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- Page 1 Cinematic Computing for Every User GeForce FX Series GeForce FX Series NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GeForce 6800 Series GeForce FX GeForce FX User's Manual User's Manual Contents Getting Ready Hardware Installation Driver Installation Display Modes Appendies...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Getting Ready Package Contents Board Layout Features Connections Before Driver Installation Quick Driver Installation - Windows XP/2000/ME/98 Software Settings Display Properties - Overview 11 Display Properties - Screen Settings 12 Display Properties - Advanced Settings nView Display Mode Direct3D Settings OpenGL Settings GeForce FX / GeForce 6800 Series User's Manual Version A... -
Page 3: Getting Ready
Getting Ready Package Contents AV cable (Optional for TV output) WinFast BIOS S-video cable Optional for TV output) WinFast Graphics Card If the TV-OUT connector on your card looks like this: the following cable is included: Software General Guide/ S-video-AV cable Quick Installation (Optional) Guide... -
Page 4: Board Layout
Getting Ready Board Layout TYPE 1 Bus Connector DVI Connector (Optional) VIVO / TV Out Connector (Optional) WinFast BIOS TYPE 2 VGA Connector DVI Connector (Optional) Bus Connector VIVO / TV Out Connector (Optional) WinFast BIOS Note: The board layout is for your reference only. The graphics card you purchased may differ from the figures. -
Page 5: Features
Bus Connector (AGP / PCI Express) VGA Connector WinFast Features Powered by the NVIDIA GeForce FX / GeForce 6 GPU Graphics Beyond Imagination CineFX 3.0 Engine for GeForce 6800 Series / CineFX 2.0 Engine for GeForce FX 5700 and GeForce FX 5900 / CineFX Engine for GeForce FX 5200/5500/5600... -
Page 6: Connections
Connections Type 1 S-Video Cable DVI 2 WinFast BIOS DVI 1 DVI Cable DVI Cable Television LCD Monitor LCD Monitor Connecting the VGA cable to the DVI connector through the DVI to VGA adapter: VGA cable DVI to VGA adapter DVI connector When the DVI to VGA adapter is used on DVI 2 to connect to a monitor, the TV-out will not function. - Page 7 Connections Type 2 DVI Cable S-Video Cable WinFast BIOS VGA Cable CRT Monitor Television LCD Monitor...
- Page 8 Connections Type 3 S-Video Cable WinFast AV Cable VGA Cable CRT Monitor Television Television...
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Page 9: Before Driver Installation
It is highly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before installing a new version of the software. To uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software, follow these steps: Step From the Windows taskbar, click Start >... -
Page 10: Quick Driver Installation
Quick Driver Installation Windows XP/2000/ ME/98 XP/2000/ME/98 XP/2000/ME/98 E HIGHLY RECOMMEND E HIGHLY RECOMMEND INDOWS INDOWS USERS TO USE QUICK DRIVER INSTALLATION USERS TO USE QUICK DRIVER INSTALLATION NT 4.0 NT 4.0 INDOWS INDOWS USERS PLEASE INSTALL THE DRIVER MANUALLY USERS PLEASE INSTALL THE DRIVER MANUALLY Step Step... -
Page 11: Software Settings
Software Settings Display Properties-Overview Calling up the Display Properties Settings Panel Display properties related to the graphics adapter are all under the Settings tab as shown in the figure below. 1. Right-click on the display desktop to open a pop-up menu. Method 2 Method 2 2. - Page 12 What Settings Panel Does Settings panel contains two major Advanced Settings, accessed by parts of settings: clicking the Advanced button as shown in the figure below. Screen Settings, including resolution and color depth settings, with a preview window. Settings Panel Advanced Settings Panel Geforce FX 5700 VE is used as the example throughout the...
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Page 13: Display Properties-Screen Settings
Software Settings Display Properties- Screen Settings Resolution and color depth of your screen to the second device and set its display can be set on the Settings panel resolution separatly using this panel. (see Page 11). You can also extend your You need to have two monitors connected to use this feature. -
Page 14: Display Properties-Advanced Settings
Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings ¾ Settings Advanced settings Monitor Model-specific Settings p. 14 Monitor Refresh Rate We recommend you set the refresh rate to 85 Hz to reduce the flickering of the screen. If 85Hz is unavailable, use the default value. -
Page 15: Nview Display Mode
Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings ¾ Settings Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode Performance and Quality Settings Overlay Controls Desktop Utilities NVRotate p. 16 nView Display Mode p. 21 Choose nView modes here. Performance and Quality Settings Includes Direct3D and OpenGL settings. - Page 16 Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings Overlay Controls These controls are used to adjust video quality such as brightness, contrast, hue and saturation. Desktop Management Allow you to set up the Media Center Taskbar Utility and Desktop manager. p. 23 NVRotate Temperature Setting...
- Page 17 Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings ¾ Settings Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode nView Modes Display Detect Displays Device Settings Display The drop-down list includes all available display output devices on your system (see the figure below). To set one of the devices as the primary display, select that device from the drop-down list and then...
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Page 18: Advanced Settings
Check to have the Windows desktop span vertically across on two screens. What is nView? nView is a multi-display technology developed by NVIDIA, which is built into the latest GeForce series video cards. nView supports a wide variety of multi- display modes, offering users maximum flexibility. - Page 19 Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings ¾ Settings Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE nView Display Mode Device Settings (Standard Mode) Select Output Device Click this option to select a device from its submenu. Color Correction This dialogue box allows you to adjust color using slider controls.
- Page 20 Screen Adjustment Click the arrow icons to adjust the position of the screen on your monitor. Click Display Timing to call up the panel as the figure below. Display Timing General Timing Formula is a standard used by most newer hardware. Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT) DMT is an older standard still in use on some hardware.
- Page 21 Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings ¾ Settings Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode Device Settings (Multi-Display Modes) Select Output Device Under multi-display modes, click this option to open the Device Selection (see the last page). Primary Display Under multi-display...
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Page 22: Direct3D Settings
Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings ¾ Settings Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600 Performance and Quality Settings Direct3D Settings Direct3D Settings Allows you to adjust the performance and compatibility options and mipmapping for your Direct3D games. Performance & Compatibility Options This field offers options that change the performance and the compatibility of your Direct3D games. -
Page 23: Opengl Settings
Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings ¾ Settings Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600 Performance and Quality Settings OpenGL settings OpenGL Settings Allows you to adjust the performance and compatibility options of your OpenGL application. Multi-Display Hardware Acceleration Custom OpenGL settings This option determines advanced A list of the custom settings you have rendering options when using multiple... - Page 24 Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings ¾ Settings Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600 NVRotate NVRotate Controls the display view to suit different viewing directions of the display devices. Inverted Portrait (270 degree Landscape (0 degree rotation) rotation) Portrait (90 degree rotation) Inverted Landscape (180 degree rotation)
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