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- Page 1 Vanta 2000 Series TwiN Texel 3D Graphics Card USER’S MANUAL Hardware & Video Drivers Vanta 2000 / 8MB...
- Page 2 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.
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Page 3: Asus Contact Information
Address: Harkortstr. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Fax: +49-2102-442066 Email: sales@asuscom.de (for marketing requests only) Technical Support Hotline: MB/Others: +49-2102-9599-0 Notebook: +49-2102-9599-10 Fax: +49-2102-9599-11 Support (Email): www.asuscom.de/de/support (for online support) WWW: www.asuscom.de FTP: ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Operating System Requirements ........... 11 Windows 98 ................11 Display Driver Installation ............. 12 Windows 98 ................12 Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program ......12 Method 2: Display Property Page ........13 Method 3: Plug and Play ............ 14 Windows 2000 ................14 Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program ...... - Page 5 Color ..................27 Display ..................30 Advanced .................. 33 Direct3D ................33 OpenGL ................36 Other ................... 38 V. Resolution Table ................39 VI. Troubleshooting ................41 Description ..................41 Recommended Action ..............41 ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 6 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 Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 7: Introduction
Making use of the NVIDIA TNT architecture, the ASUS Vanta 2000 delivers cut- ting-edge 3D and 2D graphics performance, making it ideal for the current basic desktop PC. With the ASUS Vanta 2000, you will not only see but also experience dynamic, realistic 3D worlds and characters. Highlights •... -
Page 8: Features
Detail textures, Texture modulation, Environmental maps, Light maps, Proce- dural textures) • Backend blend (Destination, Alpha blending, 32-bit ARGB rendering, Point sampled, bilinear, trilinear and 8-tap anisotropic filtering) • Per -Pixel perspective texture mapping (Fog, Lighting, Mipmapping) ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 9: Ii. Hardware Setup
II. Hardware Setup ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
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 Vanta 2000 series display driver. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 11: Iii. Software Setup
Windows 98 includes VGARTD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that you install VGARTD from the ASUS Vanta 2000 Series CD to make sure that you have the latest version of VGARTD (see III. Software Setup | Install GART Driver). -
Page 12: Display Driver Installation
You can use one of the recommended methods to install the display drivers for your ASUS Vanta 2000 series graphics card, depending on your operating system. NOTE: The screen displays in this manual may not reflect exactly the screen con- tents displayed on your screen. -
Page 13: Method 2: Display Property Page
OK. 10. The Update Driver Warning box appears. Click Yes to confirm the setting up of the ASUS enhanced display drivers and then follow the onscreen instructions to start the setup. 11. Setup will prompt you when it has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer. -
Page 14: Method 3: Plug And Play
III. Software Setup Method 3: Plug and Play NOTE: Before proceeding with these steps, replace first your old VGA card with an ASUS Vanta 2000 series graphics card. 1. Start Windows. 2. When Windows detects your ASUS Vanta 2000 series graphics card, the New Hardware Found dialog box appears. -
Page 15: Method 2: Plug And Play
Driver Files item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. 6. Check CD-ROM drivers, uncheck all other options and then click Next to search for the drivers of your graphics card. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... - Page 16 9. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup. 10. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Click OK to restart your computer and to complete Setup. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 17: Windows Nt 4.0
8. Type D:\NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Win- dows NT. Click OK. 9. Select ASUS VANTA2000 vx.xxx and then click OK. 10. Windows NT will once again prompt for confirmation. All appropriate files are then copied to the hard disk. - Page 18 III. Software Setup (This page was intentionally left blank.) ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 19: Drivers
Follow the instructions to install the display driver. You may refer to the installation procedures for Windows NT later in this section. If you prefer to install the drivers individually, follow the steps on the following pages. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 20: Install Directx
DirectX 7. Make sure that your applications or games support DirectX 7 before installing the DirectX 7 runtime libraries. DirectX 7 currently cannot be uninstalled by regular means, such as outlined in III. Software Setup | Uninstall Display Driver. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 21: Install Gart Driver
Intel, AMD, VIA, SiS, or ALi chipsets. 3. The AGP VGARTD Driver Detec- tion box appears with the chipset de- tected on your motherboard. Click OK to install the appropriate driver for your AGPset. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... - Page 22 Make your driver se- lection and click Install. 5. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 6. Once the driver installation is fin- ished, click Finish. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 23: Uninstall Display Driver
3. Double-click the Add/Remove Pro- grams icon. 4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab. 5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from the list. 6. Click Add/Remove. 7. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 24: Windows 2000
2. Click Control Panel. 3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab. 5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from the list. 6. Click Add/Remove. 7. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart. -
Page 25: Iv. Software Reference
(Windows 9x/Windows 2000 only) After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ASUS icon on the taskbar’s status area. Clicking or right-clicking this icon opens the ASUS Control Panel, showing a menu composed of shortcuts of the graphics board’s enhanced and other functions. -
Page 26: More Resolution
Information lists the relevant informa- tion about your card. Aside from this, it has links to the ASUSTeK COM- PUTER, INC. web site for updated in- formation about the graphics board, lat- est drivers, and other information. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 27: Color
D3D/Game Desktop lets you adjust the color of your D3D/Game lets you make your favorite Windows desktop. color settings for D3D games. OpenGL OpenGL lets you make your favorite color settings for OpenGL applications. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... - Page 28 You may want to save a scheme that you created for some spe- cial situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 29 IV. Software Reference Important Notes D3D/Game The color settings of D3D/Game take effect only when you are playing a full-screen DirectDraw/Direct3D game. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 30: Display
Test and then click YES when prompted to add the new refresh rate into the list. Otherwise, the original refresh rate will be restored. Load default Restores the settings to their defaults. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... - Page 31 DirectDraw. It is most useful when you are play- ing a full-screen game. To change the refresh rate 1. Click Change refresh rate. 2. In the Refresh Rate list under the DirectDraw tab, select the refresh rate you want to use. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 32 S-Video. Scan type Sets the scan type of the TV display. Black Level Sets the brightness of the TV display. Contrast Sets the contrast of the TV display. Flicker Filter Sets the anti-flicker effect. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 33: Advanced
3D images. Display logo when running Direct3D applicaitons This option lets you display the NVidia logo in the lower corner of the screen while running Direct3D applica- tions. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... - Page 34 AGP heap size by an amount equal to the size of the command buffer. If you are experiencing stability problems with your system (especially with some Socket 7 motherboards), choose this option for best com- patibility. Performance is, however, poorer using this option compared with the PCI option. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 35 Reduce this value if you ex- perience, while playing games, a noticeable delay in the response of the input devices connected to your computer. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 36: Opengl
3D images. Disable support for enhanced CPU instruction sets This option disables driver support for enhanced 3D instruction used by certain CPUs Enable full scene antialiasing This option lets OpenGL use full scene antialiasing. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 37: Vertical Sync
NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display memory for texture storage de- adapters or to AGP display adapters running in pends on the physical memory PCI compatibility mode. installed on your system. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 38: Other
General Timing Formula (GTF) GTF is a standard used by most new hardware. Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT) DMT is an older standard still in use on some hardware. Select this option if your hardware requires DMT. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 39: Resolution Table
75.2 √ √ √ 85Hz 86.0 √ √ √ 100Hz 101.7 √ √ √ 120Hz 123.5 √ √ √ 140Hz 145.1 √ √ 144Hz 150.5 √ √ √ 150Hz 157.2 √ √ 170Hz 179.8 ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... - Page 40 104.9 √ √ 72Hz 108.5 √ √ √ 75Hz 112.5 √ √ 85Hz 129.4 √ √ √ 2048 x 1536 60Hz 95.5 √ √ 70Hz 111.9 √ √ 72Hz 115.3 √ √ 75Hz 121.3 ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 41: Vi. Troubleshooting
If disk space is exhausted, VideoSecurity will not store any information and give you a warning message. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual... - Page 42 VideoSecurity and install a new copy. Make a way to recover my pass- sure that the password that you assigned can be eas- word? ily remembered. You may write down your password and store it in a safe place. ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 43 • 366MHz to 650MHz+ • 64MB to 192MB Memory • Supports Two Hard Drives L7300/7200 Series All-in-One Compact Notebook PC • 13.3” or 12.1” TFT Color Display • 366MHz to 650MHz+ • 64MB to 192MB Memory Visit www.asus.com for updated specifications...
- Page 44 AP6300 2 Socket370 2 Ultra3 Three 1.6-inch or five 1-inch SCA-2 SCSI hard drives Eight 1.6-inch or 1-inch SCSI hard drives Mid-Range Servers AP6000 AP8000 Value Servers AP6300 AP2000 Group Servers AP3000 AP100 AP2300 AP200 Rack Mountable Visit www.asus.com for updated specifications...
- Page 45 • Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation • 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI-DA2200 Series SCSI RAID Card • PCI-DA2200 series support 5x86-133 processor • One 72-pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache memory • RAID levels 0, 0+1, 3, 5, non-RAID •...
- Page 46 • Supports Multi-Read function ® Ultra-Fast CD-ROM • Supports high speed CD-Audio playback • Supports high speed digital audio extraction • Supports UltraDMA/33 transfer mode • Compatible with all CD formats • Supports multi-read function (CD-R/CD-RW) Visit www.asus.com for updated specifications...
- Page 48 Visit www.asus.com for updated specifications...