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MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator M S - 8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide VERSION 1.0 1999/04/21 ROC...
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MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO- STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents.
MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator Graphics Device Integration l Optimized Direct3D acceleration l Anisotropic Filtering l 100% hardware triangle setup l Twin texel (TNT) 32-bit graphics pipeline l Per Pixel perspective correct texture mapping l 24-bit or 16-bit Z-buffer (floating point or integer)
MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator Full Software Support l Windows ® 95 and 98 Display Drivers l Direct3D, DirectDraw, and DirectVideo l OpenGL ICD support for Windows ® 9x and NT l Glueless Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP 1.0 and AGP 2.0) interface...
MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator 3. System Requirements To install MS-8802 VGA card, your computer system needs to meet the following requirements: ® Computer Intel Pentium processor, Intel ® Pentium II/III processor or compat- ible system Expansion Slot...
MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator 6. DB 15 Pin Connector Analog Video Display Connector(DB15-S) Signal Description Green Blue Not used Ground Ground Ground Ground Not used Ground Not used Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync...
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1. Driver ® 1.1 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows 95/98 After installing the MS-8802 VGA card into the mainboard, Win- ® dows 95/98 will auto-detect changes in your hardware configura- tion; this will install the Standard VGA Driver. To get the maximum performance, you need to install the MS-8806 driver.
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MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator Step 2: Click on Install VGA Drivers button. Step 3: Click on the OK button. This will copy the necessary files into the hard drive. Step 4: Choose OK, to restart the computer now.
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MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator This function is used for setting which output device to use., whether TV- Out(optional) or Monitor. This shows Hardware Information/BIOS version/Memory Size.
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MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator This item is for 3D setting and OpenGL setting.
After installing MS-8802 Card, Windows NT will default to Standard VGA mode 640x480x16 colors. To install MS-8802 enhanced driver, follow the steps below: Step 1: Insert the CD_Title provided into your CD-ROM drive. After inserting the CD_Title, this will autorun show- ing this window.
MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator Using Display Properties new function: This function is used to show the Display Driver version, chip version and memory size.
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MS-8802 nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 User’s Guide Graphics Accelerator This function is used for setting Color palette, Desktop Area and Refresh rate.