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AOpen PT80 User Manual
AOpen PT80 User Manual

AOpen PT80 User Manual

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Thank you for choosing the AOpen PT80 Graphics & Video Accelerator.
AOpen PT80 is a state-of-art video adapter that provides you with
fast acceleration in both 2D/3D graphics and high quality scalable
video playback. Especially, AOpen PT80 will offer enhanced features
and fully support 3D Gaming and Multimedia Applications.
Item Checklist
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AOpen PT80 VGA Card
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AOpen Driver & Utility CD
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AOpen Mega Game Pack CD ( Option )
Features
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SiS6326 3D Graphics and Video Accelerator
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8MB or 4MB Video Memory Onboard
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Windows 95/98/NT Direct3D and DirectDraw Acceleration
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128-bit with dual rendering pipelines
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5M triangles/sec peak
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125M pixels/sec trilinear fill rate
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Enhanced 128-bit 2D graphics engine
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Flash ROM Programmable for BIOS Upgrade
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Up to 1024x768 32bit Color in 3D and 1280x1024 16bit Color in 2D
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On Chip Hardware IDCT and Motion Compensation for Software MPEG-
II Playback
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Optional High Quality TV Signal for NTSC/PAL
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User-Friendly Installation for Win95/Win98/NT
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Full Advanced 3D Enhancements
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Triangle Setup Engine
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Flat and Gouraud Shading
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MIP-Mapping with Bilinear Filtering
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Color Alpha Blending for Transparency
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Real Time Text Paging and Video Texturing
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Fogging and Atmospheric Effects
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Specular Lighting
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Edge Anti-Aliasing
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Stippling or "Screen Door" Transparency
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Backface Culling
Driver Support
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Windows 95 OSR2.1/98
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Windows NT 4.0/5.0
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Direct 3D, DirectDraw and DirectX
Introduction

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Summary of Contents for AOpen PT80

  • Page 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the AOpen PT80 Graphics & Video Accelerator. AOpen PT80 is a state-of-art video adapter that provides you with fast acceleration in both 2D/3D graphics and high quality scalable video playback. Especially, AOpen PT80 will offer enhanced features and fully support 3D Gaming and Multimedia Applications.
  • Page 2: Hardware Installation

    For Systems with Existing VGA Card 1. Change your display driver to Standard VGA. 2. Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords. 3. Replace the existing VGA card with the PT80 graphics card. 4. Restart your computer and install the PT80 display driver.
  • Page 3 Windows 95/98 Caution: Before installing the display driver, make sure your Windows 95/98 is installed in VGA mode and work fine. To take advantage of all the eatures, please use Win95 OSR2.1 or Win98. Otherwise, you can use OSR2.0 and install the USBSUPP.EXE from Microsoft(http://www.microsoft.com) to upgrade to OSR2.1.
  • Page 4 5. When the Select Device dialog box appears on screen, click Have Disk button and enter D:\Driver\WIN9x then click OK. 6. Select the AOpen PT80 then click OK. 7. After you complete installing display driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable display driver.
  • Page 5: Special Notes

    3. After you complete installing AOpen PT80 driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable AOpen PT80 driver. Setup DirectX 6 1. Insert the installation CD, the AOpen Installation Wizard will appear. You can also run D:\Setup.exe to launch it. Please click DirectX 6 to enter DirectX 6 setup program.
  • Page 6: Windows Nt

    Windows NT 4.0 Caution: Before installing the Display driver, make sure your Windows NT is installed in VGA mode and work fine. Please install the Windows NT 4.0 service pack 3 before installing the video driver. Otherwise, the system may cause setup failed and won’t be able to start up.
  • Page 7 Windows NT 4.0 4. When the Change Display dialog box appears on screen, click Have Disk button and enter D:\Driver\WinNT then click OK. Select the AOpen PT80 Video Accelerator then click OK. 5. After you complete installing display driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable the display driver.
  • Page 8: Fcc Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement

    FCC Class 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 FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.