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Gigabyte GV-R9700 User Manual

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Radeon 9700 Graphics Accelerator
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  • Page 1 GV-R9700 Radeon 9700 Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U Rev. 102 12MD-R9700-102...
  • Page 2 Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. Mar. 14, 2003 Taipei, Taiwan GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 2 -...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................... 4 1.1. PREFACE ....................4 1.2. KEY FEATURES ..................4 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............... 5 2.1. UNPACKING ................... 5 2.2. BOARD LAYOUT ..................6 2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..............7 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..............9 3.1.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    ® the freedom to create more complicated and realistic visual effects than ever before. GV-R9700 supports the new AGP 8X standard, which allows large volumes of texture and vertex data to be transferred faster from system memory to the chip.

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    M DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD. M 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

    2.2. BOARD LAYOUT GV-R9700 (128MB DDR) VGA Monitor Connector (15pin) TV-Out DVI Connector VGA Output Analog Monitor Analog LCD Monitor VGA Monitor Connector (15pin) AV Output NTSC / PAL TV TV-out S-VideoOutput Projector DVI Output DVI Connector Digital LCD Monitor...

  • Page 7: 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 5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. After installation, please connect the power cable to your GV-R9700 graphics card, or system will not boot. 6. Plug the display cable into your card; then turn on the computer and monitor.If your...

  • Page 9: Software Installation

    GV-R9700 graphics accelerator. 3.1.1. Operating system requirement l If your OS is Microsoft Windows, when loading the GV-R9700 drivers for the system, please make sure your system (Windows 98/98SE, Windows2000 or Windows ME) has installed DirectX8.1 or later.

  • Page 10: Directx Installation

    ME, you must install DirectX8.1(or later version) first. (If your OS is ® Windows XP, please skip this section.) ® Here we use DirectX 8.1 as installation example: 1. Install DirectX Driver: Click "Install DirectX 8.1" Item. 2.Click "Yes" icon. 3.Click "Yes" icon. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 10 -...
  • Page 11 4.Click "OK" item. Then the DirectX 8.1 installation is completed. - 11 - Software Installation...

  • Page 12: Driver Installation

    The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After GV-R9700 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 3..Click "No" icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the GV-R9700 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 (Pictures below are shown in Windows XP) 1.
  • Page 14 3.Click "Yes". 4. Click "Express" or "Custom" icon. 5. Click "Finish" to restart computer. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 14 -...

  • Page 15: Utilities On Driver Cd

    3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tuner utilities. Please follow the steps. l Install V-Tuner : 1. Click "V-Tuner" item. 2.Click "Next". 3. Enter your name and company. 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. - 15 - Software Installation...
  • Page 16 Install Hydravision : 1. Click "Hydravision Install" item. 2.Click "Next". 3.Click "Yes". 4.Click "Next". GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 16 -...
  • Page 17 5.Click "Next". 6. Click "Finish" to restart computer. - 17 - Software Installation...

  • Page 18: Taskbar Icon

    Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings. Right click the icon. You can link to GBT website for updated information about the graphics card, latest drivers, and other information. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 18 -...
  • Page 19 (Core Clock and Memory Clock) Min V-Tuner Display & Adjust Close V-Tuner Core Clock Display Core Clock Display Memory Clock Display & Adjust Memory Clock Link to the Websit of Gigabyte Help Description Close V-Tuner To system Tray - 19 - Software Installation...
  • Page 20 VGA Information 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. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 20 -...
  • Page 21 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.Rotate Screen 2.Using Single Display HYDRAVISION ™ HYDRAVISION and the Desktop Manager are activated whenever Windows starts.

  • Page 22: Display Properties

    Disable quick resolution feature is accessible by left-clicking the ATI icon in the taskbar. n Reduce DVI frequency on high-resolution displays enables or disables to reduce the DVI frequency when using high-resolution. n Alternate DVI operational mode enables or disables alternate DVI operational mode. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 22 -...
  • Page 23 OpenGL Properties: The OpenGL properties page gives you complete control of the OpenGL settings. n Main Settings slider Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will pro- vide excellent 3D image quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next changes the individual Custom Set- tings sliders found below.
  • Page 24 Defaults button allows you to reset the OpenGL Compat- ibility Settings to default values. n Defaults button This button allows you to reset the OpenGL Settings to default values. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 24 -...
  • Page 25 Direct 3D Properties: The Direct 3D properties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings. n Main Settings slider Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image quality. Moving this slider from one posi- tion to the next changes the individual Custom Settings slid- ers found below.
  • Page 26 Defaults button allows you to reset the Direct 3D Compatibility Settings to default values. n Defaults button This button allows you to reset the Direct 3D Settings to default values. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 26 -...
  • Page 27 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 28 Connecting your graphics card to a TV or VCR To connect your GV-R9700 graphics card to a TV (or VCR), use an S-Video cable. However, most TVs (and VCRs) have a Composite video input, in which case you can use the supplied S-Video- to-Composite video adapter.
  • Page 29 Overlay Properties: The Overlay Properties is used to adjust the Brightness / Contrast / Saturation / Hue / Gamma settings. Overlay properties allows for the viewing of full-motion video on your PC. However, there is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display. The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any video file type that supports overlay adjustments.
  • Page 30 Defaults button allows you to reset the hotkey. SMARTGART(tm): The SMARTGART Properties ensures system stability by automatically performing a ™ variety of bus tests that determine your optimal graphics accelerator settings. Changing these settings might result in system instability. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 30 -...

  • Page 31: Windows 2000 Driver Installation

    ® 2 (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver. With Windows 2000 running on your computer, you need to install the GV-R9700 driver ® to take advantage of the higher performance, resolutions, and special graphic features of the Graphics card. To ensure you install the latest driver, use the Installation CD that shipped with your GV-R9700 Graphics card.

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting Tips

    For more assistance, use the Troubleshooting Guide located in the Windows Help ® or contact your computer manufacturer. If necessary, adjust your monitor's setting by monitor's adjust panel to make the screen looks focused, crisp, and sharp. (Please refer to the monitor’ s manual.) GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 32 -...

  • Page 33: Appendix

    5.Appendix 5.1. How to reflash the BIOS MWe use GV-AR64SH VGA card and Atiflash BIOS flash utility as example. How to reflash the BIOS for your graphics card (Chip by ATi)? 1. Extract the Zip file to the drive C: or A: 2.
  • Page 34 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. GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 34 -...

  • Page 35: Resolutions And Color Depth Table (In Windows Xp)

    5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows ® Radeon 9700 2D Single Display Modes Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) Standard mode High mode True mode 640 x 480 800 x 600 P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced)
  • Page 36 P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) 1280 x 768 1280 x 960 1280 x 1024 P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) 1600 x 1200 To be continued... GV-R9700 Graphics Accelerator - 36 -...
  • Page 37 Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) Standard mode High mode True mode 1792 x 1344 1800 x 1440 1856 x 1392 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1440 2048 x 1536 * Lower maximum refresh rates at some resolutions when using lower bandwidth memory configuration.
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