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AV64S-T 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 Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.
AV64S-T 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 / 64 MB SDR memory; Maya AV Series features HYPER Z™ technology to increase effective memory bandwidth and PIXEL TAPES- TRY™...
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 AV64S-T package contains the following:...
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.
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AV64S-T 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. AV 64S-T G raphics card AGP Slot 5.
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").
AV64S-T 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”...
AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator 3.1.3.Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AV64S-T 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"...
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Software Installation 3..Click "NO“ icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the AV64S-T 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.
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.
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AV64S-T 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)
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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.
AV64S-T 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.
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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.
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AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator l 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. l Level of Detail allows you to set the level of mipmapped detail. The Sharp setting is recommended for larger, more detailed, mipmapping scenes.
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Software Installation 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 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.
AV64S-T 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.
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 AV64S-T driver for Windows NT 1. Insert the INSTALLATION CD into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows runs the CD ®...
3.4.BIOS FLASH UTILITY AV64S-T 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.26...
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.
AV64S-T 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 98/98SE, If your OS is Windows 2000 / Windows Me / Windows XP.
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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.