Gigabyte GV-R98X256D Manual

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EN 55011
Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
industrial,scientific and medical (ISM
high frequency equipment
Limits and methods of measurement
EN 55013
of radio disturbance characteristics of
broadcast receivers and associated
equipment
EN 55014
Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
household electrical appliances,
portable tools and similar electrical
apparatus
EN 55015
Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
fluorescent lamps and luminaries
EN 55020
Immunity from radio interference of
broadcast receivers and associated
equipment
EN 55022
Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
information technology equipment
DIN VDE 0855
Cabled distribution systems; Equipment
part 10
for receiving and/or distribution from
part 12
sound and television signals
CE marking
EN 60065
Safety requirements for mains operated
electronic and related apparatus for
household and similar general use
EN 60335
Safety of household and similar
electrical appliances
(Stamp)

Declaration of Conformity

We, Manufacturer/Importer
G.B.T. Technology Trading GMbH
Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany
declare that the product
( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers)
GV-R98X256D
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)
in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive
The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product
with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73/23 EEC
(full address)
..
VGA Card
EN 61000-3-2*
EN 60555-2
EN 61000-3-3*
EN 60555-3
EN 50081-1
EN 50082-1
EN 55081-2
EN 55082-2
ENV 55104
EN50091-2
(EC conformity marking)
Safety for information technology equipment
EN 60950
including electrical bussiness equipment
EN 50091-1
General and Safety requirements for
uninterruptible power systems (UPS)
Manufacturer/Importer
Date : Nov. 16, 2003
Disturbances in supply systems cause
by household appliances and similar
electrical equipment "Harmonics"
Disturbances in supply systems cause
by household appliances and similar
electrical equipment "Voltage fluctuations"
Generic emission standard Part 1:
Residual commercial and light industry
Generic immunity standard Part 1:
Residual commercial and light industry
Generic emission standard Part 2:
Industrial environment
Generic emission standard Part 2:
Industrial environment
lmmunity requirements for household
appliances tools and similar apparatus
EMC requirements for uninterruptible
power systems (UPS)
Timmy Huang
Signature:
Name:
Timmy Huang

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  • Page 1: Declaration Of Conformity

    Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) VGA Card GV-R98X256D is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformity is declared) in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive...
  • Page 2 City of Industry, CA 91748 Phone/Fax No: (818) 854-9338/ (818) 854-9339 hereby declares that the product Product Name: VGA Card GV-R98X256D Model Number: Conforms to the following specifications: FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109 (a),Class B Digital Device Supplementary Information: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 3 GV-R98X256D Radeon 9800 XT Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U Rev. 101 12MD-R98X256D-101...
  • Page 4 Please do not remove any labels on VGA card , this may void the warranty of this VGA card. Nov. 6, 2003 Taipei, Taiwan GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 2 -...
  • Page 5: 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 6: Introduction

    ® freedom to create more complicated and realistic visual effects than ever before. GV-R98X256D 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. 1.2. KEY FEATURES...
  • Page 7: 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. - 5 -...
  • Page 8: Board Layout

    2.2. BOARD LAYOUT GV-R98X256D (256MB DDR) VGA Monitor Connector (15pin) TV-Out DVI-I Connector VGA Output Analog Monitor Analog LCD Monitor VGA Monitor Connector (15pin) AV Output NTSC / PAL TV TV-out S-VideoOutput Projector DVI-I Connector DVI Output Digital LCD Monitor...
  • Page 9: 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 10 After installation, please connect the power cable to your GV-R98X256D 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 11: Software Installation

    3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of Win 98/98SE / Win 2000 / 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 12: Directx Installation

    2000 / Windows ® ® ® ME or Windows XP, you must install DirectX 9(or later version) first. ® 1. Install DirectX Driver: Click "Install DirectX 9" Item. 2.Click "Next" icon. 3.Click "Next" icon. GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 10 -...
  • Page 13 4.Click "Finish" item. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. - 11 - Software Installation...
  • Page 14: Driver Installation

    At this time, system will ask for your Windows CD in order to complete the VGA driver installation. If you don't have the CD, you can press C:\Windows\System directory. Step 4: System Setting Change 2.Click "Finish" button. GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 12 -...
  • Page 15 3. Click "No" button. After the system has finished loading, insert the 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 16 3. Click "Yes". 4. Click "Express" or "Custom" icon. 5. Click "Finish" to restart computer. GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 14 -...
  • Page 17: Utilities On Driver Cd

    3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tuner utilities. Please follow the steps. 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 18 Install Hydravision : 1. Click "Hydravision Install" item. 2.Click "Next". 3.Click "Yes". 4.Click "Next". GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 16 -...
  • Page 19 5.Click "Next". 6. Click "Finish" to restart computer. - 17 - Software Installation...
  • Page 20: 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-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 18 -...
  • Page 21 (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 Website of Gigabyte Help Description Close V-Tuner to System Tray - 19 - Software Installation...
  • Page 22 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-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 20 -...
  • Page 23 GV- ™ R98X256D graphic cards that have more than one display output can benefit fully from this software. GV-R98X256D with only one display output can still take advantage of the many features of HYDRAVISION ™...
  • Page 24: Display Properties

    (for example 1280x1024 @75Hz) using a digital DVI display. (This set- ting has no effect when using a DVI-to-VGA adapter.) Alternate DVI operational mode Use this option if you are experiencing display corruption on your DVI flat panel. GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 22 -...
  • Page 25 VPU Recover Properties: The VPU Recover Properties allows the ATI display driver to reset the graphics accelerator when it stops responding to commands from the display driver. Using VPU Recover the display driver will, in most cases, be able to reset the graphics accelerator without requiring a system restart.
  • Page 26 Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while still providing good visuals. GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 24 -...
  • Page 27 Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image. As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image.
  • Page 28 Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while still providing good visuals. GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 26 -...
  • Page 29 Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image. As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image.
  • Page 30 Direct 3D and OpenGL games played in fullscreen mode. (NOTE: Game Gamma is NOT supported in Windows NT4.0) Default resets the desktop brightness and color settings to the default values. GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 28 -...
  • Page 31 Display Properties: If your 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. Select Display Type Enable / Disable "Extend my windows desktop onto this monitor"...
  • Page 32 SMARTGART(tm) Properties: 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-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 30 -...
  • Page 33: Win ® 98/98Se / Win ® 2000 / Win ® Me Driver Installation

    3.3. BIOS FLASH UTILITY 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 page 33.
  • Page 34: 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-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 32 -...
  • Page 35: Appendix

    5. Appendix 5.1. How to reflash the BIOS We use GV-AR64SH VGA card and Atiflash BIOS flash utility as example. How to reflash the BIOS for your graphics card? 1. Extract the Zip file to the drive C: or A: 2.
  • Page 36: Resolutions And Color Depth Table (In Windows ® Xp)

    5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows ® GV-R98X256D 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...
  • 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 1152 x 864 (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) 1280 x 768 1280 x 960 1280 x 1024 (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced)
  • Page 38 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. GV-R98X256D Graphics Accelerator - 36 -...
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