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- Page 1 V8460/V8440/V8420 Series ™ Programmable nFiniteFX Graphics Card USER’S MANUAL Hardware & Video Drivers...
- 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
Harkortstr. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany General Fax: +49-2102-442066 General Email: sales@asuscom.de (for marketing requests only) Technical Support Support Hotline: MB/Others: +49-2102-9599-0 Notebook (Tel): +49-2102-9599-10 Support Fax: +49-2102-9599-11 Support (Email): www.asuscom.de/de/support (for online support) Web Site: www.asuscom.de ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Highlights ....................7 Available Models .................. 7 ASUS V8460 / Deluxe, V8440 / Deluxe, V8420 / Deluxe .... 7 ASUS V8460 / TD, V8440 / TD, V8420 / TD ....... 7 ASUS V8460 / DVI, V8440 / DVI, V8420 / DVI ......7 Features .................... - Page 5 Brightness / Contrast / Gamma ............. 45 Custom color settings ..............45 GeForce4 ..................... 46 Additional Properties ..............46 Using the ASUS Utilities ............... 55 ASUS Tweak Utility ................55 ASUS VideoSecurity ................57 ASUS SmartDoctor ................62 ASUS Digital VCR ................65 ASUS VR PictureViewer ..............
- 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 V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 7: Introduction
– regardless of the CPU (central processing unit) your computer system is using. With the ASUS V8460 / V8440 / V8420 Series, you will experience the most dynamic, realistic and compelling 3D worlds on the market today! Highlights •... -
Page 8: Features
• 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 V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 9: Hardware Setup
2. Hardware Setup ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 10: Asus V8460 / V8440 / V8420 Td / Dvi Series
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Page 11: 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 display driver. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 12: Operating System Requirements
Windows 98 includes VGARTD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that you install VGARTD from the ASUS support CD to make sure that you have the latest version of VGARTD (see 3. Software Setup | Install GART Driver). -
Page 13: Software Setup
Install GART Driver and 3. Software Setup | Install DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps. Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program NOTE: See 3. Software Setup | Drivers | Install Display Driver for more information. 1. Start Windows. -
Page 14: 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 15: Method 3: Plug And Play
3. Software Setup Method 3: Plug and Play NOTE: Before proceeding with the following steps, replace your old VGA card with the ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 series graphics card. 1. Start Windows. 2. When Windows detects your ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 series graphics card, the New Hardware Found dialog box appears. -
Page 16: Method 2: Plug And Play
3. Software Setup Method 2: Plug and Play 1. Start Windows. 2. When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card, the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. 3. Click Next. 4. When the next Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears, select... - Page 17 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. 11. Click OK to restart your computer and to complete Setup. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 18: Windows Nt 4.0
8. Type D:\NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Windows NT. Click OK. 9. Select ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 and then click OK. 10. Windows NT will once again prompt for confirmation. All appropriate files are then copied to the hard disk. -
Page 19: Drivers
3. Software Setup | Windows NT 4.0 | Method 1: Display Property Page. If you prefer to install the drivers individually, follow the steps on the following pages. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 20: Install Directx
DirectX8. Make sure that your applications or games support DirectX8 before installing the DirectX8 runtime libraries. DirectX8 currently cannot be uninstalled by regular means, such as outlined in 3. Software Setup | Uninstall Display Driver. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 21: Install Gart Driver
Click OK to install the appropriate driver for your AGPset. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... - Page 22 OK, you will be presented with a selection of other drivers. Make your driver selection and click Install. 5. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 6. Once the driver installation is finished, click Finish. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 23: Uninstall The Display Driver
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 24: Windows 2000 / Xp
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: Install Wdm Capture Driver
Click Drivers. 2. The Drivers box appears. Click the Next Page arrow and then click Install WDM Capture Driver. 3. When the ASUS WDM Capture Driver Setup box appears, click Install ASUS WDM Capture driver and then click OK. 4. When the Installation box appears, click the appropriate TV standard for your system and then click OK. -
Page 26: Utilities
3. Software Setup Utilities Install ASUS Tweak Utility The ASUS Tweak Utility lets you control the core clock speed and the memory interface speed of your graphics card. WARNING! Use this option with caution. Using this inappropriately may damage your card and cause your system to be unstable. -
Page 27: Install Smartdoctor
The installation will abort. SmartDoctor works only with cards with a monitor IC. 3. When the Welcome box appears, click Next to start the installation. To complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 28: Install Videosecurity
CD-ROM drive. Click Utilities. 2. The Utilities box appears. Click Install VideoSecurity. 3. When the Welcome box appears, click Next to start the installation. To complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 29: Software Reference
4. Software Reference ASUS Control Panel After installing the display drivers, look for an ASUS icon on the taskbar’s status area. Clicking this icon opens the ASUS Control Panel, a menu composed of shortcuts to the graphics board’s various enhanced functions. -
Page 30: More Resolution
Information Information lists pertinent data about the graphics card. It supplies links to the ASUSTeK COMPUTER, INC. web site for accessing updated data about the graphics board and its latest drivers. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 31: Color
OpenGL lets you make your favorite D3D/Game lets you make your favorite color settings for OpenGL applications. color settings for D3D games. NOTE: The color settings of D3D/Game and OpenGL are not adjustable below 8-bit color depth. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... - Page 32 Important Note D3D/Game The color settings of D3D/Game take effect only when playing a full-screen DirectDraw/Direct3D type game. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 33: Advanced
4. Software Reference Advanced This menu supplies sophisticated settings for use with the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses. These settings are available only with the Deluxe/TVR models with Video- In/TV-Out, or models with the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit. Direct3D VR Effect Lists all parameters to fine tune the stereoscopic effects for Direct 3D games. - Page 34 3. For race games, use embossment to make your car appear above the screen. 4. For first-person shooting games, use embossment to make only your hand/weapon appear above the screen. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 35 IMPORTANT: Before enabling D3D stereoscopic mode and using the stereo- scopic or 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G), make sure the monitor can support the selected refresh rate (interlaced mode) under the following display scales: 16 bits: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 960 x 720, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 864...
- Page 36 NOTE: Using the histogram chart requires games using Direct3D 6.0 or earlier. Known Issues on Specific Games See the ASUS support CD for the latest information: D3DVR.TXT in the WIN9XME folder. All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement of these products or games by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
- Page 37 Enable Stereoscopic Mode When selected, this enables the stereoscopic mode when using OpenGL 3D applications and games with the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses. These settings are available only with the Deluxe/TVR models with Video- In/TV-Out, or models with the ASUS VR- 100 Optional Upgrade Kit.
- Page 38 IMPORTANT: Before enabling OpenGL stereoscopic mode and using the ste- reoscopic or 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G), make sure the monitor can support the selected refresh rate (interlaced mode) under the following display scales: 16 bits: 2048x1536 → 1024x768 Stereo Mode 32 bits: 1280x960 →...
- Page 39 See the included support CD for the latest information: OPENGLVR.TXT in the WIN9XME folder. All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement of these products or games by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries is intended or implied. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 40 4. Software Reference TaskBar Utility This utility gives convenient access to various features and presets that may be configured in the Display Properties Menu directly from the Windows taskbar. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 41: Windows Display Properties
The display properties menu is useful to enable and configure the TwinView display and to make additional property adjustments. To use Windows Display Properties, click the ASUS icon on the taskbar’s status area to open the ASUS Control Panel Menu. Click Windows Display Properties, click the Settings tab, and then click Advanced. -
Page 42: Analog Monitor
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 requries DMT. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 43: Digital Flat Panel
Adapter automatically scales the appearance of the display on the monitor. (default) Centered output Centers the image on the flat panel and does not adjust the scale. NOTE: This funciton is only available with DVI/2V1D cards. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... - Page 44 PAL-D or NTSC-M. Device Adjustments Screen Positioning Selects the TV/video output format based on the four quadrants indicated by the arrows. Click on the arrows to reposition output on the TV monitor. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 45: Color Correction
This field lists the new settings. These settings can be used to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously. Create and/or save current settings, or delete unwanted settings. A setting may be created, saved and reused for special situations. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 46: Geforce4
4x AA mode at very near the performance of the faster 2x AA mode. 4x: Enables the antialiasing using the 4x mode. Select this for the highest possible image quality at the expense of some performance drain in 3D applications. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 47: Direct3D Settings
The maximum amount of system memory for texture storage depends on the amount of physical memory installed on the system. Custom Direct3D settings This option lets you create or delete custom settings or “tweaks” you have saved. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 48: More Direct3D
Dragging the slider leftward positions the texel origin closer to its upper left corner and moving the slider rightward positions it closer to the center. Range: 0 to 7, default: 3. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 49: Opengl Settings
NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display adapters or to AGP display adapters running in PCI compatibility mode. Custom OpenGL settings This option lets you create or delete custom settings or “tweaks” you have saved. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 50: Overlay Controls
NOTE: You can only access Overlay Controls while you are playing back videos, for example, .AVI files or DVD movies on your computer. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 51: Desktop Utilities
The menu also contains items for restoring default settings. Left click on the icon twice, and the Display Properties Menu appears. NOTE: An additional option appears on the popup menu to access the Desktop Display Manager setup menus. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 52: Desktop Display Manager
Check: Start this application at its last position and size restarts the program at its last position and sizes it to the same size as it was when last closed. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... - Page 53 Hot keys Hightlight an item from Select an action, then assign a key or a combination of keys for the action. Click the Add button. Repeat the process for the other items. Click OK when done. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 54 32 different desktops to distribute the open applications among them. This prevents application clutter on your desktop. Click the Show taskbar Quick Tweak icon to add the NVIDIA Quick Tweak icon to the Windows taskbar. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 55: Using The Asus Utilities
WARNING! Use the ASUS Tweak Utility only if you are well acquainted with your display card. Using this inappropriately may damage your card, its components, and your system. To run the ASUS Tweak Utility, click Start and point to Programs, Asus, Tweaking Utilities, and then click Tweak. Timing Adjustment Timing Adjustment lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory. - Page 56 2. In Windows, click Start and point to Programs, Asus, Tweak Utility, and then click Tweak Safe Mode Recovery. 3. The ASUS Tweak Safe Mode Properties box appears. Click the appropriate settings. Timing Adjustment (Safe Mode) Select the Clear tweak settings and...
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Page 57: Asus Videosecurity
4. Software Reference ASUS VideoSecurity The ASUS VideoSecurity lets you detect intruders into your system and environmental changes and monitor a specified location or any incoming visitor. If VideoSecurity detects any deviation from the norm that you set, it may give an error message or not. - Page 58 4. Software Reference NOTE: The following descriptions are only for selected features of the ASUS VideoSecurity utility. For a full description of the features described in this manual and other features, refer to the ASUS VideoSecurity Online Help (HTML) format included with your support CD. You may also click the Help button to open the online help file.
- Page 59 Devices Click the Devices tab to select capture devices and video standard. Use mouse to fine tune the Video Security screen and then click OK when done. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 60 4. Software Reference Running ASUS VideoSecurity Click the ASUS icon on the taskbar’s status area. Clicking this icon opens the ASUS Control Panel, then click the ASUS VideoSecurity to run VideoSecurity. Detect Region Click the Detect Region button to define your VideoSecurity video window. Use your mouse to drag your intended rectangular region.
- Page 61 4. Software Reference Show History Click the Show History button to see the abnormal situation record including the date, time, and other information. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 62: Asus Smartdoctor
4. Software Reference ASUS SmartDoctor ASUS SmartDoctor is designed to satisfy two major goals. One is to monitor the graphic chip status, alerting users about abnormal events, such as fan malfunction or chip overheat. The other, as the name “SmartDoctor” implies, is to “cool” down the graphic chip smartly when it is not necessary for it to be kept running at full speed. -
Page 63: Advanced Setup
When you select Run and keep resident and then click OK, a dialog box appears to warn you of a possible graphic performance drop. This performance penalty is very slight and almost undetectable even under rigorous examination by benchmark programs. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... - Page 64 If you enabled overheat protection in Advanced Setup dialog box, SmartDoctor will cool down the graphic chip in time to protect it from possible overheat damage. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 65: Asus Digital Vcr
Pentium III 650 MHz or Athlon 650 Mhz. ASUS Digital VCR features: 1. With ASUS Digital VCR, you can watch and record TV programs from your TV tuner, and also can enjoy all kinds of medias effortlessly from numerous signal inputs, such as analog, digital camcoderers, VCRs, and PC cameras. - Page 66 4. Software Reference Running ASUS Digital VCR To run the utility, click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Digital VCR and then click ASUS Digital VCR. You may also run ASUS Digital VCR by clicking or right-clicking the ASUS Con- trol Panel icon (see 4.
- Page 67 4. Software Reference Easy Access The user-friendly skin allows you to easily operate the ASUS Digital VCR. Just like your TVsets and VCRs, you can quickly access to most of the functions with one single click. Enable full screen To enable full screen, click the Full Screen button or use the hot key, CTRL+S.
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Page 68: Always On Top
When first using ASUS Digital VCR, you must set up the video source. Use the Setup button on the ASUS Digital VCR Control Panel or use the F9 hot key to show or hide the video source setup screen on the monitor. - Page 69 Record Profiles drop-down list. Click the arrow to create your most-frequently used settings. IMPORTANT: It is the intent of ASUS that this product be used in full compliance with the copyright laws of your respective and other countries and that prior permission be obtained from copyright owners whenever necessary.
- Page 70 Timeshift The innovative TimeShifting™ feature of the ASUS Digital VCR lets you record incoming video feeds into a buffer. So if you are watching your favorite TV show on your computer and you had to leave but you don’t want to miss the rest of the...
- Page 71 TV Tuner Click the TV Tuner tab to select your TV receiver and country. The ASUS Digital VCR provides Frequency Tuning function and helps you get the right signal. Click the Frequency Tuning button to fine-tune the channels and to modify the TV signal if the built-in tables don’t work.
- Page 72 VCR. After a correct installation of the WDM device driver, Digital VCR will list all the available devices. Select the mixer line you use to input the live audio so that Digital VCR can properly record it into files. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 73: Asus Vr Pictureviewer
To run ASUS VR PictureViewer, click or right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon (see 4. Software Reference | ASUS Control Panel) on the taskbar status area to display the ASUS Control Panel, point to VR PictureViewer, and then click it. -
Page 74: Resolution Table
75Hz 75.2 √ √ √ 85Hz 86.0 √ √ √ 100Hz 101.7 √ √ √ 120Hz 123.5 √ √ √ 140Hz 145.1 √ √ 144Hz 150.5 √ √ √ 150Hz 157.2 √ √ 170Hz 179.8 ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... - Page 75 70Hz 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 V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 76: Troubleshooting
If disk space is exhausted, VideoSecurity will not store any information and give you a warning message. ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 77: Index
Application management 52 Background 33, 36 Displaying from any program Blind 33, 36 Brightness Setting up 52 31, 32, 36, 39, 44, 45 Zoom 54 Buffer flipping mode 49 Desktop utilities 51 Display quick tweak icon 51 ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual... - Page 78 DirectX 76 Desktop manager 51 Disable Dynamic graphic cooling 63 Always on top 68 Fog table 47 Antialiasing 46 OSD 35, 38 Desktop wallpaper 67 Overheat protection 63 Monitor check 34, 37, 49 Stereoscopic mode 33 ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 79 INDEX Video overlay zoom 50 Asus Tweak utility 26 Engine 55 Asus V7100 series display driver Extended desktop mode 51 Eyes 37, 39 DirectX 13, 20, 65 Display driver 19 GART driver 13, 21 SmartDoctor 27 Features 8 VideoSecurity 28...
- Page 80 Default color depth 49 Running Performance and compatibility Digital VCR 66 Allow dual planes 49 Disble support for enhanced S-Video 44 CPU 49 Safe mode recovery Enable anistropic filtering 49 Tweak 56 Enable buffer 49 ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 81 Brightness / flicker filter / Tweak 26, 55 contrast 44 VideoSecurity 28, 57 Tuner problems 50 VR Picture Viewer 73 Video output format 44 Utility Tweak utility 55 Taskbar 40 Graphics speed 55 2D test 55 Vertical sync 49 ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 82 VR-100 upgrade kit 37 VR-100G 3-D glasses 37 WARNING 11, 18, 21, 26, 29, 34, 39, 41, 55 Windows desktop 29 Properties and settings 29 Windows display properties 41 Z-axis range 36 Zoom control 50, 54 ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual...