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- Page 1 AV32DG RADEON 7000E Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤ ¤ ¤ å ¨ Ï ¥ Î ¤ â ¥ U REV. 1.02 12MD-AV32DG-102...
- Page 2 AV32DG 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 permission 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 Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before pwblicution of this booklet.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 / WinME /Win XP Driver And Utilities Installation ....... 9 3.1.1 Operating system requirement ............ -
Page 4: Introduction
AV32DG Graphics Accelerator 1.INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE AV Series delivers enhanced 3D and 2D graphics performance for today’s demanding applications. Powered by the ATi RADEON™ 7000E graphics processor and 32 MB DDR memory; Maya AV Series features HYPER Z™ technology to increase effective memory bandwidth and PIXEL TAPESTRY™... -
Page 5: Hardware Installation
DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD. In 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. -
Page 6: Board Layout
AV32DG Graphics Accelerator 2.2. BOARD LAYOUT AV32DG (32MB DDRAM) VGA Monitor Connector (15pin) S-Video (TV-Out) VGA Monitor Connector VGA Output (15pin) AV Output S-Video Output S-VideoOutput... -
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 back of your computer. - Page 8 AV32DG 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. AV32DG Graphics card AGP Slot 5.Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover.
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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
AV32DG 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 "Display Driver Setup Utility”... - Page 11 Software Installation 4.Click "OK" item.
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Page 12: Driver Installation
AV32DG Graphics Accelerator 3.1.3.Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AV32DG is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found" message. Please select "Do not install a driver"... - Page 13 Software Installation 3..Click "NO“ icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the AV32DG 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 AV32DG 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 AV32DG 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
AV32DG 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. Optimization Preference Quality allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for quality. Performance allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for performance OpenGL Settings Convert 32 bit textures to 16 bit allows you to increase video performance for games that make heavy use of textures.
- Page 20 AV32DG Graphics Accelerator Anisotropic texture filtering allows you to set a level of anisotropic texture filtering. This will result in much higher quality textures with a negligible reduction in performance. Level of Detail allows you to set the level of mipmapped detail. The Sharp setting is recommended for larger, more detailed, mipmapping scenes.
- Page 21 Software Installation Anti-aliasing provides you with an overall higher quality video image with a slight reduction in performance. When “Application Preference” mode is selected, the video driver will use anti-aliasing only when an application requests it. When “Always On” mode is selected, the video driver will force anti-aliasing on all applications.
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Page 22: Display Properties
AV32DG Graphics Accelerator Display Properties: If you VGA card is equipped with a S-Video connector , you can use a second output device (e.q. a TV or a computer monitor) as part of your operating desktop extending your desktop to second device or copying your desktop on the second device. -
Page 23: Windows Nt 4.0 Driver Installation
Software Installation 3.2. WINDOWS NT 4.0 DRIVER INSTALLATION Please make sure the Windows NT4 have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack version 6.0 (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver. To install the AV32DG driver for Windows NT 1. Insert the INSTALLATION CD into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows runs the CD ®... -
Page 24: Windows 2000 Driver Installation
3.4.BIOS FLASH UTILITY AV32DG BIOS update procedure: Note: Please download the newest BIOS from our website (www.gigabyte.com.tw) or contact your local dealer for the file. If you want to realize the BIOS flash information, please refer to detail on P.26... -
Page 25: Troubleshooting Tips
Troubleshooting Tips 4.Troubleshooting Tips he 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 26: Appendix
AV32DG Graphics Accelerator 5.Appendix 5.1. How to reflash the BIOS How to reflash the BIOS for your (Chip by ATi) 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. - Page 27 Appendix 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 28: Resolutions And Color Depth Table
AV32DG Graphics Accelerator 5.2.Resolutions and Color Depth Table RADEON 7000E (VE) 2D Display Modes 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 25.2 37.9... - 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 125.7 176.9 1024x768 134.8 192.0 172.8 246.1 38.0 56.0 41.7 62.1 53.7 81.6 63.0 96.7 67.5...
- Page 30 AV32DG 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 1792x1344 60 83.5 203.0 105.2 259.3 119.9 295.5 1800x1440 60 89.4 219.5 1920x1080 60 67.0...