...ollowing instructions assume that you have al ready installed one Righteous 3D II card 1 Select a PCI slot next to the Righteous 3D II installed 2 Carefully hold the second Righteous 3D II by the top edges and lower it into the PCI expansion slot Ensure that it seats firmly into the slot 3 Connect each end of the SLI configuration cable to the 34 pin SLI configuration connector on each card 4 Conn...

Page 13: ...re instal lation Righteous 3D II comes with awesome 3D titles for your enjoyment This section gives you the instal lation procedures for Windows 95 and DOS Windows 95 Driver Installation 1 Start Microsoft Windows 95 The New Hardware Found screen appears 2 Insert the Righteous 3D II CD into your CD ROM drive 3 From the New Hardware Found screen select the Driver From Disk Provided by Hardware Manu ...

Page 14: ...D ROM drive letter Click on OK 3 Before selecting any Direct3D game application or demo you must install the DirectX software first NOTE It is highly recommended that you install the version of DirectX provided with Righteous 3D II 4 ClickonDirectXandfollowtheinstructionsonthe screen 5 After the DirectX software is installed you will be prompted to restart the system for the changes to take effect...

Page 15: ...e Adobe Acrobat Reader if not already installed or it will launch the user s manual After installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader click on the User s Manual button again to launch the manual Final Reality A benchmark utility that will test the effectiveness of your system in processing and rendering 3D images Click on the Final Reality button to enable a series of tests Games Demo Click on this button...

Page 16: ...on figuration 1 From the Windows 95 desktop click on the Start button select Settings then select Control Panel 2 From the Control Panel group double click on Display The Display Properties screen appears 3 From the Display Properties screen click on the Righteous 3D II Setup tab The following screen appears 4 Make your selections from the available options When you are finished click on OK or App...

Page 17: ...up to 1024x768 without Z buffering SLI mode two cards supports up to 1024x768 with Z buffering Theresolutionsupportedisdeterminedbythegame Z Buffering is not selectable It is a function that can only be used by game developers Gamma Correction The Gamma Correction selection allows you to adjust the brightness of your display You can change the value of the Gamma for an individual channel Red Green...

Page 18: ...he SLI con figuration number of FBI s Frame Buffer Interface total frame buffer memory number of texture map units and amount of texture memory Click on the Hardware Configuration button to display the follow ing screen Advanced Features Click on the Advanced Features button to access features that will enhance the Righteous 3D II s perfor mance Figure 2 3 Hardware Configuration Screen Figure 2 4 ...

Page 19: ...s will improve the quality of MIPMapped graphics with no hit to performance Limit texture memory for Glide apps when this box is checked TMU memory will be 2MB for Glide games Some Glide games may not work correctly with 4MB of texture memory Force triple color buffering for Glide apps when this box is checked Glide will turn on Triple Color Buffer ing This will improve the color quality of the MI...

Page 20: ... s Manual Section 2 Software Installation 18 Online Manual This selection will give you access to the Righteous 3D II s online user s manual Orchid Contacts Click on this button to display information on how to contact us ...

Page 21: ...to contact Technical Sup port and how to receive advice and support via our online services Troubleshooting Righteous 3D II To help you diagnose problems you may have with the Righteous 3D II we ve presented the following helpful hints in a symptom and solution format This format serves a twofold purpose You may be able to fix your problem or if these steps don t help you solve your problem they w...

Page 22: ... on Settings then click on Control Panel 2 From the Control Panel click on the System icon 3 From the System Properties click on the Device Manager tab 4 Check for Righteous 3D II listed under the Sound Video Game Controller category 5 If Righteous 3D II is not listed check for PCI Multimedia Video Device listed under the Other Devices category If it is listed go to Step 8 6 If PCI Multimedia Vide...

Page 23: ... the Righteous 3D II card 3 Verify that the VGA pass through cable is connected properly between your VGA accelerator card and the Righteous 3D II 4 It s possible that your monitor cable is not the correct type for the Righteous 3D II See Appendix A for the proper pin out information to determine if your cable is correct 5 Hook up your monitor directly to your VGA accelerator card to determine if ...

Page 24: ...e services Technical Support If you need technical assistance our Technical Support Engineers will be glad to help you You can contact us via telephone fax or BBS Before calling Technical Support please have the following information ready The model name and serial number of your Orchid product Your computer information such as CPU type operat ing system amount of installed memory and other periph...

Page 25: ...5 2 1 4 4 n o i t a z i r o h t u A s l a i r e t a M n r u t e R A M R r i a p e r r o f s t c u d o r p n r u t e R m a 0 0 8 F M m p 5 4 4 o t T S P A S U 0 3 0 3 1 6 6 0 1 5 x a F 3 4 5 0 3 8 6 0 1 5 m e t s y s d e t a m o t u A d n a m e D n O x a F l a c i n h c e t e r u t a r e t i l t c u d o r p r o f n o i t a m r o f n i l u f p l e h r e h t o d n a s n i t e l l u b a s r u o h 4 2 ...

Page 26: ...Righteous 3D II User s Manual Section 3 Technical Information 24 ...

Page 27: ... Interface PCI 2 1 Compliant Card Size 8 x 4 5 Minimum System Requirements Pentium PCI based system Available PCI expansion slot VGA Display Adapter VGA Compatible Monitor 16MB of System Memory CD ROM Drive MS DOS 6 0 or later Windows 95 required for Direct3D support Some software games may require additional resources Connectors DB 15 analog VGA w DDC support DB 15 VGA pass through connector Temp...

Page 28: ...able on pin 9 in accordance with the DDC standard The 15 pin VGA pass through connector on the Righteous 3D II is used for output from your VGA graphics accelerator refer to Figure 1 2 The pin outs for both connectors are as follows 6 Red Return 7 Green Return 8 Blue Return 9 DDC Power 14 Vertical Sync 10 Sync Return 15 DDC Clock 13 Horizontal Sync 12 DDC Data 11 No Connect 1 Red Video 2 Green Vid...

Page 29: ...ft corner of the Righteous 3D II see Figure 1 1 Appendix A Technical Specifications 27 Figure A 2 34 pin Flat Ribbon Cable s t n e m n g i s s A n i P 1 P 2 P 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 5 1 6 1 6 1 7 1 7 1 8 1 8 1 9 1 9 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 4 2 5 2 5 2 6 2 6 2 7 2 7 2 8 2 8 2 9 2 9 2 0 3 0 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 Figur...

Page 30: ...Righteous 3D II User s Manual Appendix A Technical Specifications 28 ...

Page 31: ... based rendering of the full 3D rendering pipeline transformations light ing and rasterization transparent access to hardware acceleration and a comprehensive next generation 3D solution for your PC Direct3D provides access to advanced graphics capabilities of 3D hardware accel eratorsincludingz buffering anti aliasing alphablend ing mip mapping atmospheric effects and perspective correct texture ...

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Page 33: ...ow level trans formations lighting and rasterization Dithering A technique for achiev ing 24 bit quality in 8 bit or 16 bit frame buffers Double Buffering A method of us ing two buffers one for display and the other for rendering When the new frame is rendered the two buff ers are switched Fog Blending an object with a fixed color as its pixels increase in distance away from the viewer Gouraud Sha...

Page 34: ...cally enter Scanline Interleave SLI mode and every odd line of the image is rendered by one the even line is ren dered by the other card Texture Filtering Removing aliasing artifacts such as sparkles and blockiness through interpolation of stored texture images Texture Mapping Wrapping tex tures around objects to add realism or to reduce complexity Z Buffering A process of removing hidden surfaces...

Page 35: ...e reverse engineer or disassemble the Software or any part thereof EXPORT LAW ASSURANCE You agree that neither the Software nor any part thereof will be transferred exported or re exported directly or indirectly into any country prohibited by the United States Export Administration Act and regulations thereunder or will be used for any purpose prohibited by the Act TERMINATION This License is effe...

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Page 37: ...e Class B limits may be attached to this product If this equipment causes interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient the receiving antenna 2 Relocate the computer with respect to the receiver 3 Move the computer away from the ...

Page 38: ...g Your Righteous 3D II 14 Connector Pin Outs 24 Control Panel 14 D Diagram Righteous 3D II 8MB 9 Direct3D 29 DirectX 14 Driver Installation 11 F Help Bulletin Board System BBS 23 Telephone Numbers 23 Troubleshooting 19 I Installation Installing your Righteous 3D II 7 Software Installation DOS 13 Windows 95 11 ...

Page 39: ...es 23 P PCI Slots 7 R Refresh Rates 15 Resolutions 15 Righteous 3D II Diagram 9 S SLI Connector Pin Outs 27 Software Installation DOS 13 Windows 95 11 T Technical Specifications 25 Troubleshooting 19 V VGA Pass Through Connector Pin Outs 26 W Web Site 23 Windows 95 Driver Installation 11 ...

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