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- Page 1 AR64S-H RADEON 7500 Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U REV. 1.03 12MD-AR64SH-103...
- Page 2 AR64S-H 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 Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.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 3.1Win98/98SE , WinME ,WinXP Driver And Utilities Installation ..9 3.1.1 Operating system requirement .......... -
Page 4: Introduction
1.INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Gigabyte AR Series is a powerful and versatile graphic solution. 64MB of powerful SDR memory along with the RADEON™ 7500 GPU provides high performance accelera- tion of today’ s demanding 3D graphic applications. Industry leading DVD playback, sup- port for digital flat panel (DVI-I) monitors meet the needs of a wide range of home and business graphic users. -
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. -
Page 6: Board Layout
AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 2.2. BOARD LAYOUT AR64S-H (4Mx16 64MB SDRAM) 4Mx16 Frame Buffer SDRAM H/W Monitor DVI Connector Chip Fan Connector BIOS S-Video (TV -O ut) RADEON 7500 VGA Monitor C onnector (15pin) DVI Connector DVI Output AV Output S-Video S-VideoO utput VGA Monitor VGA Output... -
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 AR64S-H 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. AR64S-H G raphics 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 , WINDOWS ME and Windows XP DRIVER ® AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION The installation of Windows 98/98SE or Windows ME or Windows XP drivers is very simple. -
Page 10: Directx Installation
AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 3.1.2.DirectX Installation Install Microsoft DirectX 8.1 to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Win98/ 98SE/ ME to achieve better 3D performence. Note: For software MPEG support in Win98/98SE or WinME, you must DirectX first install. MMust be install DirectX 8.1 (or later) 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
AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 3.1.3.Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AR64S-H 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"... - Page 13 Software Installation 3..Click "NO“ icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the AR64S-H 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 2.
- Page 14 AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 4.Click “ Yes” icon. 5.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 AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator V-Tuner (Hardware monitor and overclock Utility) V-Tuner allows you to monitor the grphic chip temperature, fan speed and voltage status. It 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.
- Page 18 AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ATI icon on the taskbar’ s status area. Clicking this icon open the ATi control panel. 1.Using Single Display 2.Quick Setting.
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Page 19: Property
Software Installation 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 20 AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 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 21 Software Installation n 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. n Level of Detail allows you to set the level of mipmapped detail. The Sharp setting is recommended for larger, more detailed, mipmapping scenes.
- Page 22 AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator n 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 useanti-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 23: Display Properties
Software Installation 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 24 AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator Overlay Properties The Overlay Properties is used to adjust the Brightness / Contrast / Saturation / Hue/ Gamma settings.
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Page 25: Windows Nt 4.0 Driver Installation
Software Installation 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 AR64S-H graphics accelerator driver. To install the AR64S-H driver for Windows NT 1. -
Page 26: Windows 2000 Driver Installation
3.4.BIOS FLASH UTILITY AR64S-H 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.28... -
Page 27: Troubleshooting Tips
Troubleshooting Tips 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 28: Appendix
AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 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 95 or Windows 98¡ AIf your OS is Windows 2000 / Windows Me / Windows XP. - Page 29 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 30: Resolutions And Color Depth Table
AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 5.2.Resolutions and Color Depth Table Radeon 7500 2D Single 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 31 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 98.7 139.0 116.6 164.2 125.7 176.9 1024x768 134.8 192.0 172.8 246.1 38.0 56.0 41.7 62.1 53.7...
- Page 32 AR64S-H 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 1280x1024 120 131.8 234.0 179.4 321.5 1360x768 49.4 88.6 1400x1050 60 64.0 108.0 53.8...
- Page 33 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 1600x1280 86.52 116.2 256.5 83.8 205.2 1792x1344 75 106.3 261.0 119.7 294.9 89.5 219.9 1800x1440 70 104.9...