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Gigabyte GV-R487X2-2GH-B User Manual

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GV-R487X2-2GH-B
ATI Radeon
HD 4870X2 Graphics Accelerator
TM
User's Manual
Rev. 101
12MM-R487X2B-101R
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© 2008 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT"). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted
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  • Page 1 User's Manual Rev. 101 12MM-R487X2B-101R Copyright © 2008 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT"). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the properties of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................ 4 1.1. Features ......................... 4 1.2. Minimum System Requirements ..................4 2. Hardware Installation ....................5 2.1. Board Layout ......................... 5 2.2. Hardware Installation ...................... 7 3. Software Installation ....................11 3.1. Windows XP Driver and Utilities Installation ..............11 ®...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    PCIe power connectors is required. The power supply should be with a known brand and certified to conform to safety regulations. (For the list of certified power supplies, go to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedpsu.) Two CrossFire bridge interconnect cables GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 4 -...

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    2. Hardware Installation 2.1. Board Layout CrossFire Connector DVI-I Connector 1 TV-Out DVI-I Connector 2 HDTV Pb/AV Output DVI-I Connector 1 NTSC / PAL TV Projector S-Video Output TV-Out NTSC / PAL TV Projector DVI-I DVI Output Connector 2 Digital LCD Monitor D-Sub DVI-I to D-Sub Output...
  • Page 6 DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF THE GRAPHICS CARD IS DAMAGED. In order to ensure that your graphics card can work correctly, please use official GIGABYTE BIOS only. Using non-official GIGABYTE BIOS might cause problem(s) on the graphics card. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator...

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    2.2. Hardware Installation Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics card. To remove the existing graphics card: Step 1. Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer. Step 2.
  • Page 8 Connect a D-Sub monitor via DVI-I to D-Sub adapter Connect a HDMI monitor via DVI-I to HDMI adapter You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructions. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 8 -...
  • Page 9 GIGABYTE Video Adapter (Optional) AV Out HDTV Component S-Video Out (Y+Pr+Pb) Connect to the TV-Out port on the graphics card. (1) Connecting HDTV Connect your HDTV cables to the video adapter according to the corresponding color. (Y= Green, Pr= Red, Pb= Blue)

  • Page 10: Gv-R487X2-2Gh-B Graphics Accelerator

    Page 15). From the ATI Catalyst Control Center, enter the CrossFire menu and assure to select the Enable CrossFire check box (Figure 2). Step 3: When the next confirmation dialog box appears (Figure 3), click Yes to complete the CrossFireX configurations. Figure 3 Figure 2 GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 10 -...

  • Page 11: Software Installation

    3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your optical drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of drivers is very simple. When you insert the driver disk into your optical drive, you can see the autorun window (if it does not show up, run "D:\setup.exe"). Then you can follow the instructions to setup your graphics card driver.

  • Page 12: Directx Installation

    Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement Step 3. Click the Next button. and click the Next button. The system is installing the components. Step 4. Click Finish to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 12 -...

  • Page 13: Driver Installation

    3.1.3. Driver Installation A. New Hardware Found When the graphics card is inserted into your computer for the first time, the operating system will detect the graphics card automatically and display a New Hardware Found message. The following are step- by-step installation instructions.
  • Page 14 Step 3. Click the Yes button. Setp 4. Click the Express or Custom icon. The system is installing the components. Step 5. Click the Finish button to restart the computer. Then the driver installation is completed. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 14 -...

  • Page 15: Taskbar Icon

    3.1.4. Taskbar Icon After installation of the display driver, you will find an ATI icon in your system tray. Right-click the icon to enter the ATI Catalyst Control Center. The ATI Catalyst Control Center is used to ® ® configure all your graphics card settings. Right-click the ATI icon to enter the ATI Catalyst Control Center.
  • Page 16 Using the picture to the left as the example, to set HDMI audio to be the default Sound Playback device, in the Default device box, select ATI HD Audio rear output. Otherwise, select Realtek HD Audio output, which is the onboard audio controller. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 16 -...

  • Page 17: Display Properties

    You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box. You can move the slider to change the resolution. You can click the item to change the color quality. Click the Advanced button for advanced settings. Display Model GV-R487X2-2GH-B Matrix CRT+TV (Note 1) CRT+DVI CRT+CRT...

  • Page 18: Avivo Video Converter

    Select Avivo Video Converter, then click Go. Select the video file to be converted. Step 3: In the Output Folder area, select the destination folder where the new file will be located. Click Next. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 18 -...
  • Page 19 Step 4: The video file has been successfully converted. In the Output Video Format list, select a file format for the new file. If you wish to change the name of the new file, enter the new name in the Output File area.

  • Page 20: Information Center

    Graphics Software Provides software information including driver version, CATALYST version, Direct 3D version and so on. Graphics Hardware Provides hardware information including graph- ics chipset, BIOS version, memory size, core clock and so on. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 20 -...
  • Page 21 ATI Catalyst Control Center Advanced View The Advanced page allows you to configure all of the many available settings of your ATI graphics card. View Properties: The CATALYST Control Center dashboard supports three types of views: Basic View/ Advanced View/ Custom View.
  • Page 22 The Catalyst Control Center Preferences page contains the following options: Always on Top Hide Tooltips Hide Toolbar Text Hide Splash Screen Enable System Tray Menu Select a Language ... Select a Skin ... Restore Factory Defaults ... GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 22 -...
  • Page 23 Help Properties: The Catalyst Control Center Help feature allows you to access the comprehensive online help, register your product, or generate a problem report should you require technical support. The Catalyst Control Center Help feature offers the following options: Help for this Page Help Contents ...

  • Page 24: Displays Manager

    Rate Override and the Display Detection Option to configure panning on displays with limited resolution capabilities are not supported since refresh rate is better controlled by Windows Vista and Windows Vista does not support panning. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 24 -...

  • Page 25: Monitor Properties

    Monitor Properties 0: Attributes Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Data. Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) uses the information provided by the attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate. Adjustments Use Monitor Adjustments to resize and reposi- tion the computer desktop on your monitor's...
  • Page 26 This page is useful when you are not aware of which type of 3D settings your application uses, or when you want to use an overall adjustment control that rapidly configures your application. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 26 -...
  • Page 27 Anti-Aliasing Anti-Aliasing (AA) is a rendering technique de- signed to remove jagged edges, shimmering, and pixelation problems that are common in rendered 3D images. Rather than determining the color to display for each pixel by sampling a single location at the pixel's center, anti-aliasing samples multiple locations within each pixel and blends the results together to produce the final color.
  • Page 28 3D applications while maintaining or even im- proving image quality. It analyzes individual textures as they are loaded to determine the best and fastest way to display them. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 28 -...
  • Page 29 Mipmap Detail Level Mipmapping is a texturing technique that pre- serves the detail on a 3D object's surface as it moves into the background. A series of low- and high-resolution texture maps are stored in memory and selectively used to create the object's surface, depending on what level of detail is needed.
  • Page 30 Color: Adjust the overall richness of color by using the Gamma control. To adjust the overall brightness use the Brightness control, and the overall contrast use the Contrast control. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 30 -...

  • Page 31: Avivo Video

    Avivo Video: Presets To quickly adjust your video settings choose one of the video presets. Note: These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support. Basic Color Use the Avivo Color: Basic option to manually set Gamma, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Tint for video playback.
  • Page 32 This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood. Note: These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 32 -...

  • Page 33: Vpu Recover

    VPU Recover: VPU Recover is a tool capable of detecting the rare situation when the graphics processor is no longer able to respond to display driver commands. When this occurs, VPU Recover attempts to reset the graphics processor so that you are able to continue using your computer without interruption or loss of data.
  • Page 34 CrossFire CrossFireX delivers exceptional performance on a single display by combining the processing power of two or more Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 34 -...

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting Tips

    4. Troubleshooting Tips The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GIGABYTE for more advanced troubleshooting information. Check that the card is seated properly in the PCI Express x16 slot. Ensure that the display cable is securely fastened to the card's display connector.

  • Page 36: Appendix

    720 x 480 856 x 480 720p 960 x 720 1280 x 720 1080i 1920 x 1080 * The tables are for reference only. The actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor you use. GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 36 -...

  • Page 37: Regulatory Statements

    "end of life" product. Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive Statement GIGABYTE products have not intended to add and safe from hazardous substances (Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr+6, PBDE and PBB). The parts and components have been carefully selected to meet RoHS requirement.
  • Page 38 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances Table The following table is supplied in compliance with China's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (China RoHS) requirements: GV-R487X2-2GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 38 -...

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