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THANK YOU for purchasing our NVIDIA
supports DirectX 9.0 and ushers in a new era of graphics and gaming. With a
GeForce 6 series graphics card, you can get better performance and higher speed in
graphics that you have ever experienced.
A. 1 Item Checklist
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One NVIDIA
GeForce
One driver CD
One video cable
One user's manual
A. 2 System Requirements
Intel PIII / Celeron, AMD Duron or Athlon CPU or higher
64 MB system memory at least
Hard disk with 50 MB free space at least
At least 300W system power supply. To better overclock, 480W or higher is
recommended for 6800Ultra card, 500W or higher for 6800GT PCI-E card
Windows 98 / 98 SE / ME / 2000 / NT4.0 / XP
One free AGP 8X/4X slot (for AGP cards), or one free PCI-Express 16x slot (for
PCI-E cards)
At least one available hard disk drive power dongle.
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
A. PRODUCT INFORMATION
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6 series VGA card
GeForce 6 Series User's Manual
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GeForce
6 series VGA card, which
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Summary of Contents for Nvidia GeForce 6 series
- Page 1 6 series VGA card, which supports DirectX 9.0 and ushers in a new era of graphics and gaming. With a GeForce 6 series graphics card, you can get better performance and higher speed in graphics that you have ever experienced.
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Page 2: Product Information
A. 3 Key Features for 6800 Series − First superscalar architecture supercharges gaming performance Up to 8x floating-point shader power (over previous generation) Up to 4x shadow processing power with NVIDIA® UltraShadow™ II technology (over previous generation) Up to 2x vertex processing power (over previous generation) First chip designed for the world’s fastest GDDR3 memory... - Page 3 PCI Express support accelerates video editing by speeding up data transfer rates Integrated HDTV-output brings content from your desktop to your high-definition TV − Renowned NVIDIA compatibility and reliability ensure a no-compromise gaming and multimedia experience NVIDIA® ForceWare software delivers unmatched features and rock-solid...
- Page 4 Dedicated video processor offloads the CPU and speeds up overall system performance − Industry-leading compatibility and reliability for a worry-free experience ® Get unmatched features and rock-solid stability with the renowned NVIDIA ForceWare™ Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) Worry-free compatibility for an easy "install-and-play" experience GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 5 Experience the latest gaming effects without compromising performance with ® Microsoft DirectX™ 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support − The compatibility, stability and reliability you expect from NVIDIA, the worldwide Leader in graphics and media processors Worry-free compatibility for an easy “install-and-play”experience ®...
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Page 6: Hardware Installation
Note: The pictures are for reference only and might be different from the appearance of your purchased product. Dual DVI/DVI-out (Optional) TV-out/VIVO (Optional) VGA-out GeForce 6 Series AGP card DVI-out (Optional) TV-out/VIVO (Optional) VGA-out GeForce 6 Series PCI-E card GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual... - Page 7 (PCI-E card to PCI-E slot, AGP card to AGP slot). Pay attention to the slot direction and avoid the damage to motherboard and VGA card; Put the cover back and plug in the electrical cords; Restart the computer, and Windows will auto-detect the new card. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 8: Display Driver Installation
2. Click Install DirectX 9.0 to continue; 3. Check “I accept the agreement” and then click Next to continue; 4. Click Next to continue; 5. Click Finish to complete the installation and restart the computer. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 9: Display Properties
D. 2 Advanced Settings Click Advanced button in the Settings tab to change various property settings. D.2.1 General – Display Set system font size. – Compatibility Set the operating mode of system after changing color settings. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual... - Page 10 D. SETTING D.2.2 Adapter This tab shows you some basic information of the adapter. D.2.3 Monitor In this tab, you may adjust refresh frequency of your monitor. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 11 If you have problems with your graphics hardware, you can adjust the slider to troubleshoot display-related problems. D.2.5 Color Management In this tab, you may manage and select monitor color profiles. You may click Add to select and append appropriate color profile. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 12 D. SETTING D.2.6 GeForce 6800 Ultra This tab shows relevant information about the card, and it has links to the NVIDIA website for updated information about the graphics card, latest drivers and other information. In the above window, you may select any scheme in the extended menu.
- Page 13 You may click on Device Settings to adjust screen position, correct color or select output device. D.2.6.1.1 Color Correction a. In Device Selection tab you may select the output device on which to display Windows. If you check “TV”, then you may select TV format by clicking Change Format. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 14 You may adjust brightness, contrast and gamma of the active color channel. – Custom Color Settings More colors are available, and you may change or keep the settings. D.2.6.1.2 Screen Adjustment a. In Screen Adjustment tab, you may adjust the screen position. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 15 GTF is the standard used by many new monitors. – Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT) DMT is an old standard still in use by some monitors. Select this option if your monitor complies with it. – Fixed Aspect Ratio Timing GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 16 4x AA mode at very near the performance of the faster 2x AA mode. 4x: Enable the antialiasing using the 4x mode. Pitch on it for the highest possible image quality at eh expense of some performance drain in 3D applications. – Anisotropic Filtering-Off – Texture Sharpening GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 17 Use them to adjust the quality of video or DVD playback on your monitor. – Zoom Control This option: Video Overlay, Video Mirror, Both. – Select screen region to zoom This option lets you select the region on the video playback to zoom in or out. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 18 D. SETTING D.2.6.5 Fullscreen Video D.2.6.6 Troubleshooting GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 19 D. SETTING D.2.6.7 NVRotate NVIDIA's NVRotate technology allows users to pivot any display connected to an NVIDIA GPU from landscape to portrait mode, for easier information and application viewing. – Landscape (0 degree rotation) – Portrait (90 degree rotation) –...
- Page 20 D. SETTING D.2.6.8 Refresh Rate Override GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 22: Troubleshooting
You must install DirectX 9 or later so that you can take advantage of the hardware acceleration mode My MPEG player displays (DirectDraw). bad quality video clips. Try to switch to a lower resolution, color depth, or refresh rate. And ensure hardware acceleration support. GeForce 6 Series User’s Manual... - Page 23 E. TROUBLESHOOTING Addendum 1 Connecting Our VIVO Cable Besides VGA-out and DVI-out ports, VIVO port (Video-in/Video-out) provides video capture and recording feature. It will be found on our VIVO ready models. XFX VIVO VGA Card (Example) DVI-out VIVO VGA-out VGA-out VIVO DVI-out...
- Page 24 E. TROUBLESHOOTING This package provides a two-end cable which allows you to output / input the image to / from a TV or video device. First, plug one end of the cable into the VIVO connector on the VGA card. Then, simply plug the black S-video cable at the other end into the TV device for TV out.
- Page 25 The GeForce 6800 Ultra requires a stable, 12-volt power source for best performance, reliability, and enjoyment. For GeForce 6800-based graphics cards, NVIDIA recommends a power supply with a rating of 350W or higher. To over clock your GeForce 6800 Ultra for maximum performance, NVIDIA recommends a higher rated power supply.
- Page 26 E. TROUBLESHOOTING Figure 3: Recommended power configurations for Overclocking the GeForce 6800 Ultra (Using two separate power cables).