Asus V8170 PRO/T/64M Quick Start Manual

V8170 series

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QE1001
R
V8170 Series
Graphics Card
Quick Start Manual
Hardware & Video Drivers
V8170 PRO / T / 64M
V8170 DDR / T / 64M
V8170 MAGIC / T / 64M / 32M
V8170 SE / T / 64M

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  • Page 1 QE1001 V8170 Series Graphics Card Quick Start Manual Hardware & Video Drivers V8170 PRO / T / 64M V8170 DDR / T / 64M V8170 MAGIC / T / 64M / 32M V8170 SE / T / 64M...
  • Page 2: User's Notice

    Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing.
  • Page 3: Fcc & Doc Compliance

    Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protec- tion technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassemby is prohibited. ASUS V8170 User’s Manual...
  • Page 4: Available Models

    Enjoy superior image fidelity regardless of the CPU (central process- ing unit) employed by the computer system. With the ASUS AGP-V8170 series, you will not only see but also experience stunning, dynamic, realistic 3D worlds and characters.~ Ensures braod application support.
  • Page 5 • Multibuffering (double, triple, quad) for smooth animation and video playback • Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion and filtering (YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0) • AGP 4X / 2X / 1X complete support ASUS V8170 User’s Manual ® acceleration...
  • Page 6 2. Hardware Setup ASUS V8170 User’s Manual...
  • Page 7 2. Hardware Setup ASUS V8170 User’s Manual...
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  • Page 10: Installation Procedures

    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 your graphics card. 4. Restart your computer. 5. Install the ASUS V8170 display driver. ASUS V8170 User’s Manual...
  • Page 11: Operating System Requirements

    Windows 98 includes VGARTD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that you install VGARTD from the ASUS AGP-V8170 CD to make sure that you have the latest version of VGARTD (see 3. Software Setup | Install GART Driver).
  • Page 12: Automatic Driver Installation

    3. Display Driver Automatic Driver Installation The support CD with the V8170 Series VGA card supplies three important system drivers: the Display driver, Microsoft DirectX and the VGART driver. The Dis- play driver coordinates the software to support a particular system, and supports the display hardware and its configuration parameters.
  • Page 13 Windows 98/ME 1. Boot-up your Windows system. If you are installing the ASUS VGA card with an existing system, it may be necessary to disable any existing VGA card currently in use. To do so, double-click on My Computer to enter the Windows Control Panel: 2.
  • Page 14 GeForce driver. Then click on Have Disk... 7. Type the drive letter for your CD ROM and browse for the Asusnv9x.inf driver file. 8. Click OK to install the driver. After the process is complete, shut off the PC and then reboot. ASUS V8170 User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 3. Display Driver Windows 2000/XP: Uninstalling Existing Cards 1. Boot-up the PC. If you are installing the ASUS VGA card with an existing system, it may be necessary to disable any existing VGA card currently in use. To do so, double-click on My Computer to enter the Windows Control Panel: 2.
  • Page 16 3. Click on the current VGA card. Then continue and select, Yes, I want to uninstall the device. Finish up and shut off the PC. Reboot after installing the new ASUS V8170 card. Insert your VGA support CD and install drivers. ASUS V8170 User’s Manual...
  • Page 17 3. Display Driver Windows 2000/XP: Manual Driver Installation 1. To manually install a new ASUS VGA card into a new system, insert the ASUS V8170 Driver CD and transfer all Win 2000 files to a new test folder on the root drive. Shut off the PC.
  • Page 18 4. Click Browse and select the test folder into which the Win2000 driver files were placed. 5. Locate the Asusnv2k.inf file and then select Open. 6. Then click OK to install the driver file. After the process is complete, shut off the PC and reboot. ASUS V8170 User’s Manual...

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