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Introduction
Installation Guide
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1
Preliminary step for Windows 95 users....................................................................... 3
Installing Your Graphics Card ..................................................................................... 4
Installing Software....................................................................................................... 6
Changing Settings...................................................................................................... 10
About Sonnetech Colorific/3Deep............................................................................. 12
Getting More Information ......................................................................................... 14
Technical Specifications ............................................................................................ 16
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 20
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The Graphics Blaster
accelerator card that is well suited for a wide variety of applications ranging from everyday
desktop use to gaming and entertainment.
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Leveraging NVIDIA
's RIVA TNT2 graphics controller, the Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2
Value delivers high quality and performance. Its dual texture architecture can process 2 pixels
or textures per clock cycle; this enables developers to create special effects such as multi-
layered textures, bump mapping to simulate rough surfaces, and environmental mapping that
gives objects reflective properties. Developers can take advantage of advanced filtering modes
(including trilinear mipmapping and anisotropic filtering) with full scene anti-aliasing to create
realistic images that rival more expensive graphics workstations.
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Value is a high quality 2D/3D/video graphics
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide Contents Introduction ......................... 1 Preliminary step for Windows 95 users............... 3 Installing Your Graphics Card ..................4 Installing Software....................... 6 Changing Settings...................... 10 About Sonnetech Colorific/3Deep................12 Getting More Information ..................14 Technical Specifications .................... 16 Troubleshooting...................... -
Page 2: Graphics Blaster Riva Tnt2 Value
The Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value provides outstanding 2D and video acceleration as well and also supports software DVD decoders through hardware color and pixel format conversion. Serial and Model Your card’s serial and model numbers can be found at the back of the card. We recommend that you record the serial and model number below. -
Page 3: Preliminary Step For Windows 95 Users
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 3), or Windows 2000 (when available) Updating Drivers To download the latest drivers for Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value, visit Creative’s Web site (refer to the Technical Support leaflet for details). Preliminary step... -
Page 4: Installing Your Graphics Card
Installing Your Figure 1 shows you the connectors on the Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value card. Video Expansion connector Graphics Card Connect to a video expansion board. VGA Out connector Connects to your monitor via a monitor cable. AGP bus connector Figure 1: The Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value card. - Page 5 ‘TTL’ and ‘analog’ operation modes, set the Figure 4: Connecting your VGA monitor to Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value. switch to ‘analog’. For details, 10. Replace the computer cover and plug the power cord back into the wall outlet.
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Page 6: Installing Software
Figure 5: Selecting the Driver from disk provided by 3. Click the OK button. hardware manufacturer option. 4. Insert the Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value CD into your CD-ROM drive. 6 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide... - Page 7 5. In the Install From Disk dialog box, type D:\WINDOWS (where D: represents your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button. 6. If prompted to select drivers, click the Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value drivers. The drivers are copied to your system.
- Page 8 5. In the Models list box, click the Have Disk button. Figure 7: Selecting the option Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want. 8 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide...
- Page 9 6. In the Install From Disk dialog box, type D:\WINDOWS (where D: represents your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button. If you are installing Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value as a second or subsequent card to make use of Windows 98’s multi-monitor capability, you will see an Update Driver Warning message telling you that the driver you have selected may not work correctly.
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Page 10: Changing Settings
If not, click the No button. A warning message will be displayed. Click the OK button and repeat steps 3 through 6, changing one or more of the settings. 7. Click the OK button to close the Display Properties dialog box. 10 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide... - Page 11 3. On the BlasterControl tabbed page, click the Tweak icon. Windows NT 4.0 4. In the Tweak module, select the desired settings. 5. To specify additional settings for Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value, click the Advanced Settings button. 6. Select the desired settings and click the OK button.
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Page 12: About Sonnetech Colorific/3Deep
3D games as the game developers intended. Only 3Deep can provide accurate 3D lighting and shading for 3D games because it adjusts the user’s monitor to match the game developer’s monitor — not too dark and not washed out. 12 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide... - Page 13 5. Select the entry Colorific For Windows from the list, and then click the Add/Remove button. 6. After Colorific For Windows is removed, select the entry 3Deep from the list, and then click the Add/Remove button. Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide 13...
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Page 14: Getting More Information
Getting More Information For Graphics Blaster The Help file for Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value gives a brief introduction to the features supported by this graphics card. RIVA TNT2 Value To open the Help file for Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Click Start ->... - Page 15 Updated information about using Colorific and 3Deep can be obtained from Sonnetech’s Web Colorific and 3Deep site at www.sonnetech.com/tech_support. If you cannot find the information you need from the Web site or in the program’s Help screens, send an e-mail message to info@sonnetech.com. Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide 15...
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Page 16: Technical Specifications
Square and non-square texture support TextureBlend support examples: • Multi-texture • Bump map • Texture modulation • Light maps • Reflection maps • Detail textures • Environmental maps • Procedural textures • Sub-pixel accurate 16 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide... - Page 17 X and Y smooth up and down scaling with filtering Per-pixel color keying Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion and filtering (YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0) Video port supports ITU-CCIR 565 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide 17...
- Page 18 VBE 3.0 compliant Utilities Creative Enhanced BlasterControl Creative Enhanced SoftMPEG Sonnetech Colorific/3Deep Applications Supported All Windows 95 applications, including DirectDraw and Direct3D games and applications OpenGL applications under Windows 95 and Windows 98 18 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide...
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Page 20: Troubleshooting
If Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value’s drivers are not specified during the software installation (see “To install in Windows 98” on page 8), the system installs the second or successive Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value card as a VGA card which does not support Windows 98’s multi-monitor feature. - Page 21 6. Insert the Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value CD into your CD-ROM drive. 7. Follow steps 6 through 13 of the procedure in “To install in Windows 98” on page 8 to complete the update. Other Display Problems Cause Your monitor may not support the resolution or refresh rate that you have set.
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Page 22: Riva Tnt2
4. Click the Restore Defaults button. Beeping Sounds During System Startup Cause Your Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value card may not be firmly inserted into the expansion slot. Solution Ensure that the bus connector of the graphics card is fully inserted into the expansion slot. - Page 23 3. In the Adapter Type group box or on the Adapter tabbed page, click the Change button. 4. In the Select Device dialog box, click Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value, and then click the OK button. 5. In the Insert Disk message box, click the OK button without inserting any 6.
- Page 24 3. Clear the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box. Problem with PCI Bridge (in Windows 95) Cause The “PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge” is the CPU chipset to AGP controller, which Windows 95 cannot identify properly. 24 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide...
- Page 25 Windows 95 Device Manager does not affect the functionality of the AGP card within Windows 95. This problem is common to all AGP graphics cards and does not affect Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value’s functionality. It has been resolved in Windows 98.
- Page 26 Software. No distributor, dealer or any other entity or person is be copied onto multiple systems. Each “node” connected to the “file server” authorized to expand or alter this warranty or any other provisions of this 26 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide...
- Page 27 KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT communications. However, this notice is not a guarantee that LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide 27...
- Page 28 June 1999 Graphics Blaster is a trademark of Creative Technology Ltd. NVIDIA, RIVA, RIVA TNT, and RIVA TNT2 are trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation. Colorific is a registered trademark of Sonnetech, Ltd. 3Deep is a trademark of Sonnetech, Ltd. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.