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- Page 1 AG32S RAGE 128 Pro Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U REV. 1.22 12MD-AG32S-122...
- Page 2 AG32S Graphics Accelerator Chapter 1 User’ s Manual Copyright Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (“GBT”) No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permis- sion of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Content Table of Contents 1.INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE ................... 4 1.2.Overview ..................4 2.HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1. UNPACKING ................5 2.2. BOARD LAYOUT ................ 6 2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............7 3.SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3.1Win98/98/SE or WinME / WinXP Driver And Utilities Installation ..9 3.1.1 Operating system requirement .......... -
Page 4: Introduction
AG32S Graphics Accelerator 1.INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE At the center of the AG series performance is a unique 128-bit, SuperScalar Render- ing architecture designed to operate at dramatically elevated memory and engine speeds. Single-Pass Multi Texturing (SMT) enables advanced 3D effects like texturing, lighting and shading at full performance. -
Page 5: Hardware Installation
MDO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD. MIn order to ensure your graphics card working correctly, please use official Gigabyte BIOS only Use none official gigabyte BIOS might cause problem on the graphics card. 2.1. UNPACKING The AG32S package contains the following:... -
Page 6: Board Layout
AG32S Graphics Accelerator 2.2. BOARD LAYOUT AG32S (4Mx16 32MB SDRAM) 4Mx16 Frame Buffer SDRAM BIOS ImpacTV2 (Optional) RAGE 128 Pro VGA Monitor C onnector (15pin) VGA Monitor C onnector VGA Output (15pin) -
Page 7: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation 2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Installing Your Graphics card.. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card. To install your graphics accelerator card 1. Power off the computer and monitor , then disconnect the display cable from the backof your computer. - Page 8 AG32S Graphics Accelerator 4. Locate the AGP slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from this slot; then align your Graphics card with the AGP slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully eated. AG 32S Graphics card AGP Slot 5.
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Page 9: Software Installation
Software Installation 3.SOFTWARE INSTALLATION In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: 3.1. WINDOWS 98 /98SE or WINDOWS ME /WINDOWS XP DRIVER ® AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION The installation of Win 98/98SE / Win ME / Win XP 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 10: Directx Installation
AG32S Graphics Accelerator 3.1.2.DirectX Installation Install Microsoft DirectX 8.1 to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Win98/ 98SE or WinME to achieve better 3D performence. Note: For software MPEG support in Win98/98SE or WinME, you must DirectX first install. 1. Installation DirectX Driver Click "Install DirectX 8.1”... - Page 11 Software Installation 4.Click "OK" item. Then the DirectX 8.1 installation is completed.
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Page 12: Driver Installation
AG32S Graphics Accelerator 3.1.3.Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AG32S is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will automati- cally detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found" message. - Page 13 Software Installation 3..Click "NO“ icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the AG32S 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". Step 5: Driver Setup 1.
- Page 14 AG32S Graphics Accelerator 2.Click “ Next“ icon. 3.Click “ Yes” icon. 4.Click “ Finish” icon to restart computer.
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Page 15: Utilities On Driver Cd
Software Installation 3.1.4.Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tuner utilities. Please browse the driver CD for detail. 3.1.5 Taskbar Icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find an GBT icon on the taskbar’ s status area. - Page 16 AG32S Graphics Accelerator 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 17 Software Installation VGA Info 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.
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Page 18: Property
AG32S Graphics Accelerator 3.1.6.Display Property pages The screen shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area and the refresh rate. Setting (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. - Page 19 Software Installation OpenGL Properties: The OpenGL properties page gives you complete control of the OpenGL settings. n Optimization Preference l Quality allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for quality. l Performance allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for performance n OpenGL Settings l Convert 32 bit textures to 16 bit allows you to increase video performance for games that make heavy use of textures.
- Page 20 AG32S Graphics Accelerator Direct 3D Display Properties The Direct 3D properties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings. D3D Settings n Wait for vertical sync allows you to lower the frame rate of full screen games. This will . reduce image tearing that can occur with higher frame rates.
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Page 21: Advanced Properties
Software Installation Color Properties The Color Properties is used to adjust the color settings. It also allows gamma control for video playing of the Video Overlay. The color settings affect all display devices mapped to the view. You can change red, green, and blue display colors. Set Desktop and Video Overlay brightness (gamma) levels can also be changed. -
Page 22: Windows Nt 4.0 Driver Installation
AG32S Graphics Accelerator 3.2. WINDOWS NT 4.0 DRIVER INSTALLATION Please make sure the Windows NT 4.0 have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack version 6.0 (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver. To install the AG32S driver for Windows NT 1. -
Page 23: Windows 2000 Driver Installation
3.4.BIOS FLASH UTILITY AG32S BIOS update procedure: MNote: Please download the newest BIOS from our website (www.gigabyte.com.tw) . or contact your local dealer for the file. MIf you want to realize the BIOS flash information, please refer to detail on P.25... -
Page 24: Troubleshooting Tips
AG32S Graphics Accelerator 4.Troubleshooting Tips The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GBT for more advanced troubleshooting information. Check that the card is seated properly in the AGP slot. Ensure the display cable is securely fastened to the card's display connector. Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power. -
Page 25: Appendix
Appendix 5.Appendix 5.1. How to reflash the BIOS 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 98/98SE, If your OS is Windows 2000 / Windows Me / Windows XP please use the bootable disk to MS-DOS mode) - Page 26 AG32S Graphics Accelerator 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 27: Resolutions And Color Depth Table
Appendix 5.2.Resolutions and Color Depth Table 2D Rage 128 Pro GL with SDR (Frame Buffer Memory Size 32MB) Display Refresh Hor. Pixel Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate Scan Clock 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) (KHz) (Mhz) Standard mode High mode True mode 31.5... - Page 28 AG32S Graphics Accelerator DDisplay Refresh Hor. Pixel Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate Scan Clock 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) (KHz) (Mhz) Standard mode High mode True mode 98.7 139.0 116.6 164.2 125.7 176.9 1024x768 134.8 192.0 153.5 218.6 172.8 246.1 38.0...
- Page 29 Appendix DDisplay Refresh Hor. Pixel Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate Scan Clock 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) (KHz) (Mhz) Standard mode High mode True mode 95.2 208.7 1600x1200 85 106.3 229.5 113.8 251.2 1792x1344 60 83.5 203.0 105.2 259.3 89.4 219.5...