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Quick Start Manual
Version 8.2a - April/2013
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- Page 1 GeForce Series Quick Start Manual Version 8.2a - April/2013 Copyrights and Liabilities The information contained in this manual has been validated at the time of publication. The manufacturer reserves the right to make any changes and improvements to the products described in this manual at any time and without prior notice. Consequently, the manufacturer assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly from errors, omissions or discrepancies between the product and the manual.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
ABOUT THE QUICK START MANUAL About The Gainward Utility DISC An Important Installation Note If Your Product Needs Service INSTALLING YOUR NEW GAINWARD DISPLAY ADAPTER Step 1: Install the New Graphics Hardware Step 2: Connecting Display Devices Step 3: Software Installation ABOUT DirectX USING EXPERTool™... -
Page 3: About The Quick Start Manual
An Important Installation Note Your new Gainward display adapter is designed to work in a PCI Express bus slot in a computer with any Intel Pentium or compatible processor (AMD, Cyrix, VIA, etc.). It will NOT operate in a PowerPC, Macintosh system or in a PCI bus slot. -
Page 4: Installing Your New Gainward Display Adapter
We went to great lengths to ensure the installation process for any Gainward graphics adapter is as easy as possible. There are three major tasks you need to complete so that you can fully enjoy your new Gainward display adapter: prepare your system, install the new display adapter, and install the display drivers and utilities. These... - Page 5 Quick Start Manual Touch the metal case of your PC’s power supply to ground yourself. This will discharge all static electricity. It is very important to do this, because electronic components such as those inside your computer are very sensitive, and can be destroyed by an electric discharge.
- Page 6 Quick Start Manual Remove your new Gainward display adapter from the anti static bag. If your Gainward card has a fan, please make sure not to touch it! Touch the metal case of your PC’s power supply again to ground yourself. This will discharge all static electricity.
- Page 7 Quick Start Manual Replace the cover on your PC, and tighten its screws. Connect the monitor cable to your new Gainward display adapter card. Reconnect the AC power cord to your PC. The hardware installation is now complete. for 4-pin HDD power(from PSU)*2 to 6-pin...
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Page 8: Step 2: Connecting Display Devices
Quick Start Manual Step 2: Connecting display devices Your new Gainward display adapter supports several display devices. The following figures show the connectors for all display devices you can connect to: HDMI DVI-I VGA connector Connecting CRT monitor or LCD monitor with VGA connector... - Page 9 Quick Start Manual Your new Gainward display adapter provides dual display functionality. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display configurations Connector Note Single CRT monitor or LCD monitor with VGA connector VGA connector...
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Page 10: Step 3: Software Installation
1. Turn your computer and monitor on and boot the operating system. The operating system (Windows 7/Vista/XP) will attempt to detect your new Gainward display adapter, and then try to install the drivers that it can find. Since these drivers are usually much older, and very generic, you will not be able to benefit from many of the adapter’s advanced features and enhanced performance. -
Page 11: About Directx
Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Gainward display adapter! ABOUT DirectX The Gainward DRIVER & UTILITY DISC includes Microsoft's DirectX. This is a set of APIs that make games and multimedia applications run faster on Windows based computers. DirectX is a thin software layer that provides direct access to hardware services. -
Page 12: Using Expertool
EXPERTool™ icon is located in the “System Tray” of your Windows’ task bar (in the lower right-hand corner of your Windows desktop). If you have not yet installed EXPERTool™, you can do so now by running our Gainward DRIVER & UTILITY DISC To launch EXPERTool™, simply click on the small ‘X”... - Page 13 Quick Start Manual EXPERTool UI shows the important information such as GPU clock speed, memory clock speed, fan duty cycle and GPU temperature. And, a lot more features to provide advanced user more detail information for over-clocking. The newer version is easier to understand and easier to use, everything you need is on one single, well organized page!
- Page 14 Quick Start Manual Main functions: FAN DUTY Adjustment to adjust cooling fan speed OVER-CLOCKING to adjust GPU core clock and memory clock USER MODE for user to store the favorite mode for different application BIOS Loading to store the BIOS of the graphics card SETTING to change from the EXPERTool’s original setting by their requirement STATUS...
- Page 15 Quick Start Manual FAN DUTY Adjustment Users can adjust the fan’s speed of the graphics card by push the “ADJUST” button. If you try to lower the temperature of the GPU while playing games, please draw the slider bar to higher “FAN DUTY” to increase fan speed.
- Page 16 Quick Start Manual OVER-CLOCKING To adjust the core speed or memory speed of the card, you need to push the “G” button and go into over-clocking page. In order to adjust the “Graphics clock”, Memory clock”, “Core Voltage”, “Power Limit” and “Frame Rate Target”, please draw the slider bars to over-clocking the board.
- Page 17 Quick Start Manual Notice: Do take care while doing over-clocking Change the speed in small increments only, i.e. in increments of 5~10 MHz. Then check if your games are still running correctly. If you start seeing abnormal frames on your screen, or your 3D graphics appear in a “broken” fashion, you have exceeded the board’s capabilities, and you must revert to your previous setting.
- Page 18 Quick Start Manual Then, system will ask you the file name to save BIOS file. You just enter the file name then system start copying the BIOS to the file. Please wait… It will take within one minute to copy the BIOS file.
- Page 19 Quick Start Manual SETTING Users can make some change from the EXPERTool’s original setting by their requirement. Display the “current clock speed” on the UI or “GPU base clock” (or 3D clock for 500 series) Load Expertool while Windows startup or not Enable ToolTips...
- Page 20 Quick Start Manual STATUS It shows the current value such as core clock speed, memory clock speed, fan speed (duty cycle), core voltage and others. Users can check those values any time while running application software.
- Page 21 Quick Start Manual INFO (information) This page gives you a very detailed status report on your Gainward card’s current operating environment, such as the model, current display settings, current software and driver versions, etc. This could be helpful in the event you run into a problem and need to talk to technical support.
- Page 22 This function is to reset all the setting or adjustment to original setting. Others From the UI (user interface), users can Press NVIDIA LOGO to go to NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL by their requirement. Press Gainward LOGO to link to Gainward website Select different GPU under multiple-GPU configuration...
- Page 23 Quick Start Manual Quit Quit from the UI (user interface), user can press “Restore default & Quit” if you want to discard any change and keep the board to run with the factory setting. Or, press “Keep current & Quit” if you want to keep the changes you have made for the board.
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Page 24: Troubleshooting
This probably means that your new display adapter isn’t correctly seated in the PCI-E slot. Try the following: Turn off your PC. Remove your new Gainward display adapter from the PCI-E slot and reseat it. The card should fit into the bus slot perfectly. -
Page 25: Technical Reference
Quick Start Manual TECHNICAL REFERENCE Graphics Modes and Refresh Rates Resolution 256color/High True color(32bits) Note color(16bits) 640 x 480 60 – 240 Hz 60 – 240 Hz 800 x 600 60 – 240 Hz 60 – 240 Hz DVI monitor support up to 200Hz 1024 x 768 60 –... -
Page 26: Connector Description
Quick Start Manual Connector Description Red Video + 5V Green Video Sync Return (Ground) Analog VGA Connector Blue Video DDC DATA Ground Horizontal Sync Red Return (Ground) Vertical Sync Green Return (Ground) DDC CLOCK Blue Return (Ground) TX2- TX3+ TX2+ +5V Power SHLD 2/4 Ground... - Page 27 Quick Start Manual ML Lane 0+ ML Lane 0- ML Lane 1+ DisplayPort Connector ML Lane 1- ML Lane 2+ ML Lane 2- ML Lane 3+ ML Lane 3- CONFIG1 CONFIG2 AUX CH+ AUX CH- Hot Plug Return DP_PWR 6-pin power connector +12V +12V +12V...
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Page 28: Product Certification Statements
Quick Start Manual PRODUCT CERTIFICATION STATEMENTS This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.