1 Introduction Lucid VIRTU solution is designed for Intel Sandy Bridge platform with Intel Processor Graphics enabled. VIRTU dynamically assigns tasks to best available graphics resource based on power, performance and features. There is no need for HW or HW changes. VIRTU allows user to fully utilize the unique capabilities of the Intel’s advanced media features on Sandy Bridge along with the high end 3D rendering performance provided by the discrete GPU installed in the system.
3 Hardware installation 3.1 i-Mode i-Mode provides user with near zero performance overhead on 3D graphics games, Intel Sandy special features and power saving options when no 3D gaming is used. To use Lucid VIRTU solution in i-Mode, display must be always connected to Sandy Bridge motherboard video output.
4 Software installation Notes a. Lucid VIRTU solution is designed for Intel Sandy Bridge based platforms only b. GPU drivers and Lucid VIRTU solution should be installed before running any graphic application c. GPU drivers must be installed prior to Lucid VIRTU installation d.
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4. Click Next. The End User License Agreement window is displayed 5. Read the license agreement and select I accept the agreement. 6. Click Next. Then Select Destination Location dialog box is displayed. 7. Click Next to accept the default location. Select Start Menu Folder window is displayed.
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8. Click Next to accept the default Start Menu folder. An information page is displayed – please read it. 9. Click Next. The Ready to Install dialog box is displayed. 10. Click Install to begin installation. The Installation window is displayed, indicating the installation. This step may take a few minutes to complete.
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11. When the installation is complete, “Completing the VIRTU Setup Wizard” window is displayed. Select "Yes, restart the computer now" option and click Finish. The VIRTU installation process is completed.
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4.1 Older version installed In case that there is older VIRTU version installed on your system, the driver installation program will automatically identify it and will perform "uninstall" procedure. 1. The following message is displayed: 2. Click "OK". The following message is displayed: 3.
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5. It is recommended to click "Yes". Please note that private data such as new games added by the user to the game list will be lost. The following restart message is displayed: 6. Click "Yes" and wait for the computer to restart. Start the installation process.
5 VIRTU Operation After the installation process completed, VIRTU is activated. Once activated, the Lucid logo shows on system tray (the right bottom corner of the screen). Mouse right click at the icon, will display the following screen. Clicking on the “Open control panel” option will open a new window with VIRTU control panel. Clicking on “Disable”...
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5.1 VIRTU Control Panel 5.1.1 Main Tab When activating the VIRTU control panel (either from the start menu or from the system tray icon), the following window is displayed: By pressing a big “On” button VIRTU solution is activated. If “Show in System Tray” is selected, a small control panel icon will be displayed on the system tray together with the rest of the current running applications.
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5.1.2 Games Tab If the Games tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: This screen shows the applications that VIRTU supports with the available graphic cards. The application list is changed according to the graphic cards available in the system and the current configuration. The list includes the applications that meet functionality and performance tests done by Lucid quality assurance.
5.1.3 About Tab If the “About” tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: This screen provides VIRTU version installed. In the above example, the version is “1.0.105”.
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