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- Page 1 GA - 660 Series Graphics Accelerator •GA-660Plus •GA-660Plus TV •GA-660Plus DFP USER'S MANUAL ¤ ¤ ¤ å ¨ Ï ¥ Î ¤ â ¥ U REV. 1.4 First Edition R-14-01-090914...
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- Page 5 GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein. Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners.
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Page 7: Table Of Contents
Table Of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE ................... 1-1 1.2. KEY FEATURES ................. 1-1 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1. UNPACKING ................2-1 2.2. BOARD LAYOUT ................ 2-1 2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION............2-3 2.3.1 Turbo switch................2-4 2.3.2 TV switch ................2-4 3. -
Page 9: Introduction
GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Welcome to use the GA-660 Series 3D/2D graphics accelerator. The GA-660 Plus 3D/2D graphics accelerator is an innovative design that delivers a new level of balanced, scalable and sustained 3D performance along with smooth video and great 2D graphics experience. -
Page 11: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1. UNPACKING The GA –660Plus package contains the following: • The GA-660Plus graphics accelerator • This USER'S MANUAL • One driver CD for Win95 / Win98¡ B W in NT 4.0¡ B W in 2000 driver and Utilities The card contains sensitive electric components, which can be easily damaged by static electricity, so the card should be left in its original packing... - Page 12 GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator GA-660Plus (16MB SDRAM) 16MB SDRAM NVIDIA’ s RIVA TNT2-A (2M68) VIP Port Digital Flat Panel Sil154 20-pin Connector (Optional) TV-Out Composite (Optional) TV-Out S-VHS BT868 (Optional) 15-pin Monitor Connector VGA BIOS...
- Page 13 Hardware Installation 2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Shut down the computer. Unplug monitor cable from your computer. Remove your computer’ s unit cover, and ground yourself. Remove the screw and slot bracket from the board’ s mounting. Be sure removing the existing graphics card from your system, if you have another graphics card in your system.
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Page 14: Turbo Switch
GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator 2.3.1 Turbo switch The GA-660Plus ships with default engine clock speed and memory clock speed. With the turbo switch on-board, the GA-660Plus gives you the option to over clock the engine and memory clock speed to the reliable high speeds and performance. -
Page 15: Software Installation
Software Installation SOFTWARE INSTALLATION In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: 3.1. WINDOWS95 OR WIN98 DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION The installation of Windows 95 or Windows 98 drivers is very simple. When you insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN window (if it does not show up, run “D:\setup.exe”). -
Page 16: Directx Installation
GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator 3.1.2. DirectX Installation Install Microsoft DirectX 6.1 to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Win95/98 to achieve better 3D performence. MNote: For sofeware MPEG support in Win95/98, you must install DirectX first. Select “ Display Drivers Setup Utility ” item. -
Page 17: Driver Installation
Software Installation Select “ ReInstall DirectX” item. Then the DirectX 6.1installation is completed. 3.1.3. Driver Installation The following is the step by step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After GA-660Plus is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop- out a “... - Page 18 GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator Step 3: Update Device Driver Wizard: Finish Press the “ Finish” button 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.
- Page 19 Software Installation Select the “ Install Display Drivers” item. Step 5: Driver Setup...
- Page 20 GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator Select the “ Next” button. Select the “ Next” button.
- Page 21 Software Installation Select the “ OK” item. Select the “ Finish” button.
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Page 22: Utilities On Driver Cd
GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator 3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD The utilities include software VCD player, Acrobat Reader, Final Reality test program, and other useful utilities. Please browse the driver CD for detail. 3.1.5. Property pages Resolutions and Color depth for windows Select the¡... - Page 23 Software Installation Advanced settings: Select “ Advanced” button for adapter and chip setting. Adapter tab:...
- Page 24 GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator 3D Settings: Select button for OpenGL Select button for Advanced D3D Mipmap levels: Choose higher mipmap level will increase the performance. If you encounter tearing on screen, please try to lower mipmap level. Mipmap method: Choose bilinear for higher performance, trilinear for better quality.
- Page 25 Software Installation 3D Settings: (continued) Select button for OpenGL. Select button for Advanced D3D. Check this to reduce the jagged effect of image. Clear this item will cause the frame rendering to be synchronized with monitor’ s vertical refresh rate. Check this to increase performance but lower image quality.
- Page 26 GA-660 Series Graphics Accelerator Direct3D - Advanced : Enable fog table emulation: Check this for some games do not support Direct3D hardware fog feature. Check this for some applications do not support DirectX6. Check this for some applications do not support new CPU instruction set.
- Page 27 Software Installation OpenGL Settings: Checking this will improve the performance for full-screen applications. Save a tweak file for a OpenGL setting and revoke easily without setting again. 3-13...